Psalms 136 (GNV)

Chapter Text

136:1 Praise ye the Lord, because he is good: for his mercie endureth for euer.

136:2 Praise ye the God of gods: for his mercie endureth for euer.

136:3 Praise ye the Lord of lordes: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:4 Which onely doeth great wonders: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:5 Which by his wisedome made the heauens: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:6 Which hath stretched out the earth vpon the waters: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:7 Which made great lightes: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:8 As the sunne to rule the day: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:9 The moone and the starres to gouerne the night: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:10 Which smote Egypt with their first borne, (for his mercie endureth for euer)

136:11 And brought out Israel from among them (for his mercie endureth for euer)

136:12 With a mightie hande and stretched out arme: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:13 Which deuided the red Sea in two partes: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:14 And made Israel to passe through the mids of it: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:15 And ouerthrewe Pharaoh and his hoste in the red Sea: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:16 Which led his people through the wildernes: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:17 Which smote great Kings: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:18 And slewe mightie Kings: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:19 As Sihon King of the Amorites: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:20 And Og the King of Bashan: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:21 And gaue their land for an heritage: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:22 Euen an heritage vnto Israel his seruant: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:23 Which remembred vs in our base estate: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:24 And hath rescued vs from our oppressours: for his mercie endureth for euer:

136:25 Which giueth foode to all flesh: for his mercie endureth for euer.

136:26 Praise ye the God of heauen: for his mercie endureth for euer.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "praise", "lord", "good", "mercie", "endureth", "euer", and "gods". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "praise", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "light" and "praise" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "praise" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.