Psalms 136:7

To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
made	לְ֭עֹשֵׂה Le.'o.seh	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular construct
great	גְּדֹלִ֑ים ge.do.Lim	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, masculine plural absolute
lights	אוֹרִ֣ים 'o.Rim	H216	illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
mercy	חַסְדּֽוֹ chas.Do	H2617	kindness · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
ever	לְעוֹלָ֣ם le.'o.Lam	H5769	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Genesis 1:14-19 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for season…
Deuteronomy 4:19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shoulde…
Psalms 74:16-17 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Psalms 104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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 receive all good from, to the Lord, Jehovah, Israel's God (Psa 136:1), the God of gods, the God whom angels adore, from whom magistrates derive their power, and by whom all pretended deities are and shall be…

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John Gill on Psalms 136:7

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; and which is an instance of mercy and goodness; see Genesis 1:14; for his mercy endureth for ever; these lights continuing for the benefit of mankind.

John Calvin on Psalms 136:1-9

Psalm 136:1-9 1. Praise Jehovah, for he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever. 2. Praise the God of gods, for his mercy endureth for ever. 3.. Praise the Lord of Lords, [171] for his mercy endureth for ever. 4. Who alone hath done great wonders, for his mercy endureth for ever, 5. Who made the heavens by his wisdom, [or, intelligently,] for his mercy endureth for ever. 6. Who stretcheth out the earth above the waters, for his mercy endureth for ever. 7. Who made the great lights, for his mercy endureth for ever. 8. The sun for rule by day, for his mercy endureth for ever. 9. The moon and stars for rule by night for his mercy endureth for ever. 1. For his mercy, [172] etc. The insertion…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 136:1-9

Like the preceding Psalm, this Psalm allies itself to the Book of Deuteronomy. Psa 136:2 and Psa 136:3 (God of gods and Lord of lords) are taken from Deu 10:17; Psa 136:12 (with a strong hand and stretched-out arm) from Deu 4:34; Deu 5:15, and frequently (cf. Jer 32:21); Psa 136:16 like Deu 8:15 (cf. Jer 2:6). With reference to the Deuteronomic colouring of Psa 136:19-22, vid., on Psa 135:10-12; also the expression "Israel His servant" recalls Deu 32:36 (cf. Psa 135:14; Psa 90:13), and still more Isa 40:1, where the comprehension of Israel under the unity of this notion has its own proper place. In other respects, too, the Psalm is an echo of earlier model passages. Who alone doeth great won…

The Church Fathers

Who made the great lights. According to the letter he speaks of the stars. Although we behold them as small, yet they are great. For just as with us, if we climb a high mountain, and see a man in the valley below, he seems to us as if something small: so also the stars are great, but from their height they seem small to us. For the star that is seen in Britain appears everywhere as well. But he says this to those to whom he said: "You are the light of the world."
— Jerome, Homily 47, on Psalm 135

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Dictionary and topics

Exodus — The great deliverance wrought for the children of Isreal when they were brought out of the land of Egypt with “a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm” (Ex 12:51; Deut. 26:8; Ps 114; 136), about…
Psalms — The psalms are the production of various authors. “Only a portion of the Book of Psalms claims David as its author. Other inspired poets in successive generations added now one now another…
Astronomy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Mercy Of God, The · Described as: Everlasting — Described as: Everlasting
Moon · Created by God — Created by God
Praise · Is due to God on account of: His mercy — Is due to God on account of: His mercy
Stars · Created by God — Created by God
Sun · Created — Created

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 136:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 136:1-9

John Gill on Psalms 136:7

John Calvin on Psalms 136:1-9

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 136:1-9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 136:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 136:1-9

John Gill on Psalms 136:7

John Calvin on Psalms 136:1-9

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 136:1-9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 136:1-9

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 136:7