Comment – Psalm 136 is a great praise to God who speaks of the great works done by the Lord with creation and recalls the events of the Exodus with the entry into the Promised Land. He concludes by saying that the Lord has freed from the oppressors and will always feed every living being because his mercy is eternal.
Psalm 136 complete
[1] Alleluia. Praise the Lord because he is good: because his mercy is eternal.
[2] Praise the God of gods: because his mercy is eternal.
[3] Praise the Lord of lords: for his mercy is eternal.
[4] He alone has done wonders: because his mercy is eternal.
[5] He created the heavens with wisdom: because his mercy is eternal.
[6] He established the land on the water: because his mercy is eternal.
[7] He made the great luminaries: because his mercy is eternal.
[8] The sun to regulate the day: because his mercy is eternal;
[9] the moon and the stars to regulate the night: because his mercy is eternal.
[10] He struck Egypt in his first-born: because his mercy is eternal.
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[11] He freed Israel from them: for eternal is his mercy;
[12] with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm: because his mercy is eternal.
[13] He divided the Red Sea into two parts: because his mercy is eternal.
[14] He let Israel pass in the midst: for his mercy is eternal.
[15] He overwhelmed Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea: because his mercy is eternal.
[16] He led his people into the desert: because his mercy is eternal.
[17] He struck great rulers because his mercy is eternal;
[18] he killed powerful kings: for eternal is his mercy.
[19] Seon, king of the Amorrèi: because his mercy is eternal.
[20] Og, king of Basan: because his mercy is eternal.
[21] He inherited their country; because his mercy is eternal;
[22] as an inheritance to his servant Israel: because his mercy is eternal.
[23] In our humiliation he remembered us: because his mercy is eternal;
[24] he freed us from our enemies: because his mercy is eternal.
[25] He gives food to every living thing, because his mercy is eternal.
[26] Praise the God of heaven: because his mercy is eternal.
