386. Internal Meaning of Psalm 136

1-3 Let them confess the Lord, who alone is God and Lord,6 (16)

4-6 who, by means of the Divine truth, has formed heaven and the church, (12)

7-9 from whom is all truth of doctrine, and good of love, and knowledge (cognitio) of these; (12)

10-22 who delivers the natural man from falsities of evil, and there establishes the church, and dissipates evils of every kind. (11, 12, 17)

23-26 Celebration and confession of Him who delivers from falsities and evils, and grants truths and goods,6, (16, 12)

1-26 and this from pure mercy. (12)

'A seed' signifies the ultimate and primary levels in a person. It also signifies good and truth from the Lord. In an opposite sense, it signifies falsity of doctrine and hellish falsity. 'A seed' signifies everyone who constitutes the Lord's spiritual kingdom and faith grounded in charity.

In Genesis 12:7, 8:15, 16, 'a seed' signifies love and everyone who has love.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 1025)