{"id":16215,"date":"2022-09-24T06:24:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T11:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-psalms-1368\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T06:24:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T11:24:14","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-psalms-1368","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-psalms-1368\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 136:8"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> The sun to rule by day: for his mercy [endureth] forever: <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 8<\/strong>. O give thanks unto him that maketh a horn to sprout for the house of David (<span class='bible'>Psa 132:17<\/span>), for &amp;c.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\"><B>The sun to rule by day &#8211; <\/B><span class='bible'><B>Gen 1:16<\/B><\/span>. Margin, as in Hebrew, for the ruling of the day. That is, to control, as it were, the day; to determine its length &#8211; its beginning &#8211; its ending &#8211; to make it what it is.<\/P> <P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\"><B>For his mercy &#8230; &#8211; <\/B>By all the blessings of day as distinguished from night and darkness &#8211; by all that the sun in his daily course does to diffuse life, joy, peace, comfort, happiness on the earth &#8211; by all that are warmed by its beams, cheered by its light, guided in labor, guarded from dangers &#8211; do we derive an argument for the mercy of God; by all this there is laid a foundation for his praise.<\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Albert Barnes&#8217; Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> <B>The sun to rule by day; <\/B>of which phrase and the like in the next verse, See Poole &#8220;<span class='bible'>Gen 1:16<\/span>&#8220;. <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>The sun to rule by day<\/strong>,&#8230;. Which is the greater light, <span class='bible'>Ge 1:16<\/span>;<\/p>\n<p><strong>for his mercy [endureth] for ever<\/strong>: this great light, so beneficial to the earth and the inhabitants of it, which was made near six thousand years ago, still continues, and will to the end of time; enlightening the world, warming the air and earth, imparting its light and heat to all creatures on it, and influencing the earth to bring forth a variety of things for the use and delight of mankind, called &#8220;the precious things [brought] forth by the sun&#8221;, <span class='bible'>De 33:14<\/span>; an emblem of a more beneficial light, in which the rich grace and mercy of God appear, and for which we have reason to give thanks; even the sun of righteousness, the Messiah, the light of the world, the author of the light of nature, grace, and glory; and who will continue as long as the sun, and when that shall be no more, <span class='bible'>Mal 4:2<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> Psa 136:8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:<\/p>\n<p> Ver. 8. <strong> The sun to rule by day<\/strong> ] Heb. for the rulings by day, <em> sc.<\/em> by his light, heat, motion, and influences, whereby he worketh upon these inferior bodies, being a servant to all, as his name importeth, notwithstanding his ruledom; and therefore in no wise to have been worshipped.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Trapp&#8217;s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>to rule = to have dominion. Gen 1:16-18. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>The sun: Psa 148:3, Jer 31:35, Mat 5:45 <\/p>\n<p>to rule: Heb. for the rulings <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: Gen 1:16 &#8211; to rule Job 38:12 &#8211; commanded Psa 19:2 &#8211; night unto Psa 65:8 &#8211; outgoings<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sun to rule by day: for his mercy [endureth] forever: 8. O give thanks unto him that maketh a horn to sprout for the house of David (Psa 132:17), for &amp;c. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The sun to rule by day &#8211; Gen 1:16. Margin, as in Hebrew, for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-psalms-1368\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 136:8&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}