Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 136:26
(i) O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
(i) Seeing that all ages have had most plain testimonies of God's benefits.
(i) O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
(i) Seeing that all ages have had most plain testimonies of God's benefits.
O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE GOD OF HEAVEN - The God who reigns in heaven; whose home is heaven. FOR HIS MERCY ... - In view of all this - of all that he does in heaven and on earth - let praise be ascribed...
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...
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. GOD OF HEAVEN. See note on 2 Chronicles 36:23....
Jehovah the Deliverer of Israel and the Supporter of all things living....
_the God of heaven_ A late title, occurring here only in the Psalter. It is found in Ezra 1:2, &c.; Nehemiah 1:4; Nehemiah 2:4; 2 Chronicles 36:23
DISCOURSE: 728 A CALL TO ADORE GOD FOR HIS MERCY Psalms 136:26. _O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever._ PRAISE is the employment of heaven: and praise should be the e...
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...
O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE GOD OF HEAVEN - the Omnipotent God ()....
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" ...
GOD OF HEAVEN. — See Nehemiah 1:4; Nehemiah 2:4. This title, though implied in Psalms 11:4 and similar passages, was not used before the exile. Away from Zion and the visible token of the Divine prese...
הֹ֭ודוּ לְ אֵ֣ל הַ שָּׁמָ֑יִם 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...
The Psalm sweetly ends as it began: Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above. It is God that worketh in us, both to will, and to do of his good pleasure. And therefore we may find cause t...
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...
O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE GOD OF HEAVEN,.... the Maker of it, in which the glory of his wisdom and power is displayed; the possessor of it, where he dwells, has his throne, and keeps his court; from when...
O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. Ver. 26. _O give thanks unto the God of heaven_] His mercy in providing heaven for his people is more than all the rest....
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...
O give thanks unto the God of heaven, the great Ruler of the heavens and therefore the Sovereign of the earth as well; FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER. It is a wonderful prayer of thanksgiving, which t...
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 136:26 thanks H3034 (H8685) God H410 heaven H8064 mercy H2617 forever H5769 the God of heaven -...
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...
_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 136:23 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...
Jonah 1:9; Psalms 115:3; Psalms 123:1; Psalms 136:1; Revelation 11:13