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Verse Psalms 136:23. _WHO REMEMBERED US IN OUR LOW ESTATE_] He has
done much for our _forefathers_; and he has done much for us, in
delivering us, when we had no helper, from our long captivity in
Bab...
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WHO REMEMBERED US IN OUR LOW ESTATE - When we were few in number; when
we were a feeble people; when we were a people unable to contend with
such mighty foes.
FOR HIS MERCY ... - By all that he did f...
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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...
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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...
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_in our low estate_ The humiliation of the Exile....
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Jehovah the Deliverer of Israel and the Supporter of all things
living....
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WHO REMEMBERED US IN OUR LOW ESTATE— It is not easy to translate
otherwise. But as the original is לנו _lanu, to us,_ it means that
God remembered _in their favour;_ remembered to them what was past,...
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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...
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Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
WHO REMEMBERED US IN OUR LOW ESTATE - namely, in Babylon, from which
He has lately delivered us (; )....
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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...
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LOW ESTATE] i.e. condition of abasement, perhaps the exile or
subjection to a foreign yoke....
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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" ...
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שֶׁ֭ בְּ שִׁפְלֵנוּ זָ֣כַר לָ֑נוּ
כִּ֖י לְ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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23._Who remembered us in our humiliation _The six verses taken from
the previous Psalm I pass over without observation; and I shall only
touch very briefly upon the others, which do not need lengthene...
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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...
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WHO REMEMBERED US IN OUR LOW ESTATE,.... The Israelites; either in
Egypt, as Jarchi, when in bondage and distress there, and sent them a
deliverer; or in the times of the Judges, whom God raised up on...
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Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy [endureth] for
ever:
Ver. 23. _Who remembered us in our low estate_] Still God helpeth
those who are forsaken of their hopes, _et vindictae gladium...
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_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...
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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...
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Who remembered us in our low estate, either in the bondage of Egypt or
in the captivity of Babylonia; FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER;...
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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....
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 136:23 remembered H2142 (H8804) state H8216 mercy H2617 forever
H5769
remembered - Psalms 102:17,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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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1 Samuel 2:7; 1 Samuel 2:8; Deuteronomy 32:36; Ezekiel 16:3; Genesis
8: