His Faithful Love, Forever
Every line is answered by the same refrain, twenty-six times over: our Father's faithful love endures forever. The list runs from making the stars, to parting the sea, to feeding every living creature — ancient history and today's dinner offered as one proof.
136 1Give thanks to our Father, for he is good; for his faithful love endures forever. 2Give thanks to our Father above all fathers, for his faithful love endures forever. 3Give thanks to the Sovereign of sovereigns, for his faithful love endures forever.
4To him who alone does great wonders, for his faithful love endures forever. 5To him who made the heavens with wisdom, for his faithful love endures forever. 6To him who spread out the earth upon the waters, for his faithful love endures forever. 7To him who made the great lights, for his faithful love endures forever. 8The sun to rule over the day, for his faithful love endures forever. 9The moon and stars to rule over the night, for his faithful love endures forever.
10To him who struck down Egypt through their firstborn, for his faithful love endures forever, 11and brought Israel out from among them, for his faithful love endures forever, 12with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his faithful love endures forever.
13To him who parted the Red Sea, for his faithful love endures forever, 14and led Israel through the middle of it, for his faithful love endures forever, 15but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea, for his faithful love endures forever.
16To him who led his people through the wilderness, for his faithful love endures forever.
17To him who struck down great kings, for his faithful love endures forever, 18and killed mighty kings, for his faithful love endures forever. 19Sihon king of the Amorites, for his faithful love endures forever, 20and Og king of Bashan, for his faithful love endures forever, 21and gave their land as an inheritance, for his faithful love endures forever. 22An inheritance to Israel his servant, for his faithful love endures forever.
23Who remembered us when we were brought low, for his faithful love endures forever, 24and rescued us from our enemies, for his faithful love endures forever, 25who gives food to every living creature, for his faithful love endures forever.
26Give thanks to the Father of heaven, for his faithful love endures forever.
