Psalms 136

World English Bible 89 include this book

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

2 Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loving kindness endures forever.

3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loving kindness endures forever;

4 to him who alone does great wonders, for his loving kindness endures forever;

5 to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his loving kindness endures forever;

6 to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his loving kindness endures forever;

7 to him who made the great lights, for his loving kindness endures forever;

8 the sun to rule by day, for his loving kindness endures forever;

9 the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loving kindness endures forever;

10 to him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn, for his loving kindness endures forever;

11 and brought out Israel from among them, for his loving kindness endures forever;

12 with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, for his loving kindness endures forever;

13 to him who divided the Red Sea apart, for his loving kindness endures forever;

14 and made Israel to pass through the middle of it, for his loving kindness endures forever;

15 but overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for his loving kindness endures forever;

16 to him who led his people through the wilderness, for his loving kindness endures forever;

17 to him who struck great kings, for his loving kindness endures forever;

18 and killed mighty kings, for his loving kindness endures forever;

19 Sihon king of the Amorites, for his loving kindness endures forever;

20 Og king of Bashan, for his loving kindness endures forever;

21 and gave their land as an inheritance, for his loving kindness endures forever;

22 even a heritage to Israel his servant, for his loving kindness endures forever;

23 who remembered us in our low estate, for his loving kindness endures forever;

24 and has delivered us from our adversaries, for his loving kindness endures forever;

25 who gives food to every creature, for his loving kindness endures forever.

26 Oh give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loving kindness endures forever.

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28 places named in this book — no place is named in this chapter, so the whole book is shown.

Jerusalem traditional Assembled for temple worship over several centuries.

The traditions broadly agree on this one.

Broad agreement: 1010 BC–400 BC David and many others
The Psalter is a collection assembled over centuries; individual psalms range widely in date.

Events overlapping the period this book is dated to (1010 BC–400 BC).

1200 BC–1000 BC Iron working spreads in the Levant Levant
Iron gradually displaced bronze for tools and weapons across the eastern Mediterranean.
1200 BC–400 BC Olmec civilisation Mesoamerica
The earliest major Mesoamerican civilisation, known for colossal stone heads and an early calendar.
1200 BC–600 BC Zoroaster teaches in Persia Persia
Founder of Zoroastrianism, whose dating is disputed by as much as six centuries. His teaching on a cosmic struggle between good and evil later touched Jewish and Christian thought.
1070 BC–350 AD The kingdom of Kush Africa
A Nubian power on the upper Nile that ruled Egypt itself as its twenty-fifth dynasty.
776 BC First recorded Olympiad Greece
The traditional starting point of Greek historical chronology.
753 BC Traditional founding of Rome Rome
The legendary date of Rome's founding, later used as the anchor of the Roman calendar.
745 BC–609 BC Neo-Assyrian empire at its height Mesopotamia
Assyria dominated the Near East, deporting conquered populations as policy, including the northern kingdom of Israel.
620 BC–560 BC Coinage invented in Lydia Anatolia
Stamped electrum coins of guaranteed weight, an idea that spread across the ancient world within a century.

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