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href="../psalms/135.htm" title="Psalm 135">◄</a> Psalm 136 <a href="../psalms/137.htm" title="Psalm 137">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/psalms/136.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmhdg">Psalm 136</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Give thanks to the <span class="name">Lord</span>, for he is good.</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Give thanks to the God of gods.</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Give thanks to the Lord of lords:</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>to him who alone does great wonders,</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>who by his understanding made the heavens,</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>who spread out the earth upon the waters,</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>who made the great lights—</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>the sun to govern the day,</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>the moon and stars to govern the night;</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and brought Israel out from among them</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>with a mighty hand and outstretched arm;</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>to him who divided the Red Sea <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 15">a</a></sup></span> asunder</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and brought Israel through the midst of it,</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>to him who led his people through the wilderness;</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>to him who struck down great kings,</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and killed mighty kings—</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Sihon king of the Amorites</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and Og king of Bashan—</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>and gave their land as an inheritance,</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>an inheritance to his servant Israel.</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He remembered us in our low estate</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>and freed us from our enemies.</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He gives food to every creature.</p><p class="refrain">His love endures forever.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/136-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Give thanks to the God of heaven.</p><p 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