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Selected Verse: Psalms 136:5 - Young's Literal
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 136:5 |
Young's Literal |
To Him making the heavens by understanding, For to the age `is' His kindness. |
| |
King James |
To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
by wisdom--or, "in wisdom" (Psa 104:24).
made--literally, "maker of."
above the waters--or, "higher than the waters" (Psa 24:2). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
To him that by wisdom made the heavens - Made them in so wise a manner; where so much wisdom was manifested. See Pro 3:19; Pro 8:24-31.
For his mercy ... - The making of the heavens was a manifestation of mercy and goodness as furnishing an abode for unfallen and holy beings; as a dwelling-place for redeemed sinners when they shall be removed there from the earth; and as, by their order, their beauty, their harmony, and their happy influences, tending to promote the happiness of man on earth. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| By wisdom made the heavens - In the contrivance of the celestial bodies, in their relations, connexions, influences on each other, revolutions, etc., the wisdom of God particularly appears. |
2 For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it.
24 How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions.
24 In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy `with' waters,
25 Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.
26 While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.
27 In His preparing the heavens I `am' there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,
28 In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,
29 In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,
30 Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight -- day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,
31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights `are' with the sons of men.
19 Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.