Psalm 135:3
Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
Cross-references
In Psalm 92:1, 'it is good to give thanks' closely mirrors 'the LORD is good' and 'it is pleasant' here.
Psalm 106:1 shares the identical refrain 'for he is good' — a standard call to praise in the Psalms.
Psalm 107:1 also opens with 'give thanks to the Lord, for he is good' — the same liturgical formula.
Psalm 118:1 repeats the same praise: 'give thanks to the Lord, for he is good' — a common refrain.
Psalm 136:1 uses the same opening: 'give thanks to the Lord, for he is good' — with added refrain about steadfast love.
In Psalm 147:1, the same phrase 'it is good to sing praises... it is pleasant' repeats this verse almost verbatim.
In Psalm 149:2, Israel is called to rejoice in their Maker — a parallel command to praise God as here.
Psalm 119:68 declares 'You are good and do good' — the same attribute but in a different context of teaching.
In Matthew 19:17, Jesus affirms that only God is good — echoing the same declaration that the LORD is good here.
In Ezra 3:11, the refrain 'for he is good' is sung in worship, directly echoing this verse's reason for praise.