Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 136:24
and hath redeemed us from our enemies, snatching them suddenly out of the hands of their adversaries; for His mercy endureth forever.
and hath redeemed us from our enemies, snatching them suddenly out of the hands of their adversaries; for His mercy endureth forever.
AND HATH REDEEMED US FROM OUR ENEMIES - Has rescued or delivered us from all our foes; has given to us freedom and peace. FOR HIS MERCY ... - By all that he has done in order to redeem us; and by all...
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...
REDEEMED. rescued. Hebrew. _parak_. to break. Thus to rescue, by breaking the bonds. Rendered "redeem" only here (and Daniel 4:27 in the Vulgate versions: Authorized Version "break off"). ENEMIES. ad...
Jehovah the Deliverer of Israel and the Supporter of all things living....
_And hath redeemed_&c. R.V. and hath delivered us from our adversaries....
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...
And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever. AND HATH REDEEMED US FROM OUR ENEMIES - literally, 'hath broken us (i:e., by breaking off our yoke, hath redeemed us) from ou...
136:24 delivered (a-3) Lit. 'rent us from,' as Lamentations 5:8 . oppressors, (b-7) Or 'adversaries,' _ Tzar_ , as Psalms 8:2 ....
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" ...
REDEEMED. — Better, as in original, _snatched us from._ (Comp. Psalms 7:2, used of a lion suddenly seizing his prey.)...
וַ יִּפְרְקֵ֥נוּ מִ צָּרֵ֑ינוּ כִּ֖י לְ עֹולָ
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...
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...
AND HATH REDEEMED US FROM OUR ENEMIES,.... Temporal enemies, tyrants, and oppressors: and spiritual ones, sin, Satan, the world, the law, death, and hell; FOR HIS MERCY [ENDURETH] FOR EVER; as is cle...
And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. Ver. 24. _And hath redeemed us_] Or, broken us off, pulled us away, as by violence; for they would never else have loosed us....
_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 136:24 rescued H6561 (H8799) enemies H6862 mercy H2617 forever H5769 Exodus 15:13;...
REDEEMED (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _ (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 14:30). _...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
Deuteronomy 15:15; Exodus 15:13; Isaiah 63:9; Luke 1:68; Proverbs