Psalms 136 · Verse 7

Psalms 136:7

To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms 136:7, King James Version

Psalms 136:7 in other translations

BSBHe made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever.
WEBto him who made the great lights, for his loving kindness endures forever;
ASVTo him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:
YLTTo Him making great lights, For to the age is His kindness.
DARBYTo him that made great lights, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
BBETo him who made great lights: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
WebsterTo him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

What does Psalms 136:7 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Great lights - See the notes on the parallel passages in Gen 1:1, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 136:1-9

Forgetful as we are, things must be often repeated to us. By "mercy" we understand the Lord's disposition to save those whom sin has rendered miserable and vile, and all the provision he has made for the redemption of sinners by Jesus Christ. The counsels of this mercy have been from everlasting, and the effects of it will endure for ever, to all who are interested in it. The Lord continues equally ready to show…

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Psalms 136:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְ֭עֹשֵׂהLe.'o.sehto [one who] madeH6213
אוֹרִ֣ים'o.Rim<of> [the] lightsH216
גְּדֹלִ֑יםge.do.LimgreatH1419
כִּ֖יkiforH3588
לְעוֹלָ֣םle.'o.Lam[is] for everH5769
חַסְדּֽוֹ\׃chas.Docovenant loyalty hisH2617

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 136:7

  • Psalms 104:19

    He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

  • Psalms 74:16-17

    The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

  • Genesis 1:14-19

    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: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, …

  • Deuteronomy 4:19

    And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
74:16,17; 104:19; Ge 1:14-19; De 4:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 136:6

    To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

  • Psalms 136:7

    To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

  • Psalms 136:8

    The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:

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Psalms 136:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Al que hizo las grandes luminarias, porque para siempre es su misericordia;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Qui a fait de grands luminaires, car sa bonté demeure à toujours:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Den, der große Lichter gemacht hat, denn seine Güte währt ewiglich:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Memor esto, Domine, filiorum Edom, in die Jerusalem: qui dicunt: Exinanite, exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea.