the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Salmo 136:2
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the God: Psalms 82:1, Psalms 97:7, Psalms 97:9, Exodus 18:11, Deuteronomy 10:17, Joshua 22:22, 2 Chronicles 2:5, Daniel 2:47
Reciprocal: Psalms 57:2 - God most Daniel 11:36 - the God Revelation 17:14 - Lord
Gill's Notes on the Bible
O give thanks unto the God of gods,.... Not only of the gods of the Gentiles, who are by name and not by nature gods; or of civil magistrates, who are so called, and seem to be designed in the next verse; but the angels, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi. Christ, our Immanuel, is the God of them, the object of their worship and adoration, being their Creator and Preserver, Psalms 97:7. So the Heathens say r of the Maker of all things, him you may properly call the God of gods, the Supreme and Best; this title Janus has with them s;
for his mercy [endureth] for ever; in the preservation of those excellent creatures from apostasy, when many of their species fell; and in the continuance and confirmation of them in the state in which they were created; and in making use of them as ministering spirits to the heirs of salvation; and as a guard about them while they live, and at death to convey their souls to heaven.
r Hierocles in Carm. Pythagor. p. 10. s Macrob. Saturnal. l. 1. c. 9.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
O give thanks unto the God of gods - See Deuteronomy 10:17. The supreme God; the God superior to all that is called God, or that is adored by the nations of the earth; above all to whom the name God is ever applied.
For his mercy... - The ground of praise here is, that it is a characteristic of the supreme God that he is a merciful Being; that there is blended in his character eternal mercy with infinite power. Mere power might fill us with dread; power mingled with mercy, and able to carry out the purposes of mercy, must lay the foundation for praise.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 136:2. The God of gods — לאדני האדנים ladonai haadonim. As adonai signifies director, c., it may apply here, not to idols, for God is not their god but to the priests and spiritual rulers; as Lord of lords may apply to kings and magistrates, &c. He is God and ruler over all the rulers of the earth, whether in things sacred or civil.
