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Verse Psalms 136:25. _GIVETH FOOD TO ALL FLESH_] By whose _universal_
_providence_ every intellectual and animal being is supported and
preserved. The appointing every _living thing food_, and that s...
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WHO GIVETH FOOD TO ALL FLESH - To all living things: all in the air,
on the earth, in the waters. See the notes at Psalms 104:27; compare
Psalms 115:16.
FOR HIS MERCY ... - All this is a proof of his...
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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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FOOD. Hebrew. bread. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species)
for all kinds of food.
FLESH. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part) for all living
beings. App-6....
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Jehovah the Deliverer of Israel and the Supporter of all things
living....
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Cp. Psalms 104:27 f.; Psalms 145:15; Psalms 147:9. _All flesh_includes
all living things. Cp. Genesis 6:13. The mention of the universal
Provide
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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 giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
WHO GIVETH FOOD TO ALL FLESH - even to the meanest of animals. How
much more will He give all that is needful to His elect people? Th...
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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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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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ALL FLESH. — Here apparently the word _mercy_ takes a wider image
and applies to all men. But only apparently so. Israel could think of
Jehovah providing for the bodily wants of all as He was the crea...
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נֹתֵ֣ן לֶ֭חֶם לְ כָל ־בָּשָׂ֑ר 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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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 GIVETH FOOD TO ALL FLESH,.... To all creatures; the beasts of the
field, and fowls of the air, the young ravens that cry,
Psalms 145:15. To all men their daily food; to Jews and Gentiles, good
me...
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Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
Ver. 25. _Who giveth food to all flesh_] Food agreeable to their
several appetites and temperaments, suitable and seasonable....
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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 giveth food to all flesh, His providential care embracing all His
creatures; FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER. The psalmist therefore sums
up his exhortation in one final call:...
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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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TO ALL FLESH; either to all mankind, or to all living creatures. For
which God deserves great praises, which the psalmist by his example
teacheth us to render to God for them, because those who are mo...
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Psalms 136:25 gives H5414 (H8802) food H3899 flesh H1320 mercy H2617
forever H5769
who giveth food -...
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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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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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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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Psalms 104:27; Psalms 145:15; Psalms 147:9...
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Food — To all living creatures. For which God deserves great
praises, which the psalmist teaches us to render to God for them,
because those who are most concerned, either cannot, or do not perform
th...