Ps 106:1 | The psalmist exhorts to praise God. |
Ps 106:1 MERCIFULNESS-UNMERCIFULNESS | ¶ Praise ye the LORD2. O give3 thanks unto the LORD; for he4 is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. |
Ps 106:2 | Who can utter5 the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise6? |
Ps 106:3 | Blessed7 are they that keep8 judgment, and he that doeth9 righteousness at all times10. |
Ps 106:4 | He prays for pardon of sin, as God pardoned the fathers. |
Ps 106:4 MEMORY-OBLIVION SALVATION-CONDEMNATION | Remember11 me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit12 me with thy salvation; |
Ps 106:5 | That I may see13 the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice14 in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory15 with thine inheritance. |
Ps 106:6 | ¶16We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. |
Ps 106:7 | The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy. |
Ps 106:7 DISCERNMENT-DULLNESS PROVOKING GOD Red Sea Egypt | Our17 fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they18 remembered not the multitude19 of thy mercies; but20 provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. |
Ps 106:8 | Nevertheless he saved21 them for his name's sake, that he22 might make his mighty power to be known. |
Ps 106:9 Red Sea | He rebuked23 the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he24 led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. |
Ps 106:10 | ¶ And he25 saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed26 them from the hand of the enemy. |
Ps 106:11 | 27And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. |
Ps 106:12 | 28Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. |
Ps 106:13 STEADFASTNESS-INSTABILITY | ¶ They soon forgat29 his works; they waited30 not for his counsel: |
Ps 106:14 | But31 lusted exceedingly32 in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. |
Ps 106:15 | And he gave33 them their request; but sent34 leanness into their soul. |
Ps 106:16 | They envied35 Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint36 of the LORD. |
Ps 106:17 | 37The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. |
Ps 106:18 | 38And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. |
Ps 106:19 FALSE WORSHIP MOUNTAINS AND HILLS Horeb | 39They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. |
Ps 106:20 | ¶ Thus40 they changed their glory41 into42 the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. |
Ps 106:21 Egypt | They forgat43 God44 their saviour, which45 had done great things in Egypt; |
Ps 106:22 Red Sea Ham 2 | Wondrous46 works in the land of Ham, and terrible47 things by the Red sea. |
Ps 106:23 INTERCESSION | Therefore he said48 that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen49 stood50 before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. |
Ps 106:24 | Yea, they despised51 the pleasant land52, they believed53 not his word: |
Ps 106:25 | But murmured54 in their tents, and hearkened55 not unto the voice of the LORD. |
Ps 106:26 | Therefore56 he lifted57 up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: |
Ps 106:27 | To overthrow58 their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. |
Ps 106:28 FALSE WORSHIP Peor | They joined59 themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead60. |
Ps 106:29 | Thus they provoked him to anger with their61 inventions: and the plague62 brake in upon them. |
Ps 106:30 | ¶63Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. |
Ps 106:31 | 64And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. |
Ps 106:32 Meribah 1 | They angered65 him also at the waters of strife, so that66 it went ill with Moses for their sakes: |
Ps 106:33 | Because67 they provoked his spirit, so that he spake68 unadvisedly with his lips. |
Ps 106:34 | ¶ They did not69 destroy the nations, concerning70 whom the LORD commanded them: |
Ps 106:35 | But71 were mingled among the heathen, and learned72 their works. |
Ps 106:36 TEMPTATION | And73 they served their idols: which74 were a snare unto them. |
Ps 106:37 FALSE WORSHIP | Yea, they sacrificed75 their sons and their daughters unto devils76, |
Ps 106:38 CANAAN, LAND OF SACRIFICES Canaan | And shed77 innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land78 was polluted with blood. |
Ps 106:39 ISRAEL-THE JEWS | Thus were they defiled79 with their own works, and went80 a whoring with their own81 inventions. |
Ps 106:40 | ¶ Therefore was the wrath82 of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch83 that he abhorred his own84 inheritance. |
Ps 106:41 | And he gave85 them into the hand of the heathen; and they86 that hated them ruled over them. |
Ps 106:42 | Their enemies87 also oppressed88 them, and they were brought into subjection89 under their hand. |
Ps 106:43 EXALTATION-ABASEMENT | Many90 times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their91 counsel, and were brought low92 for their iniquity. |
Ps 106:44 | 93Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: |
Ps 106:45 PENITENCE-IMPENITENCE | And he94 remembered for them his covenant, and repented95 according to the96 multitude of his mercies. |
Ps 106:46 | 97He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. |
Ps 106:47 | He concludes with prayer and praise. |
Ps 106:47 | Save us,98 O LORD our God, and gather99 us from among the heathen, to give100 thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. |
Ps 106:48 | Blessed101 be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD102. |