Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalm 106

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Psalm 106 . 1 , The psalmist exhorts to praise God; Psalm 106 . 4 , He prays for pardon of sin , as God pardoned the fathers; Psalm 106 . 7 , The story of the people’s rebellion , and God’s mercy; Psalm 106 . 47 , He concludes with prayer and praise.

Psalm 106:1

Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalm 106:1 · BSB

Psalm 106:2

Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?

Psalm 106:2 · BSB

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Psalm 106:3

Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

Psalm 106:3 · BSB

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Psalm 106:4

Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

Psalm 106:4 · BSB

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Psalm 106:5

that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

Psalm 106:5 · BSB

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Psalm 106:6

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

Psalm 106:6 · BSB

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Psalm 106:7

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

Psalm 106:7 · BSB

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Psalm 106:8

Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

Psalm 106:8 · BSB

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Psalm 106:9

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.

Psalm 106:9 · BSB

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In the descriptions of the Psalmist , everything has life. The sea is an animated being , behaves itself proudly , is rebuked , and retires in confusion

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Psalm 106:10

He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Psalm 106:10 · BSB

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Psalm 106:11

The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.

Psalm 106:11 · BSB

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Psalm 106:12

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

Psalm 106:12 · BSB

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Psalm 106:13

Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

Psalm 106:13 · BSB

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Heb. They made haste , they forgat , Three days afterwards , at the waters of Marah

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Psalm 106:14

They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

Psalm 106:14 · BSB

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lusted exceedingly Heb. lusted a lust

Psalm 106:15

So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

Psalm 106:15 · BSB

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They despised the manna , calling it light or innutritive food. God gave them flesh as they desired , but no blessing accompanied it; and , in consequence , they did not fatten , but grew lean upon it; and many , surfeited by excess , died of disease. Instead of razon , "leanness ," however , Bp. Lowth supposes we should read zeraon , "nausea or loathing ," which appears to be supported by several ancient versions , and by

  • Numbers 11:20 where this portion of the history of the Israelites is recorded , and where the word zara is used , and rendered , "it be loathsome."

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Psalm 106:16

In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

Psalm 106:16 · BSB

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Psalm 106:17

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

Psalm 106:17 · BSB

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Numbers 16 . 29-33

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Psalm 106:18

Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.

Psalm 106:18 · BSB

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Numbers 16 . 35-40

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Psalm 106:19

At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

Psalm 106:19 · BSB

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Exodus 32 . 4-8

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Psalm 106:20

They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

Psalm 106:20 · BSB

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their glory That is , their God , who ought to have been the peculiar object of their glory.

Psalm 106:21

They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

Psalm 106:21 · BSB

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Psalm 106:22

wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

Psalm 106:22 · BSB

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The plagues he inflicted on the Egyptians. Egypt is called the land of Ham , or rather , Cham , because it was peopled by Mizraim the son of Ham , and grandson of Noah. Plutarch informs us , that the Egyptians called their country חליב , Chemia; and the Copts give it the name of Chemi , חלי , to the present day

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Psalm 106:23

So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

Psalm 106:23 · BSB

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Psalm 106:24

They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

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Heb. a land of desire

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Psalm 106:25

They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

Psalm 106:25 · BSB

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Psalm 106:26

So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

Psalm 106:26 · BSB

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Psalm 106:27

to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

Psalm 106:27 · BSB

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overthrow Heb. make them fall

Psalm 106:28

They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

Psalm 106:28 · BSB

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The word maithim signifies dead men; for the idols of the heathen were generally men . warriors , kings , or lawgivers . who had been deified after their death; though many of them had been execrated during their life

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Psalm 106:29

So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

Psalm 106:29 · BSB

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Psalm 106:30

But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

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Numbers 25 . 6-8

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Psalm 106:31

It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

Psalm 106:31 · BSB

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Numbers 25 . 11-13

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Psalm 106:32

At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.

Psalm 106:32 · BSB

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Psalm 106:33

For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

Psalm 106:33 · BSB

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Psalm 106:34

They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

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Psalm 106:35

but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

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Psalm 106:36

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

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Psalm 106:37

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

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However unnatural and horrid human sacrifices may appear , it is certain , that they did not only exist , but almost universally prevailed in the heathen world , especially among the Canaanites and Phoenicians

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Psalm 106:38

They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

Psalm 106:38 · BSB

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Psalm 106:39

They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

Psalm 106:39 · BSB

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Psalm 106:40

So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

Psalm 106:40 · BSB

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Psalm 106:41

He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

Psalm 106:41 · BSB

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Psalm 106:42

Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.

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Psalm 106:43

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

Psalm 106:43 · BSB

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or , impoverished , or weakened

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Psalm 106:44

Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.

Psalm 106:44 · BSB

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Psalm 106:45

And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

Psalm 106:45 · BSB

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Psalm 106:46

He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.

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Psalm 106:47

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.

Psalm 106:47 · BSB

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Psalm 106:48

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Hallelujah!

Psalm 106:48 · BSB

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Heb. Hallelujah

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In the wider web41 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Psalms 105:47-48 → 1 Chronicles 16:7-36
Allusions Romans 1:18-23 → Psalm 106:20, Psalm 106:17 → Deuteronomy 11:6, Psalm 106:24 → Deuteronomy 1:27, Psalm 106:24 → Deuteronomy 1:32, Psalm 106:24 → Numbers 14:29, Psalm 106:24 → Numbers 14:30, Psalm 106:24 → Numbers 14:31, Psalm 106:24 → Numbers 14:32, Psalm 106:24-26 → Deuteronomy 1:27, Psalm 106:24-26 → Deuteronomy 1:32, Psalm 106:24-26 → Numbers 14:29, Psalm 106:24-26 → Numbers 14:30, Psalm 106:24-26 → Numbers 14:31, Psalm 106:24-26 → Numbers 14:32, Psalm 106:29 → Numbers 25:11, Psalm 106:29 → Numbers 25:13, Psalm 106:29-31 → Numbers 25:11, Psalm 106:29-31 → Numbers 25:13, Psalm 106:32-33 → Deuteronomy 1:37, Psalm 106:32-33 → Deuteronomy 4:21, Psalm 106:32-33 → Numbers 20:12, Psalm 106:32-33 → Numbers 27:14, Psalm 106:44 → 1 Kings 8:28, Psalm 106:44 → Leviticus 26:45, +6 more
Echoes 2 Thessalonians 2:1 → Psalm 106:47, Psalm 106:29-31 → Genesis 15:6, Psalm 106:32-33 → Deuteronomy 3:26, Psalm 106:44 → 1 Kings 8:47, Psalm 106:44 → 1 Kings 8:50, Psalm 106:44 → Leviticus 26:40, Psalm 106:44-46 → 1 Kings 8:28, Psalm 106:44-46 → 1 Kings 8:47, Ezekiel 36:23 → Psalm 106:47
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