God’s Word Translation
Psalms 136:16
16Give thanks to the one who led his people through the desert— because his mercy endures forever.
Psalms 136:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)to him who led his people through the wilderness; His love endures forever.
- English Standard Version (ESV)to him who led his people through the wilderness, for his steadfast love endures forever;
- New King James Version (NKJV)To Him who led His people through the wilderness, For His mercy endures forever;
Context of Psalms 136:16
14He led Israel through the middle of it— because his mercy endures forever. 15He swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea— because his mercy endures forever. Give thanks to the one who led his people through the desert— because his mercy endures forever. 17Give thanks to the one who defeated powerful kings— because his mercy endures forever. 18He killed mighty kings— because his mercy endures forever.
Read all of Psalms 136Psalms 136:16 word by word
לְמוֹלִ֣יךְ עַ֭מּוֹ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 136:16
- Psalms 77:20Like a shepherd, you led your people. You had Moses and Aaron take them by the hand.
- Exodus 13:18So God led the people around the other way, on the road through the desert toward the Red Sea. The Israelites were ready for battle when they left Egypt.
- Exodus 15:22Moses led Israel away from the Red Sea into the desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water.
- Numbers 9:17Whenever the smoke moved from the tent, the Israelites would break camp, and wherever it stopped, the Israelites would set up camp.
- Deuteronomy 8:2Remember that for 40 years the Lord your God led you on your journey in the desert. He did this in order to humble you and test you. He wanted to know whether or not you would wholeheartedly obey his commands.
- Nehemiah 9:12You led them during the day by a column of smoke and during the night by a column of fire to give them light to see the way they should go.
- Isaiah 49:10They will never be hungry or thirsty, nor will the sun or the burning, hot wind strike them. The one who has compassion on them will lead them and guide them to springs.
- Isaiah 63:11Then his people remembered Moses and the distant past. Where is the one who brought them out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is the one who put his Holy Spirit in them?
Commentaries on Psalms 136:16
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16To him which led his people through the wilderness - For all the manifestations of his care during a period of forty years. For his mercy - That is, his mercy was to be measured by all the protection extended over them; by all the provision made for their needs; by all that God did to defend them; by all his interposition when attacked by their enemies; by safely bringing them to the land to which he had promised to conduct them.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 The great things God did for Israel, when he brought them out of Egypt, were mercies which endured long to them; and our redemption by Christ, which was typified thereby, endures for ever. It is good to enter into the history of God's favours, and in each to observe, and own, that his mercy endureth for ever. He put them in possession of a good land; it was a figure of the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-22The psalmist tells the early history of Israel's redemption.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261-3. The divine titles denote supremacy.Read the comment
Topics related to Psalms 136:16
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 136
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
God’s Word Translation — © 1995 God’s Word to the Nations Bible Society
Commentaries