[1][2] In the King James Version, it reads: "O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever".
[2] It is used as grace for meals,[2] and for other occasions to give thanks, such as baptism,[5] confirmation,[6] and Erntedank.
[8] In the German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob, it was included in the first 1975 edition as GL 283, and in the second 2013 edition as 406 in the section Leben in Gott – Lob, Dank und Anbetung (Life in God – Praise, thanks and adoration).
[8] The round was included in the collection Himmelgrün for the Landesgartenschau state garden show of Rhineland-Palatinate in Landau in 2015.
[1] The text is split into four sections:[8] The music is typically notated in F major.