Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 136:25
Who giveth food to all (h) flesh: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
(h) Seeing that God provides even for the beasts much more has he care over his.
Who giveth food to all (h) flesh: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
(h) Seeing that God provides even for the beasts much more has he care over his.
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...
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...
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...
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....
Jehovah the Deliverer of Israel and the Supporter of all things living....
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
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...
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...
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" ...
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...
נֹתֵ֣ן לֶ֭חֶם לְ כָל ־בָּשָׂ֑ר כִּ֖י לְ
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...
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...
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....
_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...
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...
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:...
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....
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...
Psalms 136:25 gives H5414 (H8802) food H3899 flesh H1320 mercy H2617 forever H5769 who giveth food -...
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...
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...
_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...
Psalms 104:27; Psalms 145:15; Psalms 147:9...
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...