“...We are taught in this Psalm, when we chaunt Allelujah, which meaneth, Praise the Lord, that we should, when we hear the words, "Confess unto the Lord" (ver. 1), praise the Lord. The praise of God could not be expressed in fewer words than these, "For He is good." I see not what can be more solemn than this brevity,…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 118
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1O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
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— Psalms 118:1 —
2Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
3Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.