Psalms 136:17
What meaning of the psalms 136:17 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 136:17 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:"
What does Psalms 136:17 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:"
TO HIM WHICH SMOTE GREAT KINGS - On this passage see the notes at Psalms 135:10. There is little difference in the two places, except that here the statement is divided by the refrain, “For his mercy...
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...
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 wa...
Jehovah the Giver of the promised land. Cp. Psalms 135:10 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...
To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: TO HIM WHICH SMOTE GREAT KINGS ... SIHON ... AND OG - (.) The Psalmist signifies these kings because the MERCY of the Lord is here...
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" (JOHN 3:16). PSALMS 136 V1 Thank the *LORD, because he...
לְ֭ מַכֵּה מְלָכִ֣ים גְּדֹלִ֑ים כִּ֖י לְ עֹולָ֣ם חַסְדֹּֽו׃...
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 Psalm...
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...
TO HIM WHICH SMOTE GREAT KINGS,.... Either the thirty one kings in the land of Canaan; or those who are after particularly mentioned; which seems best, since the kings of Canaan were petty kings, when...
To him which smote great kings: for his mercy [endureth] for ever: Ver. 17. _To him which smote great kings_] Great, as those times accounted them, when every small city almost had their king; Canaan...
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 136:17 down H5221 (H8688) great H1419 kings H4428 mercy H2617 forever H5769 Psalms 135:10-11; Joshua 12:1-24...
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...
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 Psalms 134:1; follows the line of Psalms 135:1, calling u...
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...
Joshua 12:1; Psalms 135:10; Psalms 135:11...