Psalms 106:9

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 ()....

6-12 Here begins a confession of sin; for we must acknowledge that the Lord has done right, and we have done wickedly. We are encouraged to hope that though justly corrected, yet we shall not be utterly forsaken. God's afflicted people own themselves guilty before him. God is distrusted because his favours are not remembered. If he did not save us for his own name's sake, and to the praise of his power and grace, we should all perish....

Verse Psalms 106:9. _HE REBUKED THE RED SEA_] In the descriptions of the psalmist _every thing has life_. The _sea_ is an _animated being_, behaves itself proudly, is rebuked, and retires in confusion....

HE REBUKED THE RED SEA ALSO - The word rendered “rebuke” commonly means to chide - as when one is angry with another for having done wrong. Here it is evidently a poetic term, meaning that he spake “as if” he were angry; or “as if” the Red Sea did wrong in presenting an obstacle or obstruction to the passage of his people. Compare Exodus 14:21, SO HE LED THEM THROUGH THE DEPTHS - Through what had been the abyss; what had seemed to be depths, being covered with water. AS THROUGH THE WILDERNESS - As through a desert or dry place; as he afterward led them through the wilderness. The waters parted asunder, and made a way for them....

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, Psalms 113:1, Psalms 135:1, Psalms 146:1, Psalms 147:1, Psalms 148:1,...

HE REBUKED THE RED SEA ALSO, AND IT WAS DRIED UP,.... By sending a strong east wind, which drove the waters back, and made the sea a dry land, Exodus 14:21. SO HE LED THEM THROUGH THE DEPTHS; that is, the deep waters of the sea, which were cast up as an heap, and stood as a wall on each side, through which they passed. AS THROUGH THE WILDERNESS; or rather, "as on a plain"; for a passage through a wilderness where no roads are, and many obstructions be, is not easy; and so it is manifestly to be understood in Isaiah 63:13, where Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it a plain and smooth ground, a champaign country; and so the word is used for a plain, in opposition to mountains, in Jeremiah 9:10

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. _Praise ye the LORD._ Or, «Hallelujah.» I cannot help remarking here that this is one of the most sacred words in the whole Bible, and it ought always to be pronounced with the utmost reverence. I sometimes feel my blood chill when I hear of «hallelujah lasses» and «hallelujah bonnets.» If those who use such expressions rightly understood the meaning of the word, they would not thus take the name of the Lord in vain? Psalms 106:1. _O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever._ As long as you and I are sinners, this will be on

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 mercy, and the story of their shameful failure and apostasy. He is ever mindful of His covenant, and that covenant is mentioned first, as the foundation of all. Then how He watched over them. The story of Joseph is mentioned, followed by the rehearsal of the deliverance out of Egypt. Psalms 106:1 is couched in words of confession, showing their failure all the way, sinning, forgetting, lusting, unbelieving and disobedient. Only infinite mercy and grace could save such a people. Prophetically these Psalms express the repentance and national confession of Israel, when the Lord has saved them. Then with a new

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 106:5. read throughout we for I. PSALMS 106:6. Israel's constant relapse into sin. PSALMS 106:7_ c._ Read, They were rebellious against the Most High at the Red Sea (Exodus 14:10)....

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, Psalms 106:47-48, stands a National Confession of Sin, Psalms 106:6-46, Relieved only by the Merciful Deliverances of Jehovah, the Intercession of Moses, Psalms 106:23, the Interposition of Phinehas, Psalms 106:30, and