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Chapter 136

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1 Praise the LORD, who is so good; God's love endures forever;

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Praise the God of gods; God's love endures forever;

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Praise the Lord of lords; God's love endures forever;

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Who alone has done great wonders, God's love endures forever;

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Who skillfully made the heavens, God's love endures forever;

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Who spread the earth upon the waters, God's love endures forever;

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Who made the great lights, God's love endures forever;

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The sun to rule the day, God's love endures forever;

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The moon and stars to rule the night, God's love endures forever;

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Who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, God's love endures forever;

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And led Israel from their midst, God's love endures forever;

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With mighty hand and outstretched arm, God's love endures forever;

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Who split in two the Red Sea, God's love endures forever;

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And led Israel through, God's love endures forever;

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But swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea, God's love endures forever;

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Who led the people through the desert, God's love endures forever;

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Who struck down great kings, God's love endures forever;

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Slew powerful kings, God's love endures forever;

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Sihon, king of the Amorites, God's love endures forever;

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Og, king of Bashan, God's love endures forever;

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And made their lands a heritage, God's love endures forever;

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2 A heritage for Israel, God's servant, God's love endures forever.

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The LORD remembered us in our misery, God's love endures forever;

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Freed us from our foes, God's love endures forever;

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And gives food to all flesh, God's love endures forever.

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Praise the God of heaven, God's love endures forever.

 

 



1 [Psalm 136] The hymn praises Israel's God ("the God of gods," ⇒ Psalm 136:2), who has created the world in which Israel lives. The refrain occurring after every line suggests that a speaker and chorus sang the psalm in antiphonal fashion. A single act of God is described in ⇒ Psalm 136:4-25 God arranges the heavens and the earth as the environment for human community, and then creates the community by freeing them and giving them land. In the final section (⇒ Psalm 136:23-25) God, who created the people and gave them land, continues to protect and nurture them.



2 [22] A heritage for Israel: the land was given to Israel by God to be handed on to future generations.





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