Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 136:22
Israel — He speaks of all that people as of one man, because they were united together in one body in the worship of God.
Israel — He speaks of all that people as of one man, because they were united together in one body in the worship of God.
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 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...
_Israel his servant_ Cp. Isaiah 41:8; &c....
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...
_AND GAVE THEIR LAND FOR AN HERITAGE: FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOR EVER:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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" ...
נַ֭חֲלָה לְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עַבְדֹּ֑ו כִּ֖י לְ עֹ
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...
[EVEN] AN HERITAGE UNTO ISRAEL HIS SERVANT,.... The land of those that served idols, the Lord took and gave to Israel for an inheritance, who served him, the true God. Thus the Lord rewards his servan...
Psalms 136:22 [Even] an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. Ver. 22. _And gave_] Psa 135:12 Joshua 12:7, he paid them well for their pains, after that he had made use...
_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...
even an heritage unto Israel, His servant; for His mercy endureth forever. Cf Psalms 135:10; Deuteronomy 2:32 to Deuteronomy 3:11....
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...
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 first-born_, EXODU...
Psalms 136:22 heritage H5159 Israel H3478 servant H5650 mercy H2617 forever H5769...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_To Him which smote great kings._ MERCY IN THE DESTRUCTION OF TYRANTS I. The mercy of God recognized in the destruction of tyrants. 1. It appears in their own destruction. (1) If there be no futur...
_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 136:17 These verses recall how God STRUCK DOWN GREAT KINGS and GAVE THEIR LAND to Israel AS A HERITAGE. The specific event here is the defeat of...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 136:22 The people as a whole are God’s SERVANT. ⇐ ⇔...
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...
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