#264 - Kyle Thompson // Give Thanks to the Lord, For He is Good

The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

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🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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We trace Psalm 136:1–3 to show why God’s goodness and supremacy are the bedrock of a steady life and why lesser lords cannot bear the weight of our hopes. We call men to reorder love, practice gratitude, and return to the refrain that anchors choices and courage. • context and structure of Psalm 136 as a liturgical hymn • meanings across translations of the refrain • hesed as covenant love and engine of history • focus on God’s goodness as essential attribute • God’s supremacy over all ruler...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.
0:20.3	All right, welcome to a new week of the Daily Blade. All week we're
0:23.1	going to be looking at Psalm 136. So the English standard version of the Bible names this Psalm,
0:28.9	His steadfast love endures forever. So the author of this exact Psalm and the exact date of the
0:34.4	writing of the Psalm is not known, but it does have the earmarks of a post-exyleic
0:39.2	writing, so post-exile, which would place it near the 5th century BC. So structurally, this psalm is a
0:45.5	liturgical hymn of Thanksgiving. And it hinges on the antiphonal repetition of this one line, and it's this
0:52.2	one line from the ESV, for his steadfast love endures forever.
0:57.7	And you may have heard it in some other translations, King James Version, for his mercy endureth forever.
1:04.0	The CSB, his faithful love indoors forever.
1:07.8	And then as before, his loving kindness is everlasting. So what is the central focus and reason
1:13.8	for the repetition of this one line? It is God's character, his defining attribute. And it's the Hebrew
1:21.8	word, Hesed, okay? And that's how God's character is the engine of history. So Hassad can be difficult to translate,
1:29.1	but the meaning implies that God's love is not just a feeling, right? Not how we feel like we love
1:34.2	something. It is a binding commitment between God and each one of us, and that refrain is repeated
1:40.5	26 times in this one short Psalm. So we're going to break this Psalm up into five
1:45.8	sections as we study this week, but I would highly encourage you to just read the entire thing
1:49.5	every day this week as we go through. Today we're going to look at verses one through three,
1:54.4	and I'll read them here. Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
2:00.7	Give thanks to the God of God's for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods, for his
2:02.7	steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of Lords, for his steadfast love endures forever.
2:09.2	So in this first section, we need to focus on two things, God's goodness and God's supremacy. So let's
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