The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #386
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)
2 Samuel 22:4-7
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I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from my enemies.
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For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
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The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
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In my distress I called on Yahweh. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry [came] into his ears.
