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Psalms 106:16-21

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106:16 In the camp they resented 1  Moses,

and Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest. 2 

106:17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;

it engulfed 3  the group led by Abiram. 4 

106:18 Fire burned their group;

the flames scorched the wicked. 5 

106:19 They made an image of a calf at Horeb,

and worshiped a metal idol.

106:20 They traded their majestic God 6 

for the image of an ox that eats grass.

106:21 They rejected 7  the God who delivered them,

the one who performed great deeds in Egypt,

Psalms 106:28

Context

106:28 They worshiped 8  Baal of Peor,

and ate sacrifices offered to the dead. 9 

Psalms 106:32-40

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106:32 They made him angry by the waters of Meribah,

and Moses suffered 10  because of them,

106:33 for they aroused 11  his temper, 12 

and he spoke rashly. 13 

106:34 They did not destroy the nations, 14 

as the Lord had commanded them to do.

106:35 They mixed in with the nations

and learned their ways. 15 

106:36 They worshiped 16  their idols,

which became a snare to them. 17 

106:37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. 18 

106:38 They shed innocent blood –

the blood of their sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.

The land was polluted by bloodshed. 19 

106:39 They were defiled by their deeds,

and unfaithful in their actions. 20 

106:40 So the Lord was angry with his people 21 

and despised the people who belong to him. 22 

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[106:16]  1 tn Or “envied.”

[106:16]  2 tn Heb “the holy one of the Lord.”

[106:17]  3 tn Or “covered.”

[106:17]  4 tn Or “the assembly of Abiram.”

[106:18]  5 sn Verses 16-18 describe the events of Num 16:1-40.

[106:20]  6 tn Heb “their glory.” According to an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition, the text originally read “his glory” or “my glory.” In Jer 2:11 the Lord states that his people (Israel) exchanged “their glory” (a reference to the Lord) for worthless idols.

[106:21]  7 tn Heb “forgot.”

[106:28]  8 tn Heb “joined themselves to.”

[106:28]  9 tn Here “the dead” may refer to deceased ancestors (see Deut 26:14). Another option is to understand the term as a derogatory reference to the various deities which the Israelites worshiped at Peor along with Baal (see Num 25:2 and L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 49).

[106:32]  10 tn Heb “there was harm to Moses.”

[106:33]  11 tn The Hebrew text vocalizes the form as הִמְרוּ (himru), a Hiphil from מָרָה (marah, “to behave rebelliously”), but the verb fits better with the object (“his spirit”) if it is revocalized as הֵמֵרוּ (hemeru), a Hiphil from מָרַר (marar, “to be bitter”). The Israelites “embittered” Moses’ “spirit” in the sense that they aroused his temper with their complaints.

[106:33]  12 tn Heb “his spirit.”

[106:33]  13 tn The Hebrew text adds “with his lips,” but this has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[106:34]  14 tn That is, the nations of Canaan.

[106:35]  15 tn Heb “their deeds.”

[106:36]  16 tn Or “served.”

[106:36]  17 sn Became a snare. See Exod 23:33; Judg 2:3.

[106:37]  18 tn The Hebrew term שֵׁדִים (shedim, “demons”) occurs only here and in Deut 32:17. Some type of lesser deity is probably in view.

[106:38]  19 sn Num 35:33-34 explains that bloodshed defiles a land.

[106:39]  20 tn Heb “and they committed adultery in their actions.” This means that they were unfaithful to the Lord (see Ps 73:27).

[106:40]  21 tn Heb “the anger of the Lord burned against his people.”

[106:40]  22 tn Heb “his inheritance.”



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