My Psalm 136
(No matter our circumstances, we always have reasons to thank the Lord.)
“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,
for His loyal love endures.
Give thanks to the God of gods,
for His loyal love endures.
Give thanks to the Lord of Lords,
for His loyal love endures,
to the one who performs magnificent, amazing deeds all by himself,
for His loyal love endures,”[1]
To the one who prepared a kingdom for His beloved,
For His loyal love endures,
His blessed from the foundation of the world,
For His loyal love endures;
Who hung the earth on its axis,
For His loyal love endures;
Who spoke light into darkness and life into barrenness,
For His loyal love endures;
Who formed the man from the dust,
For His loyal love endures;
And breathed life into His flesh,
For His loyal love endures;
Who filled and multiplied the earth,
For His loyal love endures;
With humanity made in His image,
For His loyal love endures;
Who preserved the people of promise,
For His loyal love endures;
Through wandering and slavery,
For His loyal love endures;
Through judges, kings, exiles, and prophets,
For His loyal love endures;
Through the Incarnation of His only-begotten,
For His loyal love endures;
Very God of very God,
For His loyal love endures;
Born of a virgin in Bethlehem,
For His loyal love endures;
In His perfectly obedient life,
For His loyal love endures;
In making the lame walk and opening blind eyes,
For His loyal love endures;
In His death on the cross between thieves,
For His loyal love endures;
Our innocent substitute laid in a tomb,
For His loyal love endures;
In His resurrection on the third day,
For His loyal love endures;
In His appearances to many witnesses,
For His loyal love endures;
In His ascension to the Father’s right hand,
For His loyal love endures;
In the descent of the Spirit
For His loyal love endures;
In wind and tongues of fire,
For His loyal love endures;
In the filling of man and woman, young and old,
For His loyal love endures;
In Jew and Gentile, slave and free,
For His loyal love endures;
Taking the good news into all the world,
For His loyal love endures;
For all His faithfulness showered on us,
For His loyal love endures;
In all the millennia the world has endured,
For His loyal love endures;
Who governs the earth and the heavens,
For His loyal love endures;
Seedtime and harvest declaring His faithfulness,
For His loyal love endures;
Candy-floss sunrise and crescent moon,
For His loyal love endures;
Birds and butterflies migrating in season,
For His loyal love endures;
Christ indwelling the children of God,
For His loyal love endures;
His love in us and us in Him,
For His loyal love endures;
For the communion of the saints,
For His loyal love endures;
The forgiveness of sins,
For His loyal love endures;
The inspired, inerrant Scriptures,
For His loyal love endures;
The Word of God to reveal Himself,
For His loyal love endures;
To teach, reprove, correct, and train,
For His loyal love endures;
Who gave us birth by the word of truth,
For His loyal love endures;
The firstfruits of all His creatures,
For His loyal love endures;
Who gives peace in affliction,
For His loyal love endures;
Wisdom to the needy,
For His loyal love endures;
Who comforts the mourning,
For His loyal love endures;
Who welcomes our lament,
For His loyal love endures;
Who gives gifts to His people,
For His loyal love endures;
To His people for service,
For His loyal love endures;
Who weeps with the weepers,
For His loyal love endures;
Who intercedes for sinners,
For His loyal love endures;
Who conquers the grave,
For His loyal love endures;
Who shines resurrection hope,
For His loyal love endures;
Hope for His kingdom coming,
For His loyal love endures;
Who justly justifies the one who trusts Him,
For His loyal love endures;
Who spares us condemnation,
For His loyal love endures;
Who communicates inexpressible love,
For His loyal love endures;
Whose throne of grace is free to access,
For His loyal love endures;
For mercy and grace in time of need,
For His loyal love endures;
Who can do exceedingly, immeasurably more,
For His loyal love endures;
More than all we imagine or ask,
For His loyal love endures;
For His glory in Christ Jesus,
For His loyal love endures;
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,
For His loyal love endures;
Whose promises are sure,
For His loyal love endures;
Whose return approaches soon,
For His loyal love endures;
Who will transform us to His likeness,
For His loyal love endures;
When we see Him at His coming,
For His loyal love endures;
Who will give us resurrection bodies,
For His loyal love endures;
Impervious to sickness and death,
For His loyal love endures;
Who will usher in His new heavens and earth,
For His loyal love endures;
Who will put an end to sin and death,
For His loyal love endures;
And glorify those whose names are written,
For His loyal love endures;
Written in the book of life,
For His loyal love endures;
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,
For His loyal love endures;
Give thanks to the God of gods,
For His loyal love endures;
For past, present, and future,
For His loyal love endures;
Things present and things to come,
For His loyal love endures;
In heartache and in pain,
For His loyal love endures;
In joy and celebration,
For His loyal love endures;
For He is good,
For His loyal love endures;
For He is good,
For His loyal love endures;
For the Lord is good,
For His loyal love endures.
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His loyal love endures forever.
[1] Psalms 136:1-4 NET
