Text -- Psalms 136:3-26 (NET)

136:3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loyal love endures, 136:4 to the one who performs magnificent, amazing deeds all by himself, for his loyal love endures, 136:5 to the one who used wisdom to make the heavens, for his loyal love endures, 136:6 to the one who spread out the earth over the water, for his loyal love endures, 136:7 to the one who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures, 136:8 the sun to rule by day, for his loyal love endures, 136:9 the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loyal love endures, 136:10 to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his loyal love endures, 136:11 and led Israel out from their midst, for his loyal love endures, 136:12 with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loyal love endures, 136:13 to the one who divided the Red Sea in two, for his loyal love endures, 136:14 and led Israel through its midst, for his loyal love endures, 136:15 and tossed Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea, for his loyal love endures, 136:16 to the one who led his people through the wilderness, for his loyal love endures, 136:17 to the one who struck down great kings, for his loyal love endures, 136:18 and killed powerful kings, for his loyal love endures, 136:19 Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his loyal love endures, 136:20 Og, king of Bashan, for his loyal love endures, 136:21 and gave their land as an inheritance, for his loyal love endures, 136:22 as an inheritance to Israel his servant, for his loyal love endures, 136:23 to the one who remembered us when we were down, for his loyal love endures, 136:24 and snatched us away from our enemies, for his loyal love endures, 136:25 to the one who gives food to all living things, for his loyal love endures. 136:26 Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loyal love endures!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 136:13

¹ tn Or “cut.”

² tn Heb “Reed Sea” (also in v. 15). “Reed Sea” (or “Sea of Reeds”) is a more accurate rendering of the Hebrew expression יָם סוּף (yam suf), traditionally translated “Red Sea.” See the note on the term “Red Sea” in Exod 13:18.

³ tn Heb “into pieces.”

NET Notes: Psa 136:15

¹ tn Or “shook off.”

NET Notes: Psa 136:23

¹ tn Heb “who, in our low condition, remembered us.”

NET Notes: Psa 136:25

¹ tn Heb “to all flesh,” which can refer to all people (see Pss 65:2; 145:21) or more broadly to mankind and animals. Elsewhere the psalms view God as the provider for all living things (see Pss 104:27-28; 145:15).