Psalm 106:23-27

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 106:13-33

This is an abridgment of the history of Israel's provocations in the wilderness, and of the wrath of God against them for those provocations: and this abridgment is abridged by the apostle, with application to us Christians (1 Cor. 10:5); for these things were written for our admonition, that we sin not like them, lest we suffer like them. I. The cause of their sin was disregard to the works and word of God, Ps. 106:13. 1. They minded not what he had done for them: They soon forgot his works,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:23

Therefore he said that he would destroy them ,.... He said in his word, the Targum adds; he thought within himself he would; he seemed determined in his own mind to destroy them, being provoked at their wretched forgetfulness of him, and their idolatry; he said to Moses, let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them , Exodus 32:10 . The decree indeed was not gone forth, but there was such an appearance of displeasure as if ruin was determined; and a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:24

Yea, they despised the pleasant land ,.... Or "land of desire" F18 בארץ חמדה "in term desiderii", Montanus, Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis. ; the land of Canaan; a very delightful and desirable country, the glory of all lands, a land that abounded with everything for necessity and pleasure. The spies themselves, that brought an ill report of it, owned it was a land flowing with milk and honey; but that there were such difficulties to possess it which they thought insuperable: and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:25

But murmured in their tents ,.... Throughout their tents; the murmuring was general; they murmured often; but what is here referred to seems to be their murmuring upon the report of the spies, Numbers 14:2 . To murmur against God and his providence is a very great evil; and which generally proceeds on one or other of these two things; either because men have not so much of the good things of this world as others have; or because they endure more afflictions, and so are ready to charge the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:26

Therefore he lifted up his hand against them ,.... A gesture used in swearing, Genesis 14:22 . So the Targum understands it here, "and he lifted up his hand with an oath, because of them:' and so it is interpreted by Aben Ezra, Jarchi, Kimchi, and Ben Melech; and agrees with Numbers 14:28 . The same gesture was used by the Heathens in swearing, as by Latinus F19 "----Tenditque ad sidera dextram--Terram, mare, sidera juro", Virg. Aeneid. 12. . Or he lifted up his hand, in a way... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 106:27

To overthrow their seed also among the nations ,.... Their posterity was not overthrown in the wilderness; they were spared to possess the land their fathers despised. This respects later times, as does what follows: and to scatter them in the lands ; which Kimchi explains by the discomfiture of them by the Amalekites and Canaanites, when they presumed, contrary to the will of God, to go up to the top of the hill; and by Arad's taking some of them prisoner, afterwards, Numbers 14:45 .... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:23

Moses his chosen - Or elect; (Vulgate, electus ejus ; Septuagint, ὁ εκλεκτος αυτου ); the person that he had appointed for this work. It would be very difficult to show that this word in any part of the Old Testament refers to the eternal state of any man, much less to the doctrine of unconditional election and reprobation. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:23

Verse 23 23.And he said The prophet informs us, by these words, that the people had a feeling sense of their remarkable deliverance from impending destruction, by means of prayer alone, which, for a season, restrained God’s vengeance from bursting forth against them. In a very short time, however, they return to their wonted disposition of mind, a striking proof of the awful perversity of their hearts. To represent how highly God was offended, the prophet says that he had purposed to destroy... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:24

Verse 24 24.And they despised It was an evident demonstration of the unconquerable wickedness of the Jews, that, after they had been in the jaws of destruction, and while they had scarcely escaped from danger so great and so imminent, they rose up in rebellion against God. What was the cause of this rebellion? The despising of the Holy Land, which of all things ought to have been most desired by them. The country of Canaan, which had been destined to them, as the place where they were to be... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:26

Verse 26 26.And he lifted up. He describes another example of the vengeance of God, the recollection of which ought to have been deeply seated in their hearts, so that cherishing a constant fear of him, they might watch over themselves with the utmost solicitude. No good having ensued from all this, it is obvious that the madness of that people was incurable. At that time God did restrain his anger, in that he did not disperse their offspring throughout various parts of the earth; but his... read more

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