Psalms 136:25

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.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 136:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 104:27-28 ; compare P...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
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 Gene...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. Giveth food to all flesh - By whose universal providence every intellectual and anim...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 w...
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....
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 pro...
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...
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, Sih...
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 su...
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 b...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Divine Mercy Celebrated. 23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 u...
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 f...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 136:1-19 . 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 e...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 jo...
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...
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...
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 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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Who giveth food to all flesh, His providential care embracing all His creatures; for His mercy endureth forever. The psalmist therefore sums up his...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 104:27 ; Psalms 145:15 ; Psalms 147:9
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 ar...

²⁵ Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 136:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 136:25