Psalms 106:29

106:29 They made the Lord angry ¹  by their actions,

and a plague broke out among them.

Psalms 106:35

106:35 They mixed in with the nations

and learned their ways. ² 

Psalms 106:37-39

106:37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. ³ 

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. ⁴ 

106:39 They were defiled by their deeds,

and unfaithful in their actions. ⁵ 

[106:29]  ¹ tn Heb “They made angry [him].” The pronominal suffix is omitted here, but does appear in a few medieval Hebrew mss. Perhaps it was accidentally left off, an original וַיַּכְעִיסוּהוּ (vayyakh’isuhu) being misread as וַיַּכְעִיסוּ (vayyakh’isu). In the translation the referent of the pronominal suffix (the Lord) has been specified for clarity to avoid confusion with Baal of Peor (mentioned in the previous verse).

[106:35]  ² tn Heb “their deeds.”

[106:37]  ³ 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]  ⁴ sn Num 35:33-34 explains that bloodshed defiles a land.

[106:39]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they committed adultery in their actions.” This means that they were unfaithful to the Lord (see Ps 73:27).