Psalm - 118:2



2 Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.

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Explanation and meaning of Psalm 118:2.

Differing Translations

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Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
Let Israel now say, That his lovingkindness endureth for ever.
Let Israel now say that he is good: that his mercy endureth for ever.
Oh let Israel say, that his loving-kindness endureth for ever.
I pray you, let Israel say, That, to the age is His kindness.
Let Israel now say, that his mercy endures for ever.
Let Israel now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Let Israel now say - The Hebrew people; the people of God. They have now, in my case, a new illustration of the mercy of God which ought to animate them, and to encourage their hearts. Compare Psalm 115:9.

Let Israel now say - Seeing the hand of the Lord so visibly, and the deliverance gained, that God's mercy endureth for ever.

Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. Let such who have had an experience of it acknowledge and declare it to others; not only believe in it with their hearts, and privately give thanks for it, but with the mouth make confession of it to the glory of divine grace; not only literal Israel, whom the Lord brought out of Egypt, led and fed in the wilderness, and settled in the land of Canaan; and to whom the law and the services of God, the covenants and promises, word and ordinances, belonged; and who now were so happy under the government of such a king as David; but also the spiritual Israel of God, the whole Israel of God, Jews and Gentiles, under the Gospel dispensation; the Israel whom God has chosen, Christ has redeemed, and the Spirit effectually calls and sanctifies; such who are Israelites indeed, who have been encouraged to hope in the Lord, and in his mercy, and are made partakers of it; these should speak of the grace and mercy of God, and the continuance of it, for the encouragement of others.

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