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Psalms 136

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Verse 1

136:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his {a} mercy [endureth] for ever.

(a) By this repetition he shows that the least of God’s benefits bind us to thanksgiving: but chiefly his mercy, which is principally declared towards his Church.

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Verse 6

136:6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his {b} mercy [endureth] for ever.

(b) This was a common kind of thanksgiving, which the whole people used, when they had received any benefit from God, as in 2 Chronicles 7:6; 2 Chronicles 20:21, meaning that God was not only merciful to their fathers, but also continued the same to their posterity.

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Verse 11

136:11 And {c} brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:

(c) God’s merciful providence toward man appears in all his creatures, but chiefly in that he delivered his Church from the clutches of their enemies.

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Verse 12

136:12 With a strong hand, and with a {d} stretched out arm: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

(d) In doing such a work as was never done before, nor that any other could do.

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Verse 16

136:16 To him which led his people through the {e} wilderness: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

(e) Where for the space of forty years he showed infinite and most strange wonders.

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Verse 18

136:18 And slew {f} famous kings: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:

(f) Declaring by it that no power or authority was so dear to him as the love of his Church.

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Verse 23

136:23 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.

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Verse 25

136:25 Who giveth food to all {h} flesh: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

(h) Seeing that God provides even for the beasts much more has he care over his.

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Verse 26

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.

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Bibliographical Information
Beza, Theodore. "Commentary on Psalms 136". "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/gsb/psalms-136.html. 1599-1645.

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Psalms 136