“ Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever: ”
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...
Who remembered us in our (g) low estate: for his mercy [endureth] for ever: (g) In our greatest affliction and slavery when we looked for nothing less than to have had any help.
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...
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...
Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever: 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...
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 pas...
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 ( Psalms 115:12 ; Psalms...
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 136:1-26 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 gladiu...
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 f...
Divine Mercy Celebrated. 23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever: 24 And hath redee...
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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 2:7 ; 1 Samuel 2:8 ; Deuteronomy 32:36 ; Ezekiel 16:3-13 ; Genesis 8:1 ; Isaiah 63:9 ; Luke 1:48 ; Luke 1:52 ; Psalms 102:17 ; Psalms 106:43-45 ; Psalms 72:12-1