Salmos 136:17-26

17 Al que hirió grandes reyes, porque para siempre es su misericordia

18 y mató reyes poderosos, porque para siempre es su misericordia

19 a Sehón rey amorreo, porque para siempre es su misericordia

20 Y a Og rey de Basán, porque para siempre es su misericordia

21 Y dio la tierra de ellos en heredad, porque para siempre es su misericordia

22 En heredad a Israel su siervo, porque para siempre es su misericordia

23 El es el que en nuestro abatimiento se acordó de nosotros, porque para siempre es su misericordia

24 y nos rescató de nuestros enemigos, porque para siempre es su misericordia

25 El que da sustento a toda carne, porque para siempre es su misericordia

26 Alabad al Dios de los cielos; porque para siempre es su misericordia

Salmos 136:17-26 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.