Contradiction with Job 30:26
While Psalm 136:1 declares God's goodness and mercy, Job 30:26 reflects a personal experience of seeking good but encountering evil, highlighting the complexities of experiencing God's nature.
Job 30:26: When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me]: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:2-3
These verses imply that events happen equally to all, suggesting a sense of randomness in life that can seem at odds with the view of God's constant goodness and mercy in Psalm 136:1.
Ecclesiastes 9:2-3: All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.
Contradiction with Lamentations 3:44
This verse speaks of God covering with anger instead of mercy, seeming to contrast the eternal mercy thanked for in Psalm 136:1.
Lamentations 3:44: Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.
Contradiction with Habakkuk 1:2
The complaint of God not hearing or saving points to moments that may feel contradictory to the constant mercy praised in Psalm 136:1.
Habakkuk 1:2: O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! [even] cry out unto thee [of] violence, and thou wilt not save!