Psalm 106:40-48

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 106:40

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

John Gill

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

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