
Text -- Psalms 136:15 (NET)




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JFB -> Psa 136:15
JFB: Psa 136:15 - -- Literally, "shook off," as in Exo 14:27, as a contemptuous rejection of a reptile.
Literally, "shook off," as in Exo 14:27, as a contemptuous rejection of a reptile.
TSK -> Psa 136:15
TSK: Psa 136:15 - -- But overthrew : Heb. But shaked off, Psa 78:53, Psa 135:9; Exo 14:27, Exo 14:28, Exo 15:4, Exo 15:5, Exo 15:10, Exo 15:11; Neh 9:10, Neh 9:11
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Barnes -> Psa 136:15
Barnes: Psa 136:15 - -- But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea - Margin, as in Hebrew, shaked off. The word is applicable to a tree shaking off its foliage....
But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea - Margin, as in Hebrew, shaked off. The word is applicable to a tree shaking off its foliage. Isa 33:9. The same word is used in Exo 14:27 : "And the Lord overthrew (Margin, shook off) the Egyptians in the midst of the sea,"He shook them off as if he would no longer protect them. He left them to perish.
For his mercy ... - Their destruction was done in mercy to his people and to the world, for it was the means of deliverance to Israel. The death of a wicked man is a benefit to the world, and the act of removing him may be really an act of the highest benevolence to mankind. No wrong is done to such people, for they deserve to die; and the only service which can be rendered to the world through them is by their removal from the earth.
Gill -> Psa 136:15
Gill: Psa 136:15 - -- But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea,.... In the same sea which was parted for the Israelites, and through which they passed safely as on...
But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea,.... In the same sea which was parted for the Israelites, and through which they passed safely as on dry land; into which Pharaoh and his army entering in pursuit of them in their chariots, the Lord "shook" u him and them out of them, as the word signifies; and causing the waters to return and cover them; they were drowned in them, Exo 14:28. This was an emblem of the destruction of Satan, and of his principalities and powers, by Christ, who thereby has saved his spiritual Israel out of their hands; and of the casting of the sins of God's people into the depths of the sea, never to be seen more, or to appear any more against them to their condemnation; and of the everlasting ruin and perdition of ungodly men;
for his mercy endureth for ever; it was in mercy to Israel that Pharaoh and his host were destroyed, who threatened them with ruin; and therefore they sung of judgment and of mercy, and gave thanks to God for this instance of his vengeance on their enemies, and of goodness to them, Exo 15:1.

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 136:1-26
MHCC -> Psa 136:10-22
MHCC: Psa 136:10-22 - --The great things God did for Israel, when he brought them out of Egypt, were mercies which endured long to them; and our redemption by Christ, which w...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 136:10-22
Matthew Henry: Psa 136:10-22 - -- The great things God for Israel, when he first formed them into a people, and set up his kingdom among them, are here mentioned, as often elsewhere ...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 136:10-26
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 136:10-26 - --
Up to this point it is God the absolute in general, the Creator of all things, to the celebration of whose praise they are summoned; and from this p...
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Constable: Psa 136:1-26 - --Psalm 136
This psalm is the "Great Hallel" that the Israelites sang at Passover when they celebrated the...
