Psalms 136:15-25

15 And he cast adown Pharaoh and his power, or virtue, in the Red Sea. (And he threw down Pharaoh, and his host, or his army, into the Red Sea, or the Sea of Reeds.)

16 Which led over his people through desert. (Who led his people through the wilderness.)

17 Which smote great kings. (Who struck down great kings.)

18 And killed strong kings.

19 Sihon, the king of Amorites.

20 And Og, the king of Bashan.

21 And he gave the land of them to be heritage. (And he gave their land for an inheritance to his people.)

22 Heritage to Israel, his servant. (Yea, for an inheritance to his servant Israel.)

23 For in our lowness he had mind on us. (For he remembered us in our defeat./For he remembered us when we were brought down so very low.)

24 And he again-bought us from our enemies. (And he redeemed us, or he rescued us, from our enemies.)

25 Which giveth meat to each flesh. (Who giveth food to all his creatures.)

Psalms 136:15-25 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 136

This psalm was very probably composed by David, and given to the Levites to sing every day, 1Ch 16:41. Solomon his son followed his example, and made use of them in singing at the dedication of the temple, 2Ch 7:3,6; as Jehoshaphat seems to have done when he went out to war against his enemies, 2Ch 20:21. The subject of it is much the same with the preceding psalm; its composition is very singular; the half of every verse: in it is, "for his mercy endureth for ever"; this is the burden of the song; and the design of it is to show, that all blessings of every kind flow from the grace, goodness, and mercy of God, which is constant and perpetual; and to impress a sense of it upon the minds of men: the inscription of the Syriac version is,

``it is said of Moses and Israel praising the Lord for those who were delivered; and concerning the deliverance of souls out of hell from Pharaoh, the devil, by Christ our Saviour, the Redeemer of them.''

R. Obadiah says it is an exhortation to the children of God in the days of the Messiah to praise the Lord.