Ps 136:1
136:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his {a}
      mercy [endureth] for ever.

      (a) By this repetition he shows that the least of God's
          benefits bind us to thanksgiving: but chiefly his
          mercy, which is principally declared towards his
          Church.

Ps 136:6
136:6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for
      his {b} mercy [endureth] for ever.

      (b) This was a common kind of thanksgiving, which the
          whole people used, when they had received any benefit
          from God, as in 2Ch 7:6,20:21, meaning that God
          was not only merciful to their fathers, but also
          continued the same to their posterity.

Ps 136:11
136:11 And {c} brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy
       [endureth] for ever:

       (c) God's merciful providence toward man appears in all
           his creatures, but chiefly in that he delivered his
           Church from the clutches of their enemies.

Ps 136:12
136:12 With a strong hand, and with a {d} stretched out arm: for
       his mercy [endureth] for ever.

       (d) In doing such a work as was never done before, nor
           that any other could do.

Ps 136:16
136:16 To him which led his people through the {e} wilderness:
       for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

       (e) Where for the space of forty years he showed infinite
           and most strange wonders.

Ps 136:18
136:18 And slew {f} famous kings: for his mercy [endureth] for
       ever:

       (f) Declaring by it that no power or authority was so
           dear to him as the love of his Church.

Ps 136:23
136:23 Who remembered us in our {g} low estate: for his mercy
       [endureth] for ever:

       (g) In our greatest affliction and slavery when we looked
           for nothing less than to have had any help.

Ps 136:25
136:25 Who giveth food to all {h} flesh: for his mercy
       [endureth] for ever.

       (h) Seeing that God provides even for the beasts much
           more has he care over his.

Ps 136:26
136:26 {i} O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy
       [endureth] for ever.

       (i) Seeing that all ages have had most plain testimonies
           of God's benefits.