1 Maccabees 4:24

24 As they returned, they sang hymns and songs of praise to heaven: "God is good, because his mercy endures forever."

1 Maccabees 4:24 In-Context

22 They ran away into the land of the Philistines.

23 So Judas went back to plunder the camp. His army took a great amount of gold and silver, cloth that was dyed blue and purple, and great riches.

24 As they returned, they sang hymns and songs of praise to heaven: "God is good, because his mercy endures forever."

25 That day Israel had a great deliverance.

26 The foreigners who escaped went and told Lysias about all that had happened.