New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 136:7
Psalms 136:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
- New International Version (NIV)who made the great lights— His love endures forever.
- English Standard Version (ESV)to him who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures forever;
- New King James Version (NKJV)To Him who made great lights, For His mercy endures forever—
Context of Psalms 136:7
5To Him who made the heavens with skill, For His lovingkindness is everlasting; 6To Him who spread out the earth above the waters, For His lovingkindness is everlasting; To Him who made the great lights, For His lovingkindness is everlasting: 8The sun to rule by day, For His lovingkindness is everlasting, 9The moon and stars to rule by night, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Read all of Psalms 136Psalms 136:7 word by word
לְ֭עֹשֵׂה אוֹרִ֣ים גְּדֹלִ֑ים כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 136:7
- Psalms 74:16Yours is the day, Yours also is the night; You have prepared the light and the sun.
- Psalms 104:19He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting.
- Genesis 1:14Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;
- Deuteronomy 4:19And beware not to lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be drawn away and worship them and serve them, those which the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
Commentaries on Psalms 136:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7To him that made great lights - Genesis 1:14. The sun and the moon are here particularly referred to. For his mercy - As manifested in all that has followed from the creation and diffusion of light - (all the beauty in the universe as seen; all the life, beauty, and vigor in the vegetable and animal world; all that there is of life and happiness in the universe - for there could be neither if darkness reigned everywhere); light, the emblem of happiness…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-26This is the last of the Great Hallel psalms (Psalms 120–136). It uniquely repeats the phrase His loving devotion endures forever in every verse. The hymn begins and ends with a call to praise (Psalm 136:1–3, 26). It declares the Lord as the Creator of everything and the Redeemer of Israel, both in ancient times (Psalm 136:10–22) and in the recent past (136:23–24).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261-3. The divine titles denote supremacy.Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Psalms 136:7 Gen 1:14-18; Ps 74:16 ↩
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
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