Psalms 136:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. ”

Psalms 136:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To him which led his people through the wilderness - For all the manifestations of his care during a period of forty years. For his mercy ... - That is, his mercy was to be measured by all th...
Psalms 136:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

To him which led his people through the (e) wilderness: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. (e) Where for the space of forty years he showed infinite and most strange wonders.
Psalms 136:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXXXVI. A long Hymn of Praise for Yahweh's Power and His Care of His People from Egypt till the Conquest of Canaan. Psalms 136:1-9 based on Genesis 1. Yahweh the Maker of all. Psalms 136:6 . F...
Psalms 136:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. Which led his people through the wilderness - It was an astonishing miracle of God to support so many hundreds o...
Psalms 136:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him which led his people through the wilderness ( Exodus 13:18 ; Deuteronomy 8:15 ) - all enhancing th...
Psalms 136:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
Psalms 136:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 136:1-26 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 136:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 the...
Psalms 136:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 nam...
Psalms 136:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 b...
Psalms 136:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To him which led his people through the wilderness ,.... Where there was no path. This the Lord did by going before them in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night, to show them t...
Psalms 136:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. Ver. 16. To him which led his people ] As a horse, that they should not stumble, Isaiah 63:13 ; as a sheph...
Psalms 136:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

To him who smote Egypt , &c. “From the works of creation the psalmist proceeds to those of providence and grace; and celebrates that mercy which rescued Israel from oppression; brought them out...
Psalms 136:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Divine Mercy Celebrated. 10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever: 11 And bro...
Psalms 136:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Through the wilderness; through that vast howling wilderness, where there was neither way nor provision; through which none but the Almighty God could have safely conducted them.
Psalms 136:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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,...
Psalms 136:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Psalms 136:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Gre...
Psalms 136:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 136:1-9 ). When the grandeur of nature ov...
Psalms 136:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A PSALM with a familiar refrain (comp. Psalms 118:1-19 , Psa 118:29; 2 Chronicles 5:13 ; Ezra 3:11 ) at the end of each line. In the main Psalms 134:1-19 ; follows the line of...
Psalms 136:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 chan...
Psalms 136:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 8:15 ; Deuteronomy 8:2 ; Exodus 13:18 ; Exodus 15:22 ; Isaiah 49:10 ; Isaiah 63:11-14 ; Nehemiah 9:12 ; Nehemiah 9:19 ; Numbers 9:17-22 ; Psalms 77:20

Psalms 136:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 136:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 136:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 136:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 136:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 136:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 136:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 136:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 136:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 136:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 136:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 136:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 136:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 136:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 136:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 136:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 136:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 136:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 136:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 136:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 136:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 136:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge