Verses 5–14
God is, and will be always, the same to his church, a gracious, faithful, wonder-working God.
And his church is, and will be, the same to him, a thankful, praising people: thus his name endures
for ever. He will return in ways of mercy to them, and will delight to do them good.
Verses 15–21
These verses arm believers against idolatry and all false worship, by showing what sort of gods
the heathen worshipped. And the more deplorable the condition of the Gentile nations that worship
idols, the more are we to be thankful that we know better. Let us pity, and pray for, and seek to
benefit benighted heathens and deluded sinners. Let us endeavour to glorify his name, and
recommend his truth, not only with our lips, but by holy lives, copying the example of Christ's
goodness and truth.
Chapter 136
Chapter Outline
God to be praised as the Creator of the (1–9)
world.
As Israel's God and Saviour. (10–22)
For his blessings to all. (23–26)Verses 1–9
Forgetful as we are, things must be often repeated to us. By “mercy” we understand the Lord's
disposition to save those whom sin has rendered miserable and vile, and all the provision he has
made for the redemption of sinners by Jesus Christ. The counsels of this mercy have been from
everlasting, and the effects of it will endure for ever, to all who are interested in it. The Lord
continues equally ready to show mercy to all who seek for it, and this is the source of all our hope
and comfort.
Verses 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.