Psalm 106:34-48 NIV

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 106:34

They did not destroy the nations ,.... Here begins an account of their sins and provocations, after they were settled in the land of Canaan. They did not destroy the inhabitants of the land, of the seven nations; whose land was given to them as an inheritance, and of which the Canaanites were dispossessed for their sins, and to be destroyed. Concerning whom the Lord commanded them ; that they should destroy them; the command is in Deuteronomy 7:1 . God's commands are to be obeyed; they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:35

But were mingled among the Heathen ,.... Not only dwelt among them, but made covenants and contracts, carried on trade and commerce, and intermarried with them, contrary to the express law of God, Deuteronomy 7:2 . Nor should saints have communion with wicked men, especially in things sinful and superstitious, 2 Corinthians 6:14 . And learned their works ; not their civil works and actions, their trades and business, but their idolatrous works; of which a detail is given in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:36

And they served their idols ,.... Of gold and silver, wood and stone; the works of men's hands, senseless creatures; which are nothing in the world, and bring grief and sorrow to the worshippers of them, from whence they have their name here given them; see Psalm 16:4 . They served "their" idols, the idols of the Canaanites, who were dispossessed of their land for their idolatries and other sins; and these Israelites were put in their place. They served those which they were ordered to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:37

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils. Who have their name here given them from a word that signifies to waste and destroy, they being the destroyers of mankind. So the Targum renders it by מזיקיא , which signifies spirits noxious and hurtful; but R. Elias Levita, in his Tishbi, p. 233, says it is a mistake to derive it from the root which signifies to waste and destroy; for then he says the "daleth" should have a "dagesh"; but does not tell us from whence it is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:38

And shed innocent blood ,.... The blood of innocent persons; not that any of Adam's posterity, descending from him by ordinary generation, are strictly and properly innocent, or free from sin; self-righteous persons have thought themselves, touching the righteousness of the law, blameless; and some perfectionists have pretended to be free from sin, but are not such; they who are justified by the righteousness of Christ, and washed in his blood, are, so considered, all fair and without spot;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:39

Thus were they defiled with their own works ,.... Not the land only, but they themselves also; or "with their works" F1 במעשיהם "operibus earum", Muis; so Ainsworth. , with the works of the Heathen they learned, Psalm 106:35 , or rather with their own works, the works of the flesh, especially their shocking idolatries: sin is of a defiling nature; it has defiled all men, it defiles all of men, all the faculties of their souls, and all the members of their bodies; nor can anything... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:40

Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people ,.... Sin is the cause of wrath, which is compared to fire kindled by the breath of the Almighty, and is intolerable; this shows that the offence must be very great, as to incense the Lord against a people he had chosen above all others to be his peculiar people; as well as it was an aggravation, of their sin, so highly to provoke the Lord, whom they had vouched to be their God. There may be appearances of wrath for sin against... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:41

And he gave them into the hand of the Heathen ,.... In the times of the judges; as into the hands of the Mesopotamians, Moabites, Canaanites, Midianites, and Philistines, to whom they became tributaries; see the book of Judges. And they that hated them ruled over them ; as it was threatened and foretold they should, in case they did not observe the law of God, Leviticus 26:17 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:42

Their enemies also oppressed them ,.... By taxes, and taking the increase of their fields and sustenance, which often obliged them to cry for a deliverer, who upon this was sent to them; see Judges 2:9 . And they were brought into subjection under their hand; or were humbled under their hand, as the Targum ; they were not only made to submit to their enemies, but they were humbled before the Lord; brought to a sense of their sins, and acknowledgment of them, when the Lord appeared for... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:42

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