Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 136:23
Who remembered us in our low estate, either in the bondage of Egypt or in the captivity of Babylonia; for His mercy endureth forever;
Who remembered us in our low estate, either in the bondage of Egypt or in the captivity of Babylonia; for His mercy endureth forever;
Verse Psalms 136:23. _WHO REMEMBERED US IN OUR LOW ESTATE_] He has done much for our _forefathers_; and he has done much for us, in delivering us, when we had no helper, from our long captivity in Bab...
WHO REMEMBERED US IN OUR LOW ESTATE - When we were few in number; when we were a feeble people; when we were a people unable to contend with such mighty foes. FOR HIS MERCY ... - By all that he did f...
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...
_in our low estate_ The humiliation of the Exile....
Jehovah the Deliverer of Israel and the Supporter of all things living....
WHO REMEMBERED US IN OUR LOW ESTATE— It is not easy to translate otherwise. But as the original is לנו _lanu, to us,_ it means that God remembered _in their favour;_ remembered to them what was past,...
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...
Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever: WHO REMEMBERED US IN OUR LOW ESTATE - namely, in Babylon, from which He has lately delivered us (; )....
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...
LOW ESTATE] i.e. condition of abasement, perhaps the exile or subjection to a foreign yoke....
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" ...
שֶׁ֭ בְּ שִׁפְלֵנוּ זָ֣כַר לָ֑נוּ 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...
Who remembered us in our (g) low estate: for his mercy [endureth] for ever: (g) In our greatest affliction and slavery when we looked for nothing less than to have had any help....
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...
23._Who remembered us in our humiliation _The six verses taken from the previous Psalm I pass over without observation; and I shall only touch very briefly upon the others, which do not need lengthene...
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...
WHO REMEMBERED US IN OUR LOW ESTATE,.... The Israelites; either in Egypt, as Jarchi, when in bondage and distress there, and sent them a deliverer; or in the times of the Judges, whom God raised up on...
Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy [endureth] for ever: Ver. 23. _Who remembered us in our low estate_] Still God helpeth those who are forsaken of their hopes, _et vindictae gladium...
_A heritage unto Israel his servant_ He speaks of all that people as of one man, because they were united together in one body, in the worship of one and the same God. Thus God calleth them all his fi...
23-26 God's everlasting mercy is here praised for the redemption of his church; in all his glories, and all his gifts. Blessed be God, who has provided and made known to us salvation through his Son....
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 136:23 remembered H2142 (H8804) state H8216 mercy H2617 forever H5769 remembered - Psalms 102:17,...
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...
_Who remembered us in our low estate._ RAISED FROM LOW ESTATE I. By apostasy from God we are reduced to a condition of great degradation. 1. By sinning we have lost all moral excellence. 2. All so...
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 136:23 Now the song turns to an apparently more recent event, when the Lord REMEMBERED US IN OUR LOW ESTATE, and RESCUED US FROM OUR FOES. The reference to
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...
1 Samuel 2:7; 1 Samuel 2:8; Deuteronomy 32:36; Ezekiel 16:3; Genesis 8: