Ps 136:1
136:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his {a}
      mercy [endureth] for ever.

      (a) By this repetition he shows that the least of God's
          benefits bind us to thanksgiving: but chiefly his
          mercy, which is principally declared towards his
          Church.

Ps 136:6
136:6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for
      his {b} mercy [endureth] for ever.

      (b) This was a common kind of thanksgiving, which the
          whole people used, when they had received any benefit
          from God, as in 2Ch 7:6,20:21, meaning that God
          was not only merciful to their fathers, but also
          continued the same to their posterity.

Ps 136:11
136:11 And {c} brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy
       [endureth] for ever:

       (c) God's merciful providence toward man appears in all
           his creatures, but chiefly in that he delivered his
           Church from the clutches of their enemies.

Ps 136:12
136:12 With a strong hand, and with a {d} stretched out arm: for
       his mercy [endureth] for ever.

       (d) In doing such a work as was never done before, nor
           that any other could do.

Ps 136:16
136:16 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.

Ps 136:18
136:18 And slew {f} famous kings: for his mercy [endureth] for
       ever:

       (f) Declaring by it that no power or authority was so
           dear to him as the love of his Church.

Ps 136:23
136:23 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.

Ps 136:25
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.

Ps 136:26
136:26 {i} O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy
       [endureth] for ever.

       (i) Seeing that all ages have had most plain testimonies
           of God's benefits.

This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. Last updated on May 27, 1999. Contacting the CCEL.