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Selected Verse: Psalms 136:7 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 136:7 |
King James |
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
To him that made great lights - Gen 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; the source of joy; the producer, in a great measure, of the beauties of the universe, and the revealer of those beauties everywhere. How can a man think of light and not praise its Author? |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Great lights - See the notes on the parallel passages in Gen 1:1, etc. |
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.