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title: His Steadfast Love Endures Forever
description: How to pray through Psalm 136.
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# [His Steadfast Love Endures Forever](https://www.sevenrivers.org/blog/his-steadfast-love-endures-forever)

 Written by [Brandon Lauranzon](https://www.sevenrivers.org/blog/author/brandon-lauranzon) | Jun 12, 2020 4:02:42 PM

**Psalm 136**

[1] Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,  
for his steadfast love endures forever.  
[2] Give thanks to the God of gods,  
for his steadfast love endures forever.  
[3] Give thanks to the Lord of lords,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[4] to him who alone does great wonders,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[5] to him who by understanding made the heavens,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[6] to him who spread out the earth above the waters,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[7] to him who made the great lights,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[8] the sun to rule over the day,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[9] the moon and stars to rule over the night,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;

**Prayer: Thank you, O God, for your mercies, which are "new every morning," and for your nature which is "the same yesterday and today and forever." I never know what to expect from you; and yet I always know what to expect from you. You have so many ways of declaring redemptive love to me, but always it is redemptive love you bring, even through Jesus Christ. *Amen*.**

[10] to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[11] and brought Israel out from among them,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[12] with a strong hand and an outstretched arm,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[13] to him who divided the Red Sea in two,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[14] and made Israel pass through the midst of it,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[15] but overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[16] to him who led his people through the wilderness,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[17] to him who struck down great kings,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[18] and killed mighty kings,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[19] Sihon, king of the Amorites,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[20] and Og, king of Bashan,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[21] and gave their land as a heritage,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[22] a heritage to Israel his servant,  
for his steadfast love endures forever.

**Prayer: God, give me a mind as relentless as this psalmist's in discovering instances of your steadfast love. I want no gaps in my praise and no blanks in my thanksgiving. *Amen*.**

[23] It is he who remembered us in our low estate,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[24] and rescued us from our foes,  
for his steadfast love endures forever;  
[25] he who gives food to all flesh,  
for his steadfast love endures forever.  
[26] Give thanks to the God of heaven,  
for his steadfast love endures forever.

**Prayer: O God, you do so many things in so many places - and I miss so much of it. I am lethargic in my responses, unbelieving in my reactions. I want to be more alive to the world of grace, more alert to the motions of mercy, more responsive to the descent of the Spirit. *Amen*.  
**  
*Prayers taken from *Praying with the Psalms: A Year of Daily Prayers and Reflections on the Words of David* by Eugene Peterson

 

 

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