Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had (l) not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy [them].
(l) If Moses, by his intercession, had not obtained God's favour against their rebellion.
Verse Psalms 106:23. _MOSES HIS CHOSEN_] Or elect; (Vulgate, _electus ejus;_ _Septuagint_, ὁ εκλεκτος αυτου;) the person that he had _appointed_ for this work. It would be very difficult to show that...
THEREFORE HE SAID THAT HE WOULD DESTROY THEM - See Exodus 32:10. He threatened to destroy them, and he would have done it, if Moses had not interposed and pleaded for them. There was nothing strange o...
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...
MOSES. Compare Exodus 32:10. HIS CHOSEN. Not theirs....
DISCOURSE: 678 THE EVIL AND DANGER OF INGRATITUDE Psalms 106:21. _They forgat God their Saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Re...
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,...
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 T...
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". ...
(13-33) These twenty verses cover the desert wanderings, beginning with _the_ discontented spirit mentioned in Exodus 15:23....
STOOD BEFORE HIM IN THE BREACH... — This is generally explained after Ezekiel 22:30, where undoubtedly it is an image taken from the defence of a besieged town. (Comp. Ezekiel 13:5.) But it is possibl...
וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר לְֽ הַשְׁמִ֫ידָ֥ם לוּלֵ֡י מֹ֘שֶׁ֤ה...
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...
JUDGMENT RESTRAINED BY INTERCESSION Psalms 106:16 The strife between the ungodly and the servants of God has characterized all the centuries. These verses record some of its phases. Moses is called G...
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...
_Down to the sea, &c. Captivity is here compared to a tempest. (Calmet) --- The apostles carry the tidings of salvation to all places. Persecutions are raised; but God grants peace to his Church under...
How very delightfully this verse comes in after the former. Who doth not see in this interposition of Moses, a type of the intercession of the ever blessed Jesus? The Holy Ghost (if one may be allowed...
23._And he said _The prophet informs us, by these words, that the people had a feeling sense of their remarkable deliverance from impending destruction, by means of prayer alone, which, for a season,...
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...
THEREFORE HE SAID THAT HE WOULD DESTROY THEM,.... He said in his word, the Targum adds; he thought within himself he would; he seemed determined in his own mind to destroy them, being provoked at thei...
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]. Ver. 23. _Therefore he said that he would...
_They made a calf in Horeb_ When they were but very lately brought out of Egypt, by such wonderful power and goodness of God, and had seen the dreadful plagues of God upon the Egyptian idolaters, and...
GOD'S BLESSINGS IN SPITE OF ISRAEL'S UNFAITHFULNESS. This psalm, whose author is not known, gives a detailed confession of the sins of Israel, as contrasted with the wonders of God's mercy, the concl...
Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Exodus 32:10; Numbers 14:12, HAD NOT MOSES, HIS CHOSEN, STOOD BEFORE HIM IN THE BREACH TO TURN AWAY HIS WRATH, LEST HE SHOULD DESTROY THEM, for in one cas...
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...
HE SAID; he declared his intention in express words, as EXODUS 32:10, and elsewhere. IN THE BREACH: God had made a hedge or wall about them; but they had made a gap or breach in it by their sins, at w...
Psalms 106:23 said H559 (H8799) destroy H8045 (H8687) not H3884 Moses H4872 chosen H972 stood H5975 ...
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 made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image._ THE IDOLATRY OF MAN AND THE INDIGNATION OF HEAVEN I. The idolatry of man (verses 19, 20). 1. The strength of the religious instinct. Ma...
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 106:19 The psalm moves on to the CALF IN HOREB, the “golden calf” (Exodus 32:1). They worshiped this idol because they were unfaithful ...
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...
Deuteronomy 10:10; Deuteronomy 9:13; Deuteronomy 9:14; Deuteronomy 9:19;...
Breach — God had made a wall about them; but they had made a breach in it by their sins, at which the Lord, who was now justly become their enemy, might enter to destroy them; which he had certainly d...