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Psalm 136

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Psalm 136

God’s love never quits

Thank God he’s good

1The LORD is good to us.
Thank him for it.
He will never run out of mercy. [1]
2Thank the God above all gods
He will never run out of mercy.
3Thank the Lord [2] above all lords.
He will never run out of mercy.
4God alone does incredible miracles.
He will never run out of mercy.
5He’s wise enough to make the heavens.
He will never run out of mercy.
6To the oceans he added land.
He will never run out of mercy.
7He filled the sky with lights.
He will never run out of mercy.
8He put the sun in charge of daylight.
He will never run out of mercy.
9He put moon and stars in charge of night light.
He will never run out of mercy.

He freed Israel from slavery

10He killed the firstborn of each Egyptian family.
He will never run out of mercy.
11Then he freed Israel from Egyptian slavery.
He will never run out of mercy.
12He freed Israel with his power.
He will never run out of mercy.
13He parted the water at the Sea of Reeds. [3]
He will never run out of mercy.
14He led Israel through the parted water.
He will never run out of mercy.
15He rushed Pharaoh and his army into the Sea of Reeds.
He will never run out of mercy.
16He led his chosen people through the barren land.
He will never run out of mercy.

He defeated their enemies for them

17He ended powerful kings.
He will never run out of mercy.
18He killed the great and mighty kings.
He will never run out of mercy.
19King Sihon [4] of the Amorites: dead.
He will never run out of mercy.
20King Og of Bashan: dead.
He will never run out of mercy.
21The land of those kings became an inheritance
He will never run out of mercy.
22He let Israel inherit the lands of those kings.
He will never run out of mercy.
23When we were treated like trash, he cared.
He will never run out of mercy.
24He led our escape from our enemies.
He will never run out of mercy.
25He nourishes everything on earth.
He will never run out of mercy.
26Let’s thank God of heaven.
He will never run out of mercy.

Footnotes

Intro Notes for Psalms
Intro Notes for Book 5 of 5 In Psalms
1136:1

The Hebrew word for “mercy” is hesed. It’s a word thick in meaning, and translated many ways, depending on the context: steadfast love, lovingkindness, kindness, mercy, compassion, goodness, favor. It’s the kind of love perhaps most appreciated by people who seem hardest to love, such as folks who make one bad decision after another. That’s a fair description of the Jewish nation, with their on and off again worship of God. Sometimes the nation seemed to prefer God. Sometimes idols. Sometimes both. God would punish this idolatry in various ways. But he never gave up on his chosen people. He could have erased them from history, as Germany’s Adolph Hitler tried during World War Two. But even when they messed up and had to live with the consequences, he loved them through those consequences and onto a new day.

2136:3

This “Lord” is not in all capital letters like most other “LORD” spellings in Psalms and throughout the Bible. “LORD” appears around 7,000 times in the Christian Bible, which makes it the most common way of referring to God.  The lower-case “Lord” is a translation of the Hebrew word Adonai. It refers to God as our master, our life coach, or the boss. He’s in charge of us, and we try to obey him. “LORD” is the spelling most Bibles use when the writer refers to the name of God. Moses asked God what his name was, and God said Moses should tell the Israelite ancestors of the Jews that his name is “I AM” (Exodus 3:14). In the original Hebrew language, the name is spelled with only consonants—no vowels. It’s an ancient shorthand, to save hides used to make scrolls. The name is YHWH. Without knowing which vowels, most scholars have settled on YAHWEH, pronounced YAH-way. God’s name is so sacred to many Jews that they refuse to speak it. Instead, they’ll use names that describe the character of God, such as Adonai, which means “my Lord.” They won’t even write the name. In English, they’ll spell the name G-d.

3136:13

That’s not a typo. Many Bibles say “Red Sea.” But the Hebrew words are yam suph, “sea reeds.” Scholars usually track Moses and the Hebrews escaping Egypt by walking southeast, out of the Nile Delta fields and toward the Red Sea and the Sinai Peninsula. They would have passed through lake regions along what is now the Suez Canal, which connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. These lakes and ponds reportedly had reeds growing along the banks, like the ones the Bible says grew along the Nile River and helped anchor Baby Moses in a basket (Exodus 2:3).

4136:19

Sihon and Og (verse 20) were two Amorite kings in what is now the Arab country of Jordan, east of Israel and the Jordan River. They refused to let Moses and the Hebrew ancestors of the Jewish people to peacefully pass through their territory. These refugees from Egyptian slavery were on their way to the land Moses said God promised them, in what is now Israel and Israeli-occupied Palestinian Territory.

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