Albert Barnes Commentary Psalms 136:24

Albert Barnes Commentary

Psalms 136:24

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Psalms 136:24

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"And hath delivered us from our adversaries; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:" — Psalms 136:24 (ASV)

And has redeemed us from our enemies – Has rescued or delivered us from all our foes; has given us freedom and peace.

For his mercy ... – By all that he has done to redeem us, and by all the prosperity, happiness, and peace which have followed as a result of that, he has shown his mercy.

So it is in the greater work of the redemption of the soul. By all the love manifested in the gift of a Saviour – by all the sufferings and toils of his life – by his “agony and bloody sweat” in the Garden of Gethsemane – by his “cross and passion,” by all the blessings of salvation here, all our peace, all our purity, all our consolations, all our hopes, and by all the glories of heaven hereafter – the mercy of God in our redemption is to be estimated and measured. Who can take the full account of it?