TOTAL PRAISE
PSALM 100:5 - FOR THE LORD IS GOOD; HIS MERCY IS EVERLASTING; AND HIS TRUTH ENDURETH TO ALL GENERATIONS.
PSALM 100:5 CSB - FOR THE LORD IS GOOD, AND HIS FAITHFUL LOVE ENDURES FOREVER; HIS FAITHFULNESS, THROUGH ALL GENERATIONS.
BIG IDEA: WE PRAISE GOD BECAUSE HE IS GOOD!
5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting;
And his truth endureth to all generations.
5 For the LORD is good, and his faithful love endures forever;
his faithfulness, through all generations.
This use of parallelism helps us to understand the meaning of Hebrew words which might otherwise be difficult to translate.
It is the same word used in Exodus 17:12 to describe Moses’s hands “staying steady,”
12 When Moses’s hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down on it. Then Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
8 But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
16 For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Every generation that benefits from Yahweh’s goodness, loyal love, and faithfulness should carry out this psalm’s exhortation to serve God happily and worship Him gratefully.