Psalm 118:1-4 O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endures for ever.… O this mercy of God! I am told it is an ocean. Then I place on it four swift-sailing craft, with compass, and charts, and choice rigging, and skilful navigators, and I tell them to launch away, and discover for me the extent of this ocean. That craft puts out in one direction, and sails to the north; this to the south; this to the east; this to the west. They crowd on all their canvas, and sail ten thousand years, and one day come up the harbour of heaven; and I shout to them from the beach, "Have you found the shore?" and they answer: "No shore to God's mercy." Swift angels, despatched from the throne, attempt to go across it. For a million years they fly and fly; but then come back and fold their wings at the foot of the throne, and cry: "No shore; no shore to God's mercy!" (T. De Witt Talmage.) Parallel Verses KJV: O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.WEB: Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. |
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