Mazmur 136:17

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Kepada Dia yang memukul kalah raja-raja yang besar; bahwasanya untuk selama-lamanya kasih setia-Nya.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Kepada Dia yang memukul kalah raja-raja yang besar; bahwasanya untuk selama-lamanya kasih setia-Nya.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Yang telah memarangkan beberapa raja yang besar-besar, karena kemurahan-Nya itu kekal selama-lamanya.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Who smote Egypt with their first borne: for his mercy endureth for euer. ¹¹ And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for euer. ¹² With a mightie hande and a stretched out arme: for his mercy endureth for euer. ¹³ Who deuided the red sea in partes: for his mercy endureth for euer. ¹⁴ And made Israel to passe through the myddest of it: for his mercy endureth for euer. ¹⁵ He ouerthrewe Pharao and his hoast in the red sea: for his mercy endureth for euer. ¹⁶ Who led his people through the wyldernesse: for his mercy endureth for euer. ¹⁷ Who smote great kinges: for his mercye endureth for euer. ¹⁸ And he slue mightie kynges: for his mercy endureth for euer. ¹⁹ Sihon kyng of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for euer.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 135:10, Psalms 135:11, Joshua 12:1-24

Reciprocal: Numbers 21:35 - General Deuteronomy 29:7 - General Joshua 24:8 - General Judges 11:20 - General 2 Chronicles 14:12 - General Nehemiah 9:22 - Sihon Psalms 44:2 - drive out Psalms 56:1 - Be Amos 2:9 - I the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To him which smote great kings,.... Either the thirty one kings in the land of Canaan; or those who are after particularly mentioned; which seems best, since the kings of Canaan were petty kings, when these were greater ones;

for his mercy [endureth] for ever; the smiting of those kings were in mercy to Israel; both to preserve them from falling into their hands, and that they might possess their countries, as is later declared.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To him which smote great kings - On this passage see the notes at Psalms 135:10-12. There is little difference in the two places, except that here the statement is divided by the refrain, “For his mercy endureth forever.” The idea in the whole passage, in view of the divine interposition in slaying the mighty kings, and in giving their land for a possession to the Hebrew people, is, that it was a proof of mercy and benevolence. It is benevolence to mankind and to the church of God - it is in the interests of humanity, of domestic peace, and of the charities of life, to remove wicked people from the world. This mercy may be manifested further, not merely in removing the wicked, but in transferring their possessions to those who will make a better use of them. Thus the possessions of these mighty kings, Sihon and Og, were transferred to the people of God, and lands which had been devoted to the service of blood, ambition, crime, pollution, and idolatry, became devoted to the service of religion and righteousness. In like manner, through the removal of a wicked man from the world by death, God may cause his wealth, accumulated by avarice and dishonesty, to be transferred to the hands of children who will make a good use of it - children converted as if in anticipation of this, and with a view to this. Among the highest expressions of mercy to the world may be, therefore, the removal of wicked princes in war - or the removal of wicked people, in other ranks of life, by death in any form.