This Psalm consists of twenty-six sentences, each ending with the phrase, "For His kindness is forever." The general theme is that even when the people of the world are undeserving, nonetheless Hashem supports the world and its inhabitants through His beneficience.

Thus the psalmist points out that even when Hashem could have settled for doing less, still He acted with an extra measure of kindness to His people. For example, we speak of how the lands of Sichon and Og, kings of the Transjordan, were given to the people of Israel. Hashem had previously promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that He would give the land of Israel to their descendents. But He could have contented Himself, writes Anaf Yosef, with the land of Israel proper. The fact that He also gave the Transjordan to the Jews demonstrates His exceptional kindness toward them.

This too shows the kindness of Hashem. True: He had already promised that He would take the Jews out of Egypt. But when He did take us out, He did so in such manner that demonstrated how He treasured the individual talents and the individual capacity of each tribe. This too was a part of the kindness of Hashem, for He thereby demonstrated how He values the individual achievements and attainments of each Jew.

Copyright (c) 1998 by Rabbi Levi Langer

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