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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
136:26i 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.
