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Psalms 136:2-3

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. His greatness, which is beyond that of all potentates on earth or principalities in heaven, — this also is to be our joyous theme of song. His greatness and his goodness together make us magnify his name.

Psalms 136:3

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. Whatever there be of authority, or lordship, or kingship of any kind, in the world, it is all in subjection to him who is “the Lord of lords.” I think I hear the trumpets sounding it out, and all the people joining in chorus, “O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy...

Psalms 136:4-5

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. The making of the heavens is a great marvel of wisdom; and inasmuch as that wondrous work sprang from the unaided wisdom of God, it is a subject for which we should unceasingly praise him. When men invent...

Psalms 136:4-9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: For His mercy endureth for ever. To him that made great lights for his mercy endureth for ever: the sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for...

Psalms 136:4

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. Nothing is absolutely wonderful except God, and all other things are dwarfed and diminished in wondrousness as compared with him. The Seven Wonders of the World are trifles compared with the seven-million wonders of God.

Psalms 136:5

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. Every time you lift up your eyes to that one great arch which spans all mankind, praise the name of the great Builder who made that one enormous span, unbuttressed and unpropped. What a work it was! And it was made by mercy as well as by wisdom. If we go into the scientific...

Psalms 136:5

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. They boasted of the Colossus that strode across the sea, but what shall we say to the heavens that span not only the earth but all the universe? And in those heavens there is mercy to be seen as well as wisdom, the adaptation of the physical world to the circumstances of man,...

Psalms 136:6

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. We ought to praise him for the making of every country, especially, I think, we who dwell on these favored islands, because he has placed our lot in an island. “He bade the waters round thee flow; Not bars of brass could guard thee so.” We might have been...

Psalms 136:6

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. Once in the history of the globe, the earth and the waters were mingled together; but, at God’s bidding, the earth rose to its assigned position, and the deeps received the sea, and they have kept their places ever since, except when God caused the flood to...

Psalms 136:6-9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him that made great light: for his mercy endureth for ever. The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever. The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever. See how these ancient godly ones loved to dwell upon a thing. When the...

Psalms 136:7-9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: the sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: the moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever. Why three verses about one thing? Because we are not wont to dwell upon God’s goodness as we should. We are therefore bidden, first, to remember light in...

Psalms 136:7-9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever.’ the sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: the moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever. What should we have been without light? Could any poor unhappy creatures ever have lived in a dark world? Let us praise God for the light; let us bless him...

Psalms 136:10-14

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever: And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever: With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: And made Israel to pass through the...

Psalms 136:10-15

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

To him that smote Egypt in their first born: for his mercy endureth for ever: and brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever: with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth far ever: and made Israel to pass through the...

Psalms 136:10

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever: Yet it was an awful judgment, and it needs a reverent, lowly, saintly spirit to sing over even the judgments of God. Had certain theologians of the present time been present at the Red Sea they would have cried in sentimental sympathy over the Egyptians, but instead of...

Psalms 136:11

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever: Sing of his goodness to his chosen, even though it involved a terrible stroke upon his proud adversary. There are some who cannot praise God’s left band, but we can; not only the right hand that helps his people out, but the left hand that smites the Egyptians. We praise him...

Psalms 136:11-15

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever: with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: and made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever: but overthrew Pharaoh and his...

Psalms 136:12

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. In all God’s acts there is some peculiarity which commands especial attention. “He” brought out Israel,” praise him for that. He did it “with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm,” therefore again praise him. The ring is precious, but the brilliance in the...