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<p id="Chapter136" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>PSALM 136
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<p id="Ps136_1"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',136,'1-26');">Psa 136:1-26</a>.
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<p>The theme is the same as that of Psalm 135. God should be praised for His works of creation and providence, His deliverance and care of His people, and judgments on their enemies, and His goodness to all. The chorus to every verse is in terms of that of <a onclick="return mV('Psa',106,1);">Psa 106:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',118,'1-4');">118:1-4</a>, and was perhaps used as the <i>Amen</i> by the people, in worship (compare <a onclick="return mV('1Ch',16,36);">1Ch 16:36</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',105,45);">Psa 105:45</a>).
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<p><b>1-3.</b> The divine titles denote supremacy.
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<p id="Ps136_4"><b>4. alone</b>—excluding all help.
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<p id="Ps136_5"><b>5, 6. by wisdom</b>—or, "in wisdom" (<a href= "#" onclick="return mV('Psa',104,24);">Psa 104:24</a>).
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<br><br><b>made</b>—literally, "maker of."
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<br><br><b>above the waters</b>—or, "higher than the waters" (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',24,2);">Psa 24:2</a>).
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<p id="Ps136_12"><b>12.</b> Compare similar expressions (<a onclick="return mV('Exd',3,20);">Exd 3:20</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Deu',4,34);">Deu 4:34</a>, etc.).
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<p id="Ps136_15"><b>15. overthrew</b>—literally, "shook off," as in <a onclick="return mV('Exd',14,27);">Exd 14:27</a>, as a contemptuous rejection of a reptile.
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<p id="Ps136_23"><b>23. remembered us</b>—or, "for us" (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',132,1);">Psa 132:1</a>).
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<br><br><b>our low estate</b>—that is, captivity.
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<p id="Ps136_24"><b>24. And hath redeemed us</b>—or, literally, "snatched us"—alluding to the sudden deliverance effected by the overthrow of Babylon.
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<p id="Ps136_25"><b>25.</b> To the special favors to His people is added the record of God's goodness to all His creatures (compare <a onclick="return mV('Mat',6,30);">Mat 6:30</a>).
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<p id="Ps136_26"><b>26. God of heaven</b>—occurs but once (<a href= "#" onclick="return mV('Jon',1,9);">Jon 1:9</a>) before the captivity. It is used by the later writers as specially distinguishing God from idols.
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