
Text -- Psalms 136:6 (NET)




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Or, "in wisdom" (Psa 104:24).
Clarke -> Psa 136:6
Clarke: Psa 136:6 - -- Stretched out the earth above the waters - Or, upon the waters. This seems to refer to a central abyss of waters, the existence of which has not bee...
Stretched out the earth above the waters - Or, upon the waters. This seems to refer to a central abyss of waters, the existence of which has not been yet disproved.
TSK -> Psa 136:6

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Barnes -> Psa 136:6
Barnes: Psa 136:6 - -- To him that stretched out the earth above the waters - Gen 1:1, Gen 1:9; see the notes at Psa 24:2. For his mercy ... - As an illustratio...
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters - Gen 1:1, Gen 1:9; see the notes at Psa 24:2.
For his mercy ... - As an illustration of his benignity and kindness in preparing an abode for man, and for other creatures in the world. Whatever there is of life or happiness, on the continents and islands, has resulted from that act of God when "he made the dry land appear."
Poole -> Psa 136:6
Gill -> Psa 136:6
Gill: Psa 136:6 - -- To him that stretcheth out the earth above the waters,.... Or, "besides the waters" t, close by them, and yet secures the earth from being covered wit...
To him that stretcheth out the earth above the waters,.... Or, "besides the waters" t, close by them, and yet secures the earth from being covered with them; see Psa 24:2;
for his mercy endureth for ever; it was in mercy he caused the waters to go off the earth which first covered it; that trees, plants, and herbs, might spring up out of it, and that it might be a fit habitation for man; and though for the sins of the old world these waters were let in upon it, which drowned it, and destroyed man and beast upon it, except a few that were in mercy preserved; yet the Lord has promised and swore to it, that these waters shall no more go over the earth to destroy it; he has set a bound for the sea that it cannot pass, by a decree of his; even the sand on the shore, which, as weak as it may seem to be, is a bound unpassable; though they may toss and rage and roar, they shall not prevail, nor pass over it, which is a perpetual miracle of mercy, Jer 5:22.

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 136:1-26
MHCC -> Psa 136:1-9
MHCC: Psa 136:1-9 - --Forgetful as we are, things must be often repeated to us. By " mercy" we understand the Lord's disposition to save those whom sin has rendered misera...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 136:1-9
Matthew Henry: Psa 136:1-9 - -- The duty we are here again and again called to is to give thanks, to offer the sacrifice of praise continually, not the fruits of our ground or ...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 136:1-9
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 136:1-9 - --
Like the preceding Psalm, this Psalm allies itself to the Book of Deuteronomy. Psa 136:2 and Psa 136:3 ( God of gods and Lord of lords ) are taken...
Constable: Psa 107:1--150:6 - --V. Book 5: chs. 107--150
There are 44 psalms in this section of the Psalter. David composed 15 of these (108-110...

Constable: Psa 136:1-26 - --Psalm 136
This psalm is the "Great Hallel" that the Israelites sang at Passover when they celebrated the...

Constable: Psa 136:4-25 - --2. Subjects for thanksgiving 136:4-25
136:4-9 Verse 4 expresses the theme of this thanksgiving, namely God's wonderful acts. Then the psalmist mention...
