
Text -- Psalms 106:3 (NET)




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JFB -> Psa 106:3
JFB: Psa 106:3 - -- The blessing is limited to those whose principles and acts are right. How "blessed" Israel would be now, if he had "observed God's statutes" (Psa 105:...
The blessing is limited to those whose principles and acts are right. How "blessed" Israel would be now, if he had "observed God's statutes" (Psa 105:45).
Clarke -> Psa 106:3
Clarke: Psa 106:3 - -- Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times - How near do the Anglo-Saxon, the ancient Scottish Version, and t...
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times - How near do the Anglo-Saxon, the ancient Scottish Version, and the present translation, approach to each other
Anglo-Saxon
"Blessed they that holdeth doom, and doth righteousness in ilkere tide.
Anglo-Scottish
Blisful tha that kepes dome, and duse rightwisnes in ilk tyme
Those are truly blessed, or happy, whose hearts are devoted to God, and who live in the habit of obedience. Those, the general tenor of whose life is not conformed to the will of God, have no true happiness.
Calvin -> Psa 106:3
Calvin: Psa 106:3 - -- 3.Blessed are they that keep judgment I make a distinction between this and the preceding verse, and yet so as to preserve the connection between the...
3.Blessed are they that keep judgment I make a distinction between this and the preceding verse, and yet so as to preserve the connection between them. For the prophet, having declared the magnitude of God’s power to be such that no tongue could utter all its praises, now says, that the praises of the lip merely are not acceptable to God, but that the concurrence of the heart is indispensable, nay, that even the whole of our deportment must be in unison with this exercise. Now, when he first commands to keep judgment, and then to work righteousness, he gives us a short description of genuine godliness. I have no doubt, that in the former clause he describes the sincere affection of the heart, and that, in the latter, he refers to external works. For we know, there is nothing but the mere shadow of righteousness, unless a man cordially devote himself to the practice of honesty. He requires perseverance, too, that no one may imagine that he has discharged this duty properly, excepting he whose constant and continued aim it is to live righteously and justly. We behold not a few who have only an empty profession; others show some signs of virtue, but do not maintain a consistent course of conduct.
TSK -> Psa 106:3
TSK: Psa 106:3 - -- Blessed : Psa 1:1-3, Psa 84:11, Psa 84:12, Psa 119:1-3; Mar 3:35; Luk 6:47-49, Luk 11:28; Joh 13:17; Joh 15:14; Jam 1:25; Rev 7:15, Rev 22:14
keep : P...
Blessed : Psa 1:1-3, Psa 84:11, Psa 84:12, Psa 119:1-3; Mar 3:35; Luk 6:47-49, Luk 11:28; Joh 13:17; Joh 15:14; Jam 1:25; Rev 7:15, Rev 22:14
keep : Psa 119:106; Isa 56:1, Isa 56:2; Jer 22:15, Jer 22:16; Luk 11:42; Joh 14:21-23
doeth : Psa 15:2, Psa 119:44; Isa 64:5; Eze 18:21, Eze 18:22; Luk 1:74, Luk 1:75; Act 24:16; Rom 2:7; Gal 6:9; Rev 22:14
at all times : Psa 119:20, Psa 119:112; Deu 5:19, Deu 11:1

