To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
To him that made great lights ... The sun to rule by day ... The moon and stars to rule by night - i:e., in relation to this earth and the wants of man, the sun is the predominant light by day, the moon and stars by night. When the sun is seen the moon and stars disappear, and vice versa ().
Verse Psalms 136:7. _GREAT LIGHTS_] See the notes on the parallel passages in _Genesis_, c. Genesis 1:14-1...
TO HIM THAT MADE GREAT LIGHTS - Genesis 1:14. The sun and the moon are here particularly referred to. FOR HIS MERCY ... - As manifested in all that has followed from the creation and diffusion of ligh...
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...
GREAT LIGHTS. Genesis 1:14, "lightholders"....
Cp. Genesis 1:14-16....
O give thanks unto him that buildeth his city and his sanctuary (Psalms 147:2 _a_), for &c....
Jehovah the Creator....
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" ...
LIGHTS. — An unusual word, meaning _light_ itself, and not _luminaries._ But possibly the poet wished in one phrase to combine Genesis 1:3; Genesis 1:14....
לְ֭ עֹשֵׂה אֹורִ֣ים גְּדֹלִ֑ים כִּ֖י לְ עֹולָ
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...
A REVIEW OF GOD'S MERCIES Psalms 136:1-12 An antiphonal psalm, intended to be sung by two choirs or by a soloist and the Temple choir. This avowal of the eternity of God's mercy, amid all the fluc...
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...
Day. When Jerusalem was taken, or when it shall be re-established. (Haydock) --- The Idumeans incited the Babylonians to destroy it entirely, and even cut in pieces such as had escaped, Abdias v. 11.,...
In these verses the Psalmist is calling for praise to Jehovah from his numberless acts of goodness in the wisdom of creation. From the great works of God, the formation of the heavens, the earth, the...
7._Who made the great lights, etc_. — Moses calls the sun and moon the two great lights, and there is little doubt that the Psalmist here borrows the same phraseology. What is immediately added about...
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...
TO HIM THAT MADE GREAT LIGHTS,.... For the inhabitants of the world to walk and work by, to do all the business of life in a comfortable manner; and which is an instance of mercy and goodness; see Gen...
To him that made great lights: for his mercy [endureth] for ever: Ver. 7. _To him that made great lights_] Without which we should have no more comfort of the air we breathe in than the Egyptians had...
_To him that made great lights_, &c. Great luminaries, placed in the firmament of heaven, to shed their light and influences upon the earth: see notes on Genesis 1:14. “Light is the life and soul of t...
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...
To Him that made great lights, Genesis 1:14; for His mercy endureth forever:...
1-9 Forgetful as we are, things must be often repeated to us. By "mercy" we understand the Lord's disposition to save those whom sin has rendered miserable and vile, and all the provision he has made...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_To Him who alone doeth great wonders._ GOD THE WONDER-WORKER Altering a little the language of Coleridge, I would say, “All true science begins with wonder, and ends with wonder, and the space betwe...
_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 136:4 The OT often reminds God’s people that the God who has redeemed them is also the God who created the world. Sometimes that reminder is given to reassure the people of God’s...
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...
Deuteronomy 4:19; Genesis 1:14; Psalms 74:1; Psalms 74:16...