Text: Psalm 136:12
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 4:34
Subject: Exodus power
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Deuteronomy 4:34 recounts God's deliverance of Israel from Egypt "by a strong hand and an outstretched arm" (בְּיָד חֲזָקָה וּבִזְרוֹעַ נְטוּיָה, beyad chazaqah uvizroa' netuyah), and Psalm 136:12 celebrates this same deliverance using identical language: "with a strong hand and outstretched arm" (בְּיָד חֲזָקָה וּבִזְרוֹעַ נְטוּיָה). The phrase is a fixed formula for God's exodus power that both texts share verbatim. Moses uses it in theological instruction about God's incomparability, while the psalmist embeds it in antiphonal worship with the refrain "His loving devotion endures forever." The transformation of Deuteronomic theological declaration into liturgical praise shows how Israel's worship was shaped by the language of Moses's sermons.