חַֽסְדֵ֨י יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אַזְכִּיר֙ תְּהִלֹּ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה כְּעַ֕ל כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־גְּמָלָ֖נוּ יְהוָ֑ה וְרַב־טוּב֙ לְבֵ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־גְּמָלָ֥ם כְּֽרַחֲמָ֖יו וּכְרֹ֥ב חֲסָדָֽיו׃
Aku hendak mengingatkan kasih setia Yang Mahakekal dan puji-pujian bagi Yang Mahakekal, sesuai dengan segala yang telah dilimpahkan Yang Mahakekal kepada kita, dan kebaikan besar bagi kaum Israel, yang telah dilimpahkan-Nya kepada mereka menurut belas kasihan-Nya dan menurut kasih setia-Nya yang berlimpah.
Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael
(Exodus 15:13) "You have led forth in lovingkindness (chesed)": You have done chesed with us, for we were without (redeeming) deeds, viz. (Isaiah 63:7) "The lovingkindnesses of the L–rd will I proclaim, etc.", (Psalms 89:2) "The lovingkindnesses of the L–rd will I ever sing, etc." And the world in its very beginning was built only with chesed, viz. (Ibid. 3) "I said that the world (with) chesed will be built."
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer
Rabbi Chakhinai said: The Holy One, blessed be He, set no limit to the kingdoms, except to the Egyptian bondage, and to the kingdom of Babylon. Whence do we know this about the Egyptian bondage? Because it is said, "And they shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years" (Gen. 15:13). The Holy One, blessed be He, dealt according to the abundance of His tender mercy, and He shortened (this time limit) by its half, 210 years. Whence do we know about the Babylonian kingdom? Because it is said, "For thus saith the Lord, After seventy years be accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place" (Jer. 29:10).
Midrash Tehillim
To the chief musician, upon the Gittith, for the sons of Korah. This is what the scripture says in Isaiah 63:6, "I will tread down the peoples in my anger." What should we say? "I will make mention of the loving kindnesses of the Lord" (Isaiah 63:7). And anyone who sees the Gittith will be victorious. Isaiah saw it and said, "I will make mention of the loving kindnesses of the Lord." David saw it and said, "Upon Gittith" (Psalm 8:1). Asaph saw it and said, "Upon Gittith, a Psalm for Asaph" (Psalm 81:1). The sons of Korah saw it and said, "Upon the Gittith, for the sons of Korah."