Psalm 136:2

2 Danket dem Gott aller Götter, denn seine Güte währet ewiglich.

Psalm 136:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 136:2

O give thanks unto the God of gods
Not only of the gods of the Gentiles, who are by name and not by nature gods; or of civil magistrates, who are so called, and seem to be designed in the next verse; but the angels, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi. Christ, our Immanuel, is the God of them, the object of their worship and adoration, being their Creator and Preserver, ( Psalms 97:7 ) ( Hebrews 1:6 Hebrews 1:7 ) . So the Heathens say

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 of the Maker of all things, him you may properly call the God of gods, the Supreme and Best; this title Janus has with them ^F19;

for his mercy [endureth] for ever;
in the preservation of those excellent creatures from apostasy, when many of their species fell; and in the continuance and confirmation of them in the state in which they were created; and in making use of them as ministering spirits to the heirs of salvation; and as a guard about them while they live, and at death to convey their souls to heaven.

F18 Hierocles in Carm. Pythagor. p. 10.
F19 Macrob. Saturnal. l. 1. c. 9.

Psalm 136:2 In-Context

1 Danket dem HERRN; denn er ist freundlich, denn seine Güte währet ewiglich.

2 Danket dem Gott aller Götter, denn seine Güte währet ewiglich.

3 Danket dem HERRN aller Herren, denn seine Güte währet ewiglich,

4 der große Wunder tut allein, denn seine Güte währet ewiglich;

5 der die Himmel weislich gemacht hat, denn seine Güte währet ewiglich;