“Yahweh led his people through the wilderness.
His steadfast love endures forever.
He struck down great kings.
His steadfast love endures forever.
He killed famous kings.
His steadfast love endures forever.
He killed Sihon,
King of the Amorites.
His steadfast love endures forever.
He killed Og,
King of Bashan.
His steadfast love endures forever.
He gave their land as a heritage.
His steadfast love endures forever.
He gave it as a heritage to Israel his servant,
His steadfast love endures forever.”
Once again, the congregational refrain, “His steadfast love endures forever” is repeated after every verse. This is once again a repetition of the previous psalm, Psalm 135, about the trip to the Promised Land. In order to take the Promised Land, they had to defeat a number of nations and countries. Yahweh helped them to strike down these fellow humans because his steadfast love endures forever. They and Yahweh killed many kings. The two most prominent as found in Numbers, chapter 21, was King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan, on the borders of Canaan. They also killed the kings and people in Canaan as found in Joshua, chapters 5-12. Thus Yahweh gave Israel the land of Canaan as a heritage because of his enduring steadfast love.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 