Deuteronomy 4:19; Genesis 1:14-19; Psalms 74:1; Psalms 74:16
To him that made great lights - Genesis 1:14 . The sun and the moon are here particularly referred to. For his mercy ... - As manifested in...
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...
great lights. Genesis 1:14 , "lightholders".
7. Who made the great lights, etc. — Moses calls the sun and moon the two great lights, and there is little doubt that the Psalmist here borr...
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: Great lights - See the notes on the parallel passages in Genesis 1:1 , etc.
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: To him that made great lights ... The sun to rule by day ... The moon and sta...
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....
Lights. — An unusual word, meaning light itself, and not luminaries. But possibly the poet wished in one phrase to combine Genesis 1:3 ; Gene...
Psalms 136:1-26 THIS psalm is evidently intended for liturgic use. It contains reminiscences of many parts, of Scripture, and is especially based...
a Review of God's Mercies Psalms 136:1-12 An antiphonal psalm, intended to be sung by two choirs or by a soloist and the Temple choir. This avo...
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...
In these verses the Psalmist is calling for praise to Jehovah from his numberless acts of goodness in the wisdom of creation. From the great works of...
To him that made great lights ,.... For the inhabitants of the world to walk and work by, to do all the business of life in a comfortable manner; an...
To him that made great lights: for his mercy [endureth] for ever: Ver. 7. To him that made great lights ] Without which we should have no more com...
To him that made great lights , &c. Great luminaries, placed in the firmament of heaven, to shed their light and influences upon the earth: see...
Exhortations to Thanksgiving. 1 O give thanks unto the L ORD ; for h...
No text from Poole on this verse.
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm,” says Perowne, “is little more than a variation and repetition of the preceding Psalm. It opens with the same liturgical f...
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. Psal...
This is indeed one of the chief songs of praise which we find even in the Scriptures, and it is not surprising that such a poet as John Milton should...
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...
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...
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...
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...
To Him who alone doeth great wonders. God the wonder-worker Altering a little the language of Coleridge, I would say, “All true science begins...
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...
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...
To Him that made great lights, Genesis 1:14 ; for His mercy endureth forever:
7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: