Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalms 106:1.-Call to thanksgiving for God's mercy to His people-namely, such as always do righteousness. Israel, though remembering her unrighteousness, prays God to visit her with the gratuitous sa... [ Continue Reading ]
Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise? PRAISE YE THE LORD - Hebrew, 'Hallelujah.' This connects our psalm with Psalms 105:45. O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD; FOR HE IS GOOD: FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOR EVER. The call to praise in Psalms 105:1; Psalms 105:5 was o... [ Continue Reading ]
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. WE HAVE SINNED WITH OUR FATHERS, WE HAVE COMMITTED INIQUITY, WE HAVE DONE WICKEDLY. The same three verbs occur in the same order and connection in the prayer of Solomon at the dedication of the temple (1 Kings 8:4... [ Continue Reading ]
Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. OUR FATHERS UNDERSTOOD NOT THY WONDERS IN EGYPT. They understood them not because they did not wish to understand them. The fault was in the will,... [ Continue Reading ]
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. NEVERTHELESS HE SAVED THEM FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE - (.) The Father's name is in the Son; "for His name's sake" is therefore for the Son's sake ().... [ Continue Reading ]
He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. HE REBUKED THE RED SEA - (note, .) SO HE LED THEM THROUGH THE DEPTHS, AS THROUGH THE WILDERNESS - with no less safety than through the wilderness ().... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAVED THEM FROM THE HAND OF HIM THAT HATED THEM, AND REDEEMED THEM FROM THE HAND OF THE ENEMY._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. THEN BELIEVED THEY HIS WORDS - (.) THEY SANG HIS PRAISE - (.) This verse is not designed to praise Israel, but God, who constrained, by His overwhelming display of grace, even so unbelieving a people momentarily to 'believe' while in immediat... [ Continue Reading ]
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: -Three transgressions of Israel in the wilderness are detailed, rising in gradation of moral guilt, without respect to time: (1) Their unbelieving impatience in demanding flesh (Psalms 106:13); (2) Their joining Dathan and Abiram in t... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. THEREFORE HE SAID THAT HE WOULD DESTROY THEM, (AND THIS WOULD HAVE COME TO PASS), HAD NOT MOSES HIS CHOSEN STOOD BEFORE HIM IN THE BREACH, TO... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: (1) The people's distrust of the Lord's word as to Canaan after hearing the spies' report (Psalms 106:24-19). (2) The sin of the new generation in joining themselves to Baal-peor, and Phinehas' zeal (Psalms 106:28-19). (3) The of... [ Continue Reading ]
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: -From the fathers in the wilderness the Psalmist turns to the sons in Canaan. In the former half of the decade their sins are mentioned; in the second half the judgments of God upon them for their sins. Verse 34. THEY DID... [ Continue Reading ]
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: -Conclusion. The fact of God's having already begun to show mercy to the Jewish captives in Babylon () is the ground on which the prayer is resumed from Psalms 106:4, in . That refer to the captivity, and not to earlier times, is... [ Continue Reading ]