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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἀλληλούϊα.
¶ Μακάριοι ἄμωμοι ἐν ὁδῷ, οἱ πορευόμενοι ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου.
( Allaʸlouia.
¶ Makarioi amōmoi en hodōi, hoi poreuomenoi en nomōi Kuriou. )

BrTr Alleluia.
¶ Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

ULT Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
⇔ for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.

UST Tell Yahweh that you thank him very much for the good things that he has done for you!
⇔ He faithfully loves us, his people, forever.

OEB Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness,
⇔ his kindness endures forever.

WEBBE Give thanks to the LORD,[fn] for he is good,
⇔ for his loving kindness endures forever.

118:1 LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.

WMBB Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
⇔ for his loving kindness endures forever.

NET Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good
⇔ and his loyal love endures!

LSV Give thanks to YHWH,
For [He is] good, for His kindness [is] for all time.

FBV Thank the Lord, for he is good! His trustworthy love lasts forever.

T4T Tell Yahweh that you thank him very much for the good things that he has done for you
⇔ He faithfully loves us, his people, forever.

LEB No LEB PSA 118:1 verse available

BBE O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Moff Hallelujah.
⇔ Give thanks to the Eternal! – he is good,
⇔ his kindness never fails.

JPS 'O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.'

ASV Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good;
⇔ For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

DRA ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

YLT Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age [is] His kindness.

Drby Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

RV O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Wbstr O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.

KJB-1769 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
(O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth forever. )

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]O giue thankes vnto the LORD, for hee is good: because his mercie endureth for euer.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

118:1 Psal. 106. 1. and 107. 1. & 136. 1. 1.chron.16. 7.

Bshps O confesse you it vnto God, for he is gratious: and his mercie endureth for euer.
(O confess you it unto God, for he is gratious: and his mercy endureth forever.)

Gnva Praise yee the Lord, because he is good: for his mercie endureth for euer.
(Praise ye/you_all the Lord, because he is good: for his mercy endureth forever. )

Cvdl O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE, for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for euer.
(O Give thanks unto the LORD, for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth forever.)

Wycl `The titil of the hundrid and eiytenthe salm. Alleluia. Blessid ben men with out wem in the weie; that gon in the lawe of the Lord.
(`The titil of the hundred and eiytenthe psalm. Alleluia. Blessed been men with out wem in the weie; that going in the law of the Lord.)

Luth Danket dem HErr’s; denn er ist freundlich, und seine Güte währet ewiglich.
(Danket to_him LORD’s; because he is freundlich, and his Güte währet ewiglich.)

ClVg Alleluja. [Aleph Beati immaculati in via, qui ambulant in lege Domini.[fn]
(Alleluya. [Aleph Beati immaculati in via, who ambulant in lege Master. )

118.1 Expositionem hujus psalmi, ut valde prolixam, omittimus. Vide Ambrosii, Cassiodori, Augustini Enarrationes in psalmos, e quibus ad verbum expressa est glossa ordinaria in hunc locum.

118.1 Expositionem huyus psalmi, as valde prolixam, omittimus. Vide Ambrosii, Cassiodori, Augustini Enarrationes in psalmos, e to_whom to the_word expressa it_is glossa ordinaria in this_one locum.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

General Information:

(Some words not found in UHB: give_thanks to/for=YHWH that/for/because/then/when good that/for/because/then/when to,forever steadfast_love,his )

General Information:

Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: figs-parallelism)

Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good

(Some words not found in UHB: give_thanks to/for=YHWH that/for/because/then/when good that/for/because/then/when to,forever steadfast_love,his )

Alternate translation: “Thank Yahweh because of the good things he does”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

his covenant faithfulness endures forever

(Some words not found in UHB: give_thanks to/for=YHWH that/for/because/then/when good that/for/because/then/when to,forever steadfast_love,his )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word faithfulness, you could express the same idea with an adjective. Alternate translation: “he remains faithful to his covenant forever”

Parallel PSA 118:1

General Information: