Psalms 136:21 meaning and explanation

and He gave their land as an inheritance, His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalms 136:21, Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 136 is a litany, likely sung with a leader naming each act of God and the congregation answering every line, "His loving devotion endures forever." The Hebrew word behind that refrain is chesed, God's covenant faithfulness and steadfast love. Verse 21 recalls the land taken from Sihon and Og, the Amorite and Bashanite kings named just before, and given to Israel as an inheritance.

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