시편 136:1-3 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 136:1-9

The duty we are here again and again called to is to give thanks, to offer the sacrifice of praise continually, not the fruits of our ground or cattle, but the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name, Heb. 13:15. We are never so earnestly called upon to pray and repent as to give thanks; for it is the will of God that we should abound most in the most pleasant exercises of religion, in that which is the work of heaven. Now here observe, 1. Whom we must give thanks to?to him that we... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 136:1

O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good ,.... In himself, and to all his creatures; and especially to his chosen people, who therefore should give thanks to him daily in the name of Christ, for all blessings temporal and spiritual, in faith and fervency, and in the sincerity of their souls, with their whole heart; for his mercy endureth for ever ; it is the same with his love, which is from everlasting to everlasting; and continues notwithstanding the sins of his people, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 136:2

O give thanks unto the God of gods ,.... Not only of the gods of the Gentiles, who are by name and not by nature gods; or of civil magistrates, who are so called, and seem to be designed in the next verse; but the angels, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi. Christ, our Immanuel, is the God of them, the object of their worship and adoration, being their Creator and Preserver, Psalm 97:7 . So the Heathens say F18 Hierocles in Carm. Pythagor. p. 10. of the Maker of all things, him you may properly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 136:3

O give thanks to the Lord of lords ,.... Which is not only the title of the God of Israel, as the former, Deuteronomy 10:17 ; but of the Messiah, Revelation 19:16 ; who is the Prince of the kings of the earth; under whom they are, by whom they reign, and to whom they are accountable, being higher than they; as nature, so by office, Revelation 1:5 , Psalm 89:27 ; for his mercy endureth for ever ; in putting it into the hearts of kings and princes, which he has in his hands, to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 136:1

O give thanks unto the Lord: for he is good - This sentiment often occurs: the goodness of the Divine nature, both as a ground of confidence and of thanksgiving. For his mercy endureth for ever - These words, which are the burden of every verse, חסדו לעולם כי ki leolam chasdo , might be translated: "For his tender mercy is to the coming age:" meaning, probably, if the Psalm be prophetic, that peculiar display of his compassion, the redemption of the world by the Lord Jesus. These... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 136:2

The God of gods - האדנים לאדני ladonai haadonim . As adonai signifies director, etc., it may apply here, not to idols, for God is not their god; but to the priests and spiritual rulers; as Lord of lords may apply to kings and magistrates, etc. He is God and ruler over all the rulers of the earth, whether in things sacred or civil. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 136:1

Verse 1 1.For his mercy, (172) etc. The insertion of this clause again and again in so many short and abrupt sentences, may seem a vain repetition, but verses repeated by way of chorus are both allowed and admired in profane poets, and why should we object to the reiteration in this instance, for which the best reasons can be shown, Men may not deny the divine goodness to be the source and Fountain of all their blessings, but the graciousness of his bounty is far from being fully and sincerely... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 136:1

Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth forever. Identical with the first verse of Psalms 118:1-29 , which is probably a very ancient formula, and one used at the erection both of the first ( 2 Chronicles 5:13 ) and of the second temple ( Ezra 3:11 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 136:1

The enduring mercy. This is very evidently a psalm arranged for alternate singing in the temple service. One section of the singers gives the sentences, and the other section answers with the ever-recurring refrain of the psalm, "For his mercy endureth forever." It is a refrain which has peculiar point and interest when regarded as sung by the returned exiles in their restored temple. They felt very deeply what it was to be "monuments of God's mercy," and that sense of God's mercy to them... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 136:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 136:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 136:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 136:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 136:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 136:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 136:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 136:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 136:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 136:1-26

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