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Psalms 136:1-26

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 chanting the invitation and the latter responding with the call, stating the reason for the hymn of praise.

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See also Psalms 136:1-26 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    PSALM CXXXVI _An exhortation to give thanks to God for various mercies_ _granted to all men_, 1-9; _particularly to the Israelites in Egypt_, 10-12; _at the Red Sea_, 13-15; _in the wilderness_,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, FOR HE IS GOOD - This whole verse is the same as Psalms 106:1, except that that is introduced by a Hallelujah. See the notes at that verse. FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOR EVER...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD. Hebrew _Jehovah_ App-4. FOR, &C. Figures of Speech. _Amoebaeon and Epistrophe._ App-6. MERCY. loving-kindness, or grace....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    O give thanks unto Jehovah for he is good: for his loving-kindness (endureth) for ever (Psalms 136:1). Cp. Psalms 106:1, note; Psalms 107:1; Psalms 118

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A call to thanksgiving....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _An exhortation to give thanks to God for particular mercies._ THIS psalm, like the former, is a commemoration of the wonderful things which God had done for the Jews. Bishop Patrick supposes it to ha...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalms 136:1.-The repetition "for His mercy endureth forever" is the pervading idea. His mercy is not a mere think of t...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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" ...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֹוד֣וּ לַ יהוָ֣ה כִּי ־טֹ֑וב כִּ֖י לְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

      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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    For Jeremias. For the time of Jeremias, and the captivity of Babylon. (Challoner) --- Or "of" ( Jeremiæ.; Haydock) Jeremias; on which subject he composed his Lamentations, as the Septuagint thus insin...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS This Psalm is so much to the same purport with the former, that it should seem to be but a repetition of it, with the chorus of praise added to every verse. The subject is the same, and the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _‘HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOR EVER’_ ‘O give thanks unto the Lord.’ Psalms 136:1 I. THERE IS A REMARKABLE SIMILARITY BETWEEN THIS PSALM AND THE PRECEDING ONE; but here a noble refrain is inserted after...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    1._For his mercy, _(172) etc. The insertion of this clause again and again in so many short and abrupt sentences, may seem a vain repetition, but verses repeated by way of chorus are both allowed and...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, FOR HE [IS] GOOD,.... In himself, and to all his creatures; and especially to his chosen people, who therefore should give thanks to him daily in the name of Christ, for a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever._ Ver. 1. _O give thanks unto the Lord_] This psalm is by the Jews called Hillel gadol, the great gratulatory. See Ps...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Psa. 136. This Psalm confirms me that an ultimate end of the creation of the world, and of all God's works, is His goodness, or the communication of His good to His creatures. For this Psalm sufficien...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good_ “We are called upon to praise Jehovah, first for his own essential attributes; then for the exertion of those attributes in his works. The attributes here...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    PSALM 136 THE ARGUMENT The matter of this Psalm is the same with the former, only it is a little more fitted to the use and service of the temple, by the continued repetition of that solemn clause, Fo...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 136:1 thanks H3034 (H8685) LORD H3068 good H2896 mercy H2617 forever H5769 Give thanks -...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 16:34; 1 Chronicles 16:41; 2 Chronicles 20:21; 2 Chronicles 7:3;...

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