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Psalm 136
- Purpose
- To offer praise and prayer to God, to supply God’s people with texts for worship, and to provide reflection on the sovereignty of God and some of life’s toughest questions
- Author
- Various; nearly half are linked with David
- Date
- Written over the course of many centuries; the process of collecting and editing was likely completed after the Babylonian exile
- Setting
- Varied, but a postexilic setting accounts for much of the editorial activity and grouping of the psalms
Psalms has 36,194 words: about 2 hours 32 minutes to read, or 4 hours 18 minutes to listen to. Read it from the start or listen from the start.
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1O give
2O give
3O give
4To him who alone
5To him that by
6To him that stretched
7To him that
8The
9The
10To him that
11And brought
12With a
13To him which
14And made
15But
16To him which
17To him which
18And
19
20And
21And
22Even an
23Who
24And hath
25Who
26O give
Footnotes
His Loving Devotion Endures Forever
1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good.His loving devotion endures forever. 2Give thanks to the God of gods.His loving devotion endures forever. 3Give thanks to the Lord of lords.His loving devotion endures forever. 4He alone does great wonders.His loving devotion endures forever. 5By His insight He made the heavens.His loving devotion endures forever. 6He spread out the earth upon the waters.His loving devotion endures forever. 7He made the great lights—His loving devotion endures forever. 8the sun to rule the day,His loving devotion endures forever. 9the moon and stars to govern the night.His loving devotion endures forever. 10He struck down the firstborn of EgyptHis loving devotion endures forever. 11and brought Israel out from among themHis loving devotion endures forever. 12with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.His loving devotion endures forever. 13He divided the Red Seafootnote ain twoHis loving devotion endures forever. 14and led Israel through the midst,His loving devotion endures forever. 15but sweptfootnote bPharaoh and his army into the Red Sea.His loving devotion endures forever. 16He led His people through the wilderness.His loving devotion endures forever. 17He struck down great kingsHis loving devotion endures forever. 18and slaughtered mighty kings—His loving devotion endures forever. 19Sihon king of the AmoritesHis loving devotion endures forever. 20and Og king of Bashan—His loving devotion endures forever. 21and He gave their land as an inheritance,His loving devotion endures forever. 22a heritage to His servant Israel.His loving devotion endures forever. 23He remembered us in our low estateHis loving devotion endures forever. 24and freed us from our enemies.His loving devotion endures forever. 25He gives food to every creature.His loving devotion endures forever. 26Give thanks to the God of heaven!His loving devotion endures forever.
Footnotes
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