The Meaning of Psalms 136:5 Explained

Psalms 136:5

KJV: To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.

YLT: To Him making the heavens by understanding, For to the age is His kindness.

Darby: To him that by understanding made the heavens, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;

ASV: To him that by understanding made the heavens; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 136:5?

MEANING: What does Psalms 136:5 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 136:5 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 136:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

To him that by wisdom  made  the heavens:  for his mercy  [endureth] for ever. 

What does Psalms 136:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 136:1-12 - A Review Of God's Mercies
An antiphonal psalm, intended to be sung by two choirs or by a soloist and the Temple choir. This avowal of the eternity of God's mercy, amid all the fluctuation and change of human affairs, is very striking. When we can look out on the history of our world from God's standpoint, we discover that the black-edged pages have been interleaved with golden pages of mercy. When we review our own lives from the vantage ground of heaven, we shall see that the mercy of God was the blue sky of background across which the dark clouds floated for but a limited space.
The divisions are as follows: Creation, Psalms 136:1-9; Redemption, Psalms 136:10-22; Providence, Psalms 136:23-26. In the first division the psalmist views the framework of the world and the redemption of Israel from Egypt as equal monuments of the divine loving-kindness. It was love that made the theater on which the great revelation of redemption was manifested. The crimson lips of a tulip's petals are His work as well as the crimson blood that flowed at Calvary. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 136

1  An exhortation to give thanks to God for particular mercies

What do the individual words in Psalms 136:5 mean?

To Him who made the heavens by wisdom for ever His mercy [endures]
לְעֹשֵׂ֣ה הַ֭שָּׁמַיִם בִּתְבוּנָ֑ה כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ

לְעֹשֵׂ֣ה  To  Him  who  made 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
הַ֭שָּׁמַיִם  the  heavens 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
בִּתְבוּנָ֑ה  by  wisdom 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּבוּנָה 
Sense: understanding, intelligence.
לְעוֹלָ֣ם  ever 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.
חַסְדּֽוֹ  His  mercy  [endures] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חֶסֶד 
Sense: goodness, kindness, faithfulness.

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