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Barnes -> Psa 106:3
Barnes: Psa 106:3 - -- Blessed are they that keep judgment - They are blessed, for their conduet is right, and it leads to happiness. The Hebrew is, "the keepers of j...
Blessed are they that keep judgment - They are blessed, for their conduet is right, and it leads to happiness. The Hebrew is, "the keepers of judgment;"that is, they who observe the rules of justice in their conduct, or who are governed by the principles of integrity.
And he that doeth righteousness at all times - All who yield obedience to just law - whether a nation or an individual. The psalm is designed to illustrate this "by contrast;"that is, by showing, in the conduct of the Hebrew people, the consequences of "disobedience,"and thus impliedly what would have been, and what always must be, the consequences of the opposite course. Compare Psa 15:1-5.
Poole -> Psa 106:3
Poole: Psa 106:3 - -- That keep judgment that observe and practise what is just and right towards God and men; which in the next clause he calls
doing righteousness. At a...
That keep judgment that observe and practise what is just and right towards God and men; which in the next clause he calls
doing righteousness. At all times in adversity as well as in prosperity. And this clause may belong either,
1. To the last foregoing words, that doeth righteousness at all times , constantly and perpetually; or rather,
2. To the first words, they are blessed at all times , even in the day of their calamity, which therefore ought not to hinder us from this great and just duty of praising God. And so this verse coheres with the former.
Haydock -> Psa 106:3
Haydock: Psa 106:3 - -- Sea. Hebrew miyam, for which we should read imim "the right," denoting the south. (Calmet) ---
But the sea, or ocean, is properly used in th...
Sea. Hebrew miyam, for which we should read imim "the right," denoting the south. (Calmet) ---
But the sea, or ocean, is properly used in the same sense. (Berthier) ---
The Ammonites, Philistines, Syrians, and Idumeans, from these four quarters, often reduced the Israelites to servitude, under the judges. (Houbigant) ---
From all parts, the Jews of the ten tribes returned in the reigns of Darius and Alexander. (Calmet, Diss.) ---
But the texts which are applied to this event speak rather of the conversion of the Gentiles, which the prophet has here in view. (Berthier) ---
None are excluded from the benefits of this redemption, but by their own fault. (Worthington)
Gill -> Psa 106:3
Gill: Psa 106:3 - -- Blessed are they that keep judgment,.... Or "observe" k it; the righteous judgment of God on wicked men; by which he is known in his justice, holiness...
Blessed are they that keep judgment,.... Or "observe" k it; the righteous judgment of God on wicked men; by which he is known in his justice, holiness, truth, and faithfulness; and by which the inhabitants of the earth observing it, learn to do righteousness, as follows: or else it may intend the word of God, his laws, statutes, and ordinances, after called his judgments, Psa 19:9, which should be observed and kept, as the rule of our actions, walk, and conversation.
And he that doeth righteousness at all times; continually believes in Christ for righteousness, and puts on that as his justifying righteousness; whereby he becomes righteous as he is, 1Jo 3:7, and performs acts of righteousness from a principle of grace, as a fruit of regeneration, and an evidence of it, 1Jo 2:29, that does it with right views, aims, and ends; not to be justified and saved by it, but because God requires it; and it is for his glory, and to testify subjection to him, and thankfulness for favours received from him. And this is to be done at all times; we should never be weary of well doing, but be always abounding in good works; and happy are those that will be found so doing, such are "blessed" persons: not that their blessedness lies in or arises from righteousness done by them; but this is descriptive of such that are blessed in Christ with the remission of sins, and his justifying righteousness. And these are the proper persons to show forth the mighty acts and praise of the Lord; they are most capable of it, and more likely to perform it with acceptance than any other; see Psa 50:14.

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 106:1-48
TSK Synopsis: Psa 106:1-48 - --1 The psalmist exhorts to praise God.4 He prays for pardon of sin, as God pardoned the fathers.7 The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy....
MHCC -> Psa 106:1-5
MHCC: Psa 106:1-5 - --None of our sins or sufferings should prevent our ascribing glory and praise to the Lord. The more unworthy we are, the more is his kindness to be adm...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 106:1-5
Matthew Henry: Psa 106:1-5 - -- We are here taught, I. To bless God (Psa 106:1, Psa 106:2): Praise you the Lord, that is, 1. Give him thanks for his goodness, the manifestation o...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 106:1-5
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 106:1-5 - --
The Psalm begins with the liturgical call, which has not coined for the first time in the Maccabaean age (1 Macc. 4:24), but was already in use in J...
Constable: Psa 90:1--106:48 - --IV. Book 4: chs. 90--106
Moses composed one of the psalms in this section of the Psalter (Ps. 90). David wrote t...

Constable: Psa 106:1-48 - --Psalm 106
This psalm recalls Israel's unfaithfulness to God. Psalm 105 stressed God's faithfulness to th...
