Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Psalms 136:14,15
And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:
No JFB commentary on these verses.
And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:
No JFB commentary on these verses.
AND MADE ISRAEL TO PASS THROUGH THE MIDST OF IT - Exodus 14:29. FOR HIS MERCY ... - The mercy manifested in keeping the waves from returning on them and overwhelming them....
Psalms 136 His Mercy Endureth Forever This is a historical Psalm of praise, as His grateful people Israel think of all He has done. Twenty-six times we read “His mercy endureth forever.” The Psalm b...
CXXXVI. A LONG HYMN OF PRAISE FOR YAHWEH'S POWER AND HIS CARE OF HIS PEOPLE FROM EGYPT TILL THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN. Psalms 136:1 based on Genesis 1. Yahweh the Maker of all. Psalms 136:6. For the wat...
O give thanks unto the King of the kings of kings, for &c....
Jehovah the Deliverer of Israel. Cp. Psalms 135:8 ff....
PSALMS 136 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Second Call to Temple-Worship, with Responses Inserted. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 136:1-3, A Threefold Call for Thanks, based on the three leading Divine Names. Stan...
A song of praise to God ever merciful. It is sometimes known as the great Hallel, although the Talmud includes also Psalms 120-135 under this title. It differs from all other Pss. in the Psalter in th...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE *KIND LOVE OF THE *LORD PSALMS 136 THE GREAT *HALLEL Jesus said, "This is how God loved the world" ...
וְ הֶעֱבִ֣יר יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל בְּ תֹוכֹ֑ו כִּ֖י לְ
Psalms 136:1 THIS psalm is evidently intended for liturgic use. It contains reminiscences of many parts, of Scripture, and is especially based on the previous psalm, which it follows closely in Psalms...
DELIVERANCE FROM ENEMIES Psalms 136:13-26 This psalm is no mere running commentary on the ways of God. It is a song of redemption. Pharaoh, Sihon, Og opposed God's redeeming purpose, though there...
This is a song of the age-abiding mercy of Jehovah. It opens and closes with a call to praise, and in its main movements sets forth the reason for such praise. In the opening call the three great name...
From the kingdom of nature and providence, the sacred writer turns to the kingdom of grace, and in the history of Israel, in their deliverance from bondage, he showeth how great that salvation must be...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 135 AND 136. Psalms 135 and 136 celebrate Jehovah, who has delivered Israel and now dwells in Jerusalem, and give thanks to Him whose mercy has endured for ever...
AND MADE ISRAEL TO PASS THROUGH THE MIDST OF IT,.... Willingly, without reluctance; with great spirit and courage, fearless of danger, and with the utmost safety, so that not one was lost in the passa...
And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy [endureth] for ever: Ver. 14. _And made Israel to pass, &c._] It is many times hail with the saints, when ill with the wicked. Abraham f...
_To him who smote Egypt_, &c. “From the works of creation the psalmist proceeds to those of providence and grace; and celebrates that mercy which rescued Israel from oppression; brought them out of th...
EXHORTATION TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD. An antiphonal hymn, which takes up the theme of the preceding psalm and was intended to be sung in alternation by the choir and the congregation, the former chantin...
and made Israel to pass through the midst of it, the waters standing on either side like walls; FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER;...
10-22 The great things God did for Israel, when he brought them out of Egypt, were mercies which endured long to them; and our redemption by Christ, which was typified thereby, endures for ever. It is...
TO PASS THROUGH THE MIDST OF IT, to wit, without fear or danger, by comparing this with the next verse....
Psalms 136:14 Israel H3478 through H5674 (H8689) midst H8432 mercy H2617 forever H5769 pass through -...
Let us make this occasion a time of praise and thanksgiving: let our hearts dance at the name of our God: let our lips give expression thereto, in joyful music. Psalms 136:1. _O give thanks unto the...
Psalms 136:1. _O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks to the Lord of lords for...
This is indeed one of the chief songs of praise which we find even in the Scriptures, and it is not surprising that such a poet as John Milton should have written that version of it that we often sing...
When the chorus was taken up by the whole of the people, accompanied by a blast of trumpets, this must have been a magnificent hymn of praise. Psalms 136:1. _O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is go...
CONTENTS: Call to praise God as the great Benefactor of the whole creation. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: We should give thanks to God, not only for the mercies which are handed out to us here on ear...
This psalm has no title in the Hebrew, and the author is unknown. It is reckoned the grand _Te Deum_ of the Hebrew choir. The repetitions at the end of every verse, have correspondent examples in Gree...
_O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good._ THE ETERNITY OR GOD’S GOODNESS This is a reason for praising Him-- I. In the material universe (Psalms 136:1). When the grandeur of nature overawes yo...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 136:1. This hymn calls on the worshiping congregation to give thanks to the Lord, who has shown his faithfulness throughout the history of God’s people. Each verse in this p...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 136:10 These verses recall how the Lord BROUGHT ISRAEL OUT FROM AMONG the Egyptians WITH A STRONG HAND AND AN OUTSTRETCHED ARM, and led his people through the wilde
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm,” says Perowne, “is little more than a variation and repetition of the preceding Psalm. It opens with the same liturgical formula with which the 106th and 118th Psalms open, a...
EXPOSITION A PSALM with a familiar refrain (comp. Psalms 118:1, Psa 118:29; 2 Chronicles 5:13; Ezra 3:11) at the end of each line. In the main...
Shall we turn now our Bibles to Psalms 136:1-26. Throughout the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth psalm, we have the repeated phrase, "For His mercy endureth forever." And this is repeated in each of the v...
Exodus 14:22; Psalms 10:1; Psalms 78:13...