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Psalms 106:13
They soon forgat His works, literally, "they made haste, they forgot," their flare of faith lasting barely three days; they waited not for His counsel, the plan which He had for their care,
They soon forgat His works, literally, "they made haste, they forgot," their flare of faith lasting barely three days; they waited not for His counsel, the plan which He had for their care,
Verse Psalms 106:13. _THEY SOON FORGAT HIS WORKS_] Three days afterwards, at the waters of Marah, Exodus 15:24. _THEY WAITED NOT FOR HIS COUNSEL_] They were impatient, and would not wait till God sho...
THEY SOON FORGAT HIS WORKS - On Psalms 106:13, see the notes at Psalms 78:17. Literally, here, as in the margin, “They made haste, they forgat.” They did it soon; did it without any delay. It was as i...
Psalms 105 AND 106 The Memories of the Past The last two Psalms of this fourth section review the entire history of Israel up to the time of the judges. It is the story of God's faithfulness and merc...
CVI. ISRAEL'S SIN. Psalms 106:1. Introduction. Praise to Yahweh for His power and greatness. The writer's desire to share in Israel's joy. PSALMS 106:3. HE THAT DOETH: read they that do. Psalms 106...
SOON FORGAT. Characteristic of human nature....
THEY WAITED NOT FOR HIS COUNSEL— _They did not wait his providence._ Mudge. The LXX render it, _They did not obey his counsel._...
PSALMS 106 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Humbled Israel Confessing Her Sins as a Nation. ANALYSIS Enclosed within an Introduction of Praise and Prayer, Psalms 106:1-5, and a Conclusion of Prayer and Doxology,...
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...
As Psalms 105 gives thanks for God's goodness, so Psalms 106 confesses Israel's sin and acknowledges God's mercy, both being illustrated in an historical retrospect from the deliverance from Egypt dow...
Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE *LORD IS GOOD! PSALMS 106 Jesus said, "Father, *forgive them. Because they do not know what they are doing". ...
THEY WAITED NOT... — They could not _wait_ for the natural and orderly outcome of the counsel of God....
(13-33) These twenty verses cover the desert wanderings, beginning with _the_ discontented spirit mentioned in Exodus 15:23....
מִֽ֭הֲרוּ שָׁכְח֣וּ מַעֲשָׂ֑יו לֹֽא ־חִ֝כּ֗וּ לַ...
Psalms 106:1 THE history of God's past is a record of continuous mercies, the history of man's, one of as continuous sin. The memory of the former quickened the psalmist into his sunny song of thankfu...
UNFAILING LOVING-KINDNESS Psalms 106:1 _ Who can utter?_ That is an unanswered question. Not even the leader of the heavenly choir can answer it. But what blessedness it brings to the heart of one w...
The previous psalm called the people to talk of the “marvellous works” of Jehovah. This one calls to praise, and the reason is that “His mercy endureth for ever.” This fact is then illustrated by a de...
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his (g) counsel: (g) The would prevent his wisdom and providence....
I include all these verses within one reading, though the Reader will recollect that they refer to several very interesting transactions at different periods in the church's history. But it would swel...
In order to point out the inconstancy of the people, he says, _they made haste _Some explain this in the following manner, namely, that after they had set out on their journey, they hastened to come t...
Psalms 106. "Hallelujah. Give thanks to Jehovah, for it is good (or He is good). His mercy endureth for ever." This last we have often seenthe expression of this unfailing faithful mercy of Jehovah, w...
THEY SOON FORGAT HIS WORKS,.... The miracles he wrought in Egypt, the deliverance of them from thence with a mighty hand and outstretched arm, and the leading them through the Red sea as on dry land,...
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: Ver. 13. _They soon forgat his works_] Heb. They made haste, they forgat. This is an aggravating circumstance. See Gal 1:6 Exo 32:8 Deuter...
_They soon forgat his works_ Even within three days, Exodus 15:22, and lost the impressions those works had made upon them. They that do not improve God's mercies to them, nor endeavour, in some measu...
THEY SOON FORGAT: _ Heb._ They made haste, they forgat...
13-33 Those that will not wait for God's counsel, shall justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. An undue desire, even for lawful things, becomes sinful. God show...
SOON; even within three days, EXODUS 15:22,23. THEY WAITED NOT FOR HIS COUNSEL; they did not wait patiently and believingly upon God for supplies from his hand, in such manner and time as he in his ow...
Psalms 106:13 soon H4116 (H8765) forgot H7911 (H8804) works H4639 wait H2442 (H8765) counsel H6098...
Psalms 106:1. _Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever._ In this Psalm we have the history of God's people turned to practical account. I have...
In this Psalm we have the story of God's ancient covenant people, and as we read it, we may read our own history in it if we also are his people. It is a looking-glass, in which the beholder may see h...
This Psalm relates the story of God's mercy to Israel, of the people's provocation of Jehovah, and of his great patience with them. It commences with an exhortation to praise the Lord. Psalms 106:1....
CONTENTS: The badness of Israel made heinous by the great goodness of God. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist, Moses, Aaron, Dathan, Abiram, Phinehas. CONCLUSION: Man's perverseness arises continually from hi...
This also is a Psalm of David, and is cited in 1 Chronicles 16., although the first and the two last verses only are there given. The subject is similar to that of the preseding psalm; and it was prob...
_They soon forgat His works._ GOD’S PRAISES SUNG; HIS WORKS FORGOTTEN The conduct of the Israelites, as here described, affords a striking exemplification of that spurious gratitude, which often burs...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 106:1. This historical psalm (see notes on Psalms 78 and 105) retells a series of events from Israel’s history to illustrate God’s steadfas
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 106:6 This is a list of incidents that begins at the shore of the Red Sea (vv. Psalms 106:7) and ends during the time of the judges (vv....
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 106:13 Sadly, the people of Israel SOON FORGOT God’s WORKS and slipped back into unfaithfulness (see v. Psal
INTRODUCTION “This it the first of a series of Hallelujah Psalms: Psalms of which the word Hallelujah is, as it were, the inscription (106, 111–113, 117, 135, 146–150.). As in the last Psalm, so here...
EXPOSITION This is the first of the strictly "Hallelujah psalms"—_i.e._ of the psalms beginning with the phrase "hallelujah"—which are Psalms 106:1, Psalms 111:1, Psalms 112:1,...
Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can show forth all his praise? Blessed are they that ke...
Exodus 15:17; Exodus 15:24; Exodus 16:2; Exodus 17:7; Isaiah 48:17;...
Soon — Even within three days, Exodus 15:22. Waited not — They did not wait patiently upon God for supplies, in such manner and time as he thought fit....