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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 106:34-48

Here, I. The narrative concludes with an account of Israel's conduct in Canaan, which was of a piece with that in the wilderness, and God's dealings with them, wherein, as all along, both justice and mercy appeared. 1. They were very provoking to God. The miracles and mercies which settled them in Canaan made no more deep and durable impressions upon them than those which fetched them out of Egypt; for by the time they were just settled in Canaan they corrupted themselves, and forsook God.... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 106:1-48

The nevertheless of God's mercy. This is actually expressed in Psalms 106:44 , but it is the theme of the whole psalm. Note concerning it— I. IT IMPLIES PREVIOUS AND TERRIBLE PROVOCATION . And, indeed, there had been such: 1 . In sins actually committed. What a catalogue of them the psalm contains! Sin at the very beginning ( Psalms 106:7 ). The former psalm reviewed the history of God's people as a subject for adoring praise, because of God's never-failing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 106:6-46

The psalmist now enters on his main subject—the transgressions of Israel in the past, and God's manifold mercies vouchsafed to them. These he traces from the time of the Exodus ( Psalms 106:7 ) to that of the Babylonish captivity ( Psalms 106:46 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 106:40-46

Man's misery and God's compassion. "The design of the whole psalm is to awaken the people to a lively consciousness of the truth, that though there is much of sin in us, there is much more of grace in God;" that "where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." Suggests— I. GOD LOVES ALL HIS CREATURES , BUT HATES THEIR SINS . ( Psalms 106:40 .) That is, he makes us feel sensible that he is forever opposed to our evil conduct, and creates in us a terror of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 106:43-44

The Divine pity and patience. The exiles, when about to return to their own land, were brought to repentance by their sense of the goodness of God to them. In the spirit of penitence, the psalmist, a devout exile, reviews the national history, and finds that over and over again his people had to be penitent for their sins, and over and over again their God found them space and opportunity for repentance. Now, that exile read the national history aright, and he helps us in the endeavour to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 106:44

Nevertheless he regarded their affliction; or, "he saw them in their trouble," i.e. he looked on them, and had regard to them (see 2 Kings 17:13 ; 2 Chronicles 36:15 ). When he heard their cry. As God "heard the cry" of his people, when they suffered oppression in Egypt ( Exodus 2:23 ; Exodus 3:7 , Exodus 3:9 ), so also in their other oppressions ( 3:9 , 3:15 ; 4:3 ; 6:6 ; 10:10 ; 1 Samuel 12:10 , 1 Samuel 12:11 , etc), if they did but humble themselves and "cry"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 106:44-45

The hope of the exile. Israel in exile had no hope at all, but in the mercy and the faithfulness of her redeeming God (Le 26:41, 42). When a human soul is far away from God, and can sing no song of joy in the "strange land" of sinful alienation; when it is brought very low with a sense of Divine disapproval, and of a future which it dare not face; when it shrinks from the society of those with whom it once had sweet and sacred fellowship, and shuns the eye of human piety;—there is one... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 106:44

Nevertheless, he regarded their affliction - literally, “And he looked upon the trouble that was upon them;” or, “and he saw in the distress to them.” The meaning is, that he did not turn away from it; he saw the need of interposition, and he came to them.When he heard their cry - literally, “In his hearing their cry.” Their cry for help came before him, and he did not refuse to look upon their affliction. The idea is, that he was attracted to their case by their loud cry for help; and that... read more

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