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Psalm 136

Psa. 136:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Tob him that smote
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
Egypt
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
in their firstborn
bkowr (Hebrew #1060)
firstborn; hence, chief
KJV usage: eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).
Pronounce: bek-ore'
Origin: from 1069
: for his mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
endureth for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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Psa. 135:8• 8Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast; (Psa. 135:8)
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Ex. 12:29• 29And it came to pass that at midnight Jehovah smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle. (Ex. 12:29)

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Egypt,
Forever,
Mercy

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 78:51• 51And he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the first-fruits of their vigour in the tents of Ham. (Psa. 78:51)
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Psa. 105:36• 36And he smote every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigour. (Psa. 105:36)
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Psa. 135:8• 8Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast; (Psa. 135:8)
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Ex. 11:5‑6• 5And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sitteth on his throne, even unto the firstborn of the bondwoman that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of cattle.
 6And there shall be a great cry throughout the land of Egypt, such as there hath been none like it, nor shall be like it any more. (Ex. 11:5‑6)
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Ex. 12:12,29• 12And I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am Jehovah.
 29And it came to pass that at midnight Jehovah smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle. (Ex. 12:12,29)
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Heb. 11:28• 28By faith he celebrated the passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. (Heb. 11:28)
• (vv. 10-15) verse 10 to 15 present the way God has wrought on behalf of His people in delivering them from Egypt. (“Psalms 136” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,