Psalms 106:1-44
[(Title.)]
As part of the preceding Psalm is found in 1 Ch ch. 16, so the first and two last verses of this are found in the same place; and it is highly probable this was composed upon the same occasion as the former, to which it seems to be a continuation; for as that celebrates the mercies of God to Israel, so this confesses and deplores the rebellions of Israel against Jehovah.
Praise <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
Give thanks <03034> [O give.]
good <02896> [for he.]
adequately <04448> [utter.]
praiseworthy <08416> [all his praise.]
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
who promote <08104> [keep.]
do <06213> [doeth.]
time <06256> [at all times.]
Remember <02142> [Remember.]
attention <06485> [visit.]
see <07200> [may see.]
rejoice <08055> [rejoice.]
boast <01984> [glory.]
ancestors <01> [Our.]
remember <02142> [they.]
many <07230> [multitude.]
rebelled <04784> [but.]
delivered <03467> [he saved.]
power <01369> [that he.]
shouted <01605> [He rebuked.]
In the descriptions of the Psalmist, everything has life. The sea is an animated being, behaves itself proudly, is rebuked, and retires in confusion.
<03212> [so he.]
delivered <03467> [And he.]
rescued <01350> [redeemed.]
quickly forgot <04116 07911> [They soon forgat. Heb. They made haste, they forgat.]
Three days afterwards, at the waters of Marah.
wait <02442> [waited.]
craving <0183> [But.]
insatiable craving <08378 0183> [lusted exceedingly. Heb. lusted a lust. tempted.]
granted <05414> [he gave.]
struck <07971> [but sent.]
They despised the manna, calling it light or innutritive food. God gave them flesh as they desired, but no blessing accompanied it; and, in consequence, they did not fatten, but grew lean upon it; and many, surfeited by excess, died of disease. Instead of {razon,} "leanness," however, Bp. Lowth supposes we should read {zeraâ€n,} "nausea or loathing," which appears to be supported by several ancient versions, and by Nu 11:20, where this portion of the history of the Israelites is recorded, and where the word {zara} is used, and rendered, "it be loathsome."
resented <07065> [envied.]
holy priest <06918> [the saint.]
traded <04171> [Thus.]
majestic <03519> [their glory.]
That is, their God, who ought to have been the peculiar object of their glory.
image <08403> [into.]
rejected <07911> [forgat.]
God <0410> [God.]
performed <06213> [which.]
amazing <06381> [Wondrous.]
The plagues he inflicted on the Egyptians. Egypt is called the land of Ham, or rather, Cham, because it was peopled by Mizraim the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah. Plutarch informs us, that the Egyptians called their country [Chemia,] Chemia; and the Copts give it the name of Chemi, [Chemi,] to the present day.
acts <03372> [terrible.]
threatened <0559> [he said.]
chosen one <0972> [his chosen.]
interceded <05975> [stood.]
rejected <03988> [they despised.]
fruitful land <02532 0776> [the pleasant land. Heb. a land of desire.]
believe <0539> [they believed.]
grumbled <07279> [murmured.]
obey <08085> [hearkened.]
<05375> [Therefore.]
<05375> [lifted.]
die <05307> [overthrow. Heb. make them fall. to scatter.]
worshiped <06775> [joined.]
dead <04191> [of the dead.]
The word {maithim} signifies dead men; for the idols of the heathen were generally men,--warriors, kings, or lawgivers,-- who had been deified after their death; though many of them had been execrated during their life.
actions <04611> [with their.]
plague <04046> [the plague.]
angry <07107> [angered.]
suffered <03415> [so that.]
aroused <04784> [Because.]
spoke <0981> [he spake.]
destroy <08045> [did not.]
<03068> [concerning.]
mixed <06148> [But.]
learned <03925> [learned.]
worshiped <05647> [And.]
snare <04170> [which.]
sacrificed <02076> [they sacrificed.]
However unnatural and horrid human sacrifices may appear, it is certain, that they did not only exist, but almost universally prevailed in the heathen world, especially among the Canaanites and Phoenicians.
demons <07700> [devils.]
shed <08210> [shed.]
land <0776> [the land.]
defiled <02930> [defiled.]
unfaithful <02181> [went.]
deeds ...... actions <04639 04611> [their own.]
angry <0639> [the wrath.]
despised <08581> [insomuch.]
people who belong to him <05159> [his own.]
handed <05414> [he gave.]
hated <08130> [and they.]
Many <07227> [Many.]
attitude <06098> [with their.]
degraded <04355> [brought low. or, impoverished, or weakened.]
