Psalm 106:34-48 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:43

Many times did he deliver them ,.... By means of the judges, Othniel, Ehud, Barak, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson, and others. But they provoked him with their counsel ; in asking a king, whom he gave in his anger, and took away in his wrath, Hosea 13:11 , and with their idolatries which they devised, setting up the calves at Dan and Bethel; and by taking counsel of others, and not of the Lord; seeking for help from the Assyrians and Egyptians, and trusting in them, Isaiah 30:1 , all which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:44

Nevertheless he regarded their affliction ,.... Or "looked on them in distress" F4 וירא בצר להם "et vidit in angustia eis", Montanus, Gejerus; so Musculus, Tigurine version. ; he saw their affliction, and had compassion on them; he was so far from abhorring and despising the affliction of the afflicted, that he pitied them and sympathized with them; in all their afflictions he was afflicted; he looked upon them with an eye of pity and concern, and helped them out of their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:45

And he remembered for them his covenant ,.... At Sinai, according to Aben Ezra; rather that made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; see Psalm 105:8 , not their covenant who promised to hear and do all that the Lord commanded, and did it not; but his covenant, his promise of giving them the good land, and settling them in it: the Lord is ever mindful of the covenant of his grace for his people, for their good; he remembers the promises he has made, where they are in Christ; and so as to fulfil... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:46

He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. He not only pitied them himself, but caused them to be pitied by others, even by their enemies; he has the hearts of all men in his hands, and can turn them as he pleases; as he sometimes turned their hearts to hate his people, Psalm 105:25 , so he turned them to pity them, as he promised he would when they turned to him, 2 Chronicles 30:9 , so he did, by stirring up Cyrus to proclaim liberty to them, and his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:47

Save us, O Lord our God ,.... Here the psalmist represents the people in captivity, and represents them as praying for deliverance; as well knowing that none but God could save them: and a prayer of this nature, with respect to spiritual salvation, supposes danger, and a sense of it; that they are not able to save themselves, nor any creature able to save them; only the Lord, who is both willing and able; and of this kind is the prayer of faith. And gather us from among the Heathen ; in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:48

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ,.... God is to be blessed as the Father of mercies; as the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; and as the covenant God and Father of his people in him, of the true Israel of God: which is done by celebrating his blessedness in himself; by ascribing to him all blessedness enjoyed, as the author of it; and by giving him honour, glory, and blessing for it. From everlasting to everlasting ; here and hereafter, in time and to all eternity; from this... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:36

They served their idols - עצביהם atsabbeyhem , their labors or griefs - idols, so called because of the pains taken in forming them, the labor in worshipping them, and the grief occasioned by the Divine judgments against the people for their idolatry. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:37

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils - See 2 Kings 16:3 ; Isaiah 57:5 ; Ezekiel 16:20 ; ezekiel Ezekiel 20:26 . That causing their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Moloch did not always mean they burnt them to death in the flames, is very probable. But all the heathen had human sacrifices; of this their history is full. Unto devils, לשדים lashshedim , to demons. Devil is never in Scripture used in the plural; there is but One devil,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:39

And went a whoring - By fornication, whoredom, and idolatry, the Scripture often expresses idolatry and idolatrous acts. I have given the reason of this in other places. Besides being false to the true God, to whom they are represented as betrothed and married, (and their acts of idolatry were breaches of this solemn engagement), the worship of idols was frequently accompanied with various acts of impurity. The translation in the Anglo-Saxon is very remarkable: and they fornicated. In... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:40

Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled - God kindled a fire in his judgments for those who by their flagitious conduct had inflamed themselves with their idols, and the impure rites with which they were worshipped. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:44

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:45

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:46

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:47

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:48

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:36

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:37

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:39

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:40

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