Psa 106:1, 118:1-4 | JFB | STEP | 1. Praise, &c.—(See on ), begins and ends the Psalm, intimating the obligations of praise, however we sin and suffer is the source from which the beginning and end of this Psalm are derived.

Psalms 106:1

1. Praise, &c.—(See on Ps 104:35), begins and ends the Psalm, intimating the obligations of praise, however we sin and suffer 1Ch 16:34-36 is the source from which the beginning and end of this Psalm are derived.

Psalms 118:1-4

1-4. The trine repetitions are emphatic (compare Ps 118:10-12, 15, 16; 115:12, 13).

Let . . . say—Oh! that Israel may say.

now—as in Ps 115:2; so in Ps 118:3, 4. After "now say" supply "give thanks."

that his mercy—or, "for His mercy."