John Gill Commentary Psalms 136:2

"Oh give thanks unto the God of gods; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever." — Psalms 136:2 (ASV)

O give thanks to the God of gods
Not only of the gods of the Gentiles, who are by name and not by nature gods; or of civil magistrates, who are so called, and seem to be designed in the next verse; but the angels, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi. Christ, our Immanuel, is the God of them, the object of their worship and adoration, being their Creator and Preserver, (Psalms 97:7) (Hebrews 1:6Hebrews 1:7) . So the Heathens say

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for his mercy [endures] for ever ;
in the preservation of those excellent creatures from apostasy, when many of their species fell; and in the continuance and confirmation of them in the state in which they were created; and in making use of them as ministering spirits to the heirs of salvation; and as a guard about them while they live, and at death to convey their souls to heaven.

FOOTNOTES:

• F18: of the Maker of all things, him you may properly call the God of gods, the Supreme and Best; this title Janus has with them ^F19 ;
• F19: Macrob. Saturnal. l. 1. c. 9.