Salmos 136

¹ O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for hisBy this repetition he shows that the least of God's benefits bind us to thanksgiving: but chiefly his mercy, which is principally declared towards his Church.mercy [endureth] for ever.

² Praise ye the God of gods: for his mercie endureth for euer.

³ Praise ye the Lord of lordes: for his mercie endureth for euer:

⁴ Which onely doeth great wonders: for his mercie endureth for euer:

⁵ Which by his wisedome made the heauens: for his mercie endureth for euer:

⁶ To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for hisThis was a common kind of thanksgiving, which the whole people used, when they had received any benefit from God, as in (2Ch_7:6, 2Ch_20:21), meaning that God was not only merciful to their fathers, but also continued the same to their posterity.mercy [endureth] for ever.

⁷ Which made great lightes: for his mercie endureth for euer:

⁸ As the sunne to rule the day: for his mercie endureth for euer:

⁹ The moone and the starres to gouerne the night: for his mercie endureth for euer:

¹⁰ Which smote Egypt with their first borne, (for his mercie endureth for euer)

¹¹ AndGod's merciful providence toward man appears in all his creatures, but chiefly in that he delivered his Church from the clutches of their enemies.brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:

¹² With a strong hand, and with aIn doing such a work as was never done before, nor that any other could do.stretched out arm: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

¹³ Which deuided the red Sea in two partes: for his mercie endureth for euer:

¹⁴ And made Israel to passe through the mids of it: for his mercie endureth for euer:

¹⁵ And ouerthrewe Pharaoh and his hoste in the red Sea: for his mercie endureth for euer:

¹⁶ To him which led his people through theWhere for the space of forty years he showed infinite and most strange wonders.wilderness: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

¹⁷ Which smote great Kings: for his mercie endureth for euer:

¹⁸ And slewDeclaring by it that no power or authority was so dear to him as the love of his Church.famous kings: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:

¹⁹ As Sihon King of the Amorites: for his mercie endureth for euer:

²⁰ And Og the King of Bashan: for his mercie endureth for euer:

²¹ And gaue their land for an heritage: for his mercie endureth for euer:

²² Euen an heritage vnto Israel his seruant: for his mercie endureth for euer:

²³ Who remembered us in ourIn our greatest affliction and slavery when we looked for nothing less than to have had any help.low estate: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:

²⁴ And hath rescued vs from our oppressours: for his mercie endureth for euer:

²⁵ Who giveth food to allSeeing that God provides even for the beasts much more has he care over his.flesh: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

²⁶ Seeing that all ages have had most plain testimonies of God's benefits.O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.