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Psalm 136

1 A moſte earneſt exhortacion to giue thankes vnto God for the creation and gouernance of all things which ſtãdeth in confeſsing that he giueth vs all of his mere liberalitie.
1.PRaiſe ye yͤ Lord, becauſe he is good: for his mercie endureth for euer.
2.Praiſe ye the God of gods: for his mercie endureth for euer.
3.Praiſe ye the Lord of lords: for his mercie endureth for euer.
4.Which onelie doeth great wonders: for his mercie endureth for euer:
5.Which by his wiſdome made the heauẽs: for his mercie endureth for euer:
6.Which hathe ſtretched out the earth vpon the waters: for his mercie endureth for euer:
7.Which made great lights: for his mercie endureth for euer:
8.As the ſunne to rule the daie: for his mercie endureth for euer:
9.The moone and the ſtarres to gouerne the night: for his mercie endureth for euer:
10.Which ſmote Egypt with their firſt borne(for his mercie endureth for euer)
11.And broght out Iſraél from among them(for his mercie endureth for euer)
12.With a mightie hand and ſtretched out arme: for his mercie endureth for euer:
13.Which diuided the red Sea in two partes: for his mercie endureth for euer:
14.And made Iſraél to paſſe through the middes of it: for his mercie endureth for euer:
15.And ouerthrewe Pharaóh and his hoſte in the red Sea: for his mercie endureth for euer:
16.Which led his people through the wildernes: for his mercie endureth for euer:
17.Which ſmote great Kings: for his mercie endureth for euer:
18.And ſlewe mightie Kings: for his mercie endureth for euer:
19.As Sihón King of the Amorites: for his mercie endureth for euer:
20.And Og the King of Baſhán: for his mercie endureth for euer:
21.And gaue their land for an heritage: for his mercie endureth for euer:
22.Euen an heritage vnto Iſraél his ſeruant: for his mercie endureth for euer:
23.Which remembred vs in our baſe eſtate: for his mercie endureth for euer:
24.And hathe reſcued vs from our oppreſſours: for his mercie endureth for euer:
25.Which giueth foode to all fleſh: for his mercie endureth for euer.
26.Praiſe ye the God of heauen: for his mercie endureth for euer.

Notes

1:a.
By this repetition he ſheweth that yͤ leaſt of Gods benefites bide vs to thankfulgiuig: but chiefly his mercie, w̃ is principally declared towards his Church.
6:b.
This was a cõmune kinde of thãkeſguīg, w̄ the whole people vſed, when thei had receiued anie benefite of God, as 2 Chr 7,6 & 20,21: meaning ȳ God was not onely merciful to their fathers, but alſo continued ȳ ſame to their poſteritie.
11:c.
Gods merciful prouidence toward mã appeareth in all his creatures, but chiefly in that that he deliuered his Church from ȳ thraldome of their enemies
12:d.
In doīg ſuch a worke as was neuer done before, nor that anie other colde do
16:e.
Where for ȳ ſpace of fortie yeres he ſhewed infinite and moſte ſtrange wonders
18:f.
Declaring therby that no power nor autoritie was ſo dere vnto him, as the loue of his Church.
23:g.
In our greateſt afflictiõ & ſelauerie, whẽ we loked for nothing leſſe then to haue had anie ſuccour.
25:h.
Seing ȳ God prouideth, euẽ for the beaſtes: muche more hathe he care ouer his.