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He remembered us in our weakness. His faithful love endures forever.
Psalms 136:23 · New Living Translation
Parallel translations
  • WEB Who remembered us in our low estate; for his loving kindness endures forever;
  • KJV Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
  • BSB He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
  • NKJV Who remembered us in our lowly state, For His mercy endures forever;
  • NASB ¶Who remembered us in our lowliness, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

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Quick answer

God remembered His people in their low estate, and His love endures forever.

Overview

The psalm turns to God's ongoing mercy, remembering His people when they were brought low. He does not forget the afflicted but acts on their behalf. This remembering love is the heart of the gospel, for God remembered a fallen world and sent His Son to redeem it.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 13

  • Isa 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
  • Luke 1:48for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
  • Ps 116:6Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.
  • Deut 32:36For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone; that there is no one remaining, shut up or left at large.
  • 1 Sam 2:7–8Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
  • Ps 113:7He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
  • Ps 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.
  • Ezek 16:3–13and say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Jerusalem: “Your origin and your birth is of the land of the Canaanite. An Amorite was your father, and your mother was a Hittite.
  • Ps 72:12–14For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.
  • Ps 102:17He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
  • Luke 1:52He has put down princes from their thrones. And has exalted the lowly.
  • Gen 8:1God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.
  • Ps 106:43–45He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 136:23YouTube · Lay · Free

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 136:23 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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