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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 106:6-12

Here begins a penitential confession of sin, which was in a special manner seasonable now that the church was in distress; for thus we must justify God in all that he brings upon us, acknowledging that therefore he has done right, because we have done wickedly; and the remembrance of former sins, notwithstanding which God did not cast off his people, is an encouragement to us to hope that, though we are justly corrected for our sins, yet we shall not be utterly abandoned. I. God's afflicted... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:6

We have sinned with our fathers ,.... Sinned in their first father Adam; derived a corrupt nature from their immediate ancestors; sinned after the similitude of their transgressions; sinned after their example, in like manner as they did; guilty of the same gross enormities as they were: though sufficiently warned by the words of the prophets, and by punishments inflicted, they continued their sins, a constant series and course of them, and filled up the measure of their iniquities; they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:7

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt ,.... Or, "our fathers in Egypt" F12 אבותינו במצרים "patres nostri in Aegypto", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; ; while they were there, they did not understand, or wisely consider and attend unto, the miracles there wrought, the plagues inflicted on the Egyptians. These were done in their sight, they saw them with their eyes; yet had not hearts to perceive them, and understand the true use and design of them: not only that these... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:8

Nevertheless, he saved them for his name's sake ,.... Not for any worth or worthiness in them; not for their righteousness sake, for they were a rebellious and disobedient people; but for his name's sake, because his name was called upon them, and he was called the God of the Hebrews, as Aben Ezra observes; and the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, their ancestors; to whom he had promised the land of Canaan, and was their covenant God; and because of his covenant, and of his divine... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:9

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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:10

And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them ,.... As Pharaoh and his people did, because of their numerous increase, which they endeavoured to prevent; and still more because of the plagues inflicted on them; and now because they were got away from them, and therefore pursued them in great wrath and indignation, Exodus 15:9 . And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy ; the same thing in different words; so the Lord Christ has saved and redeemed his people out of the hand... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:6

We have sinned - Here the confession begins; what preceded was only the introduction to what follows: Our forefathers sinned, and suffered; we, like them, have sinned, and do suffer. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:7

Our fathers understood not - They did not regard the operation of God's hands; and therefore they understood neither his designs nor their own interest. At the sea, even at the Red Sea - Some of the rabbins suppose that the repetition of the words point out two faults of the Israelites at the Red Sea. They murmured against Moses for bringing them out of Egypt, when they saw the sea before them, and Pharaoh behind them. When the waters were divided, they were afraid to enter in, lest... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:8

He saved them for his name's sake - שמו למען lemaan shemo , "on account of his name;" to manifest his own power, goodness, and perfections. There was nothing which he could draw from them as a reason why he should save them; therefore he drew the reason from himself. There is a singular gloss in the old Psalter on this verse: "Whan thai cam oute of Egypt to the rede Se, whare thai were closed on a syde with a hylle that na man mygt passe: on another side was the rede See: behynde tham... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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. read more

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