“ And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. ”
And he gave them their request - By sending great quantities of quails. Numbers 11:31-32 . But sent leanness into their soul - The word translated “leanness” is from a verb - רזה râzeh...
And he gave them their request; but sent (h) leanness into their soul. (h) The abundance that God gave them did not profit, but made them pine away, because God cursed it.
CVI. Israel's Sin. Psalms 106:1-5 . Introduction. Praise to Yahweh for His power and greatness. The writer's desire to share in Israel's joy. Psalms 106:3 . he that doeth: read they that do....
soul. Hebrew. nephesh . App-13.
15. He gave them their desire There is a fine paronomasia in the word רזון, razon, for if, instead of ז, zain, we read ץ , tsädhé, the word would signify good pleasure. The pro...
And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. Sent leanness - They despised the manna, and called it light, that is, innutritive, bread. God gave flesh as they desired, but gave...
But sent leanness into their soul— But thinned their numbers by death. It is literally, Sent thinness into their life; or, in amidst their life. Several of the ancient versions, with which Ho...
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: -Three transgressions of Israel in the wilderness are detailed, rising in gradation of moral guilt, without respect to time: (1) T...
As Psalms 105 gives thanks for God's goodness, so Psalms 106 confesses Israel's sin and acknowledges God's mercy, both being illustrated in an historical retrospect from the deliverance from Egyp...
(13-33) These twenty verses cover the desert wanderings, beginning with the discontented spirit mentioned in Exodus 15:23 .
Psalms 106:1-48 THE history of God's past is a record of continuous mercies, the history of man's, one of as continuous sin. The memory of the former quickened the psalmist into his sunny song of...
Unfailing Loving-Kindness Psalms 106:1-15 Who can utter? That is an unanswered question. Not even the leader of the heavenly choir can answer it. But what blessedness it brings to the heart...
The previous psalm called the people to talk of the “marvellous works” of Jehovah. This one calls to praise, and the reason is that “His mercy endureth for ever.” This fact is then illustrated by a d...
I include all these verses within one reading, though the Reader will recollect that they refer to several very interesting transactions at different periods in the church's history. But it would swe...
And he gave them their request ,.... Flesh and feathered fowl in great abundance; see Psalms 78:27 . So God sometimes gives to wicked men what they ask for, as much as they can desire, yea, more th...
And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. Ver. 15. And he gave them their request ] Deus saepe dat iratus quod negat propitius (Aug.). Munera magna quidem misit, sed...
They soon forgat his works Even within three days, Exodus 15:22 , and lost the impressions those works had made upon them. They that do not improve God's mercies to them, nor endeavour, in some me...
Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14 But luste...
Either into their persons; or rather, their bodies, which are oft understood by this word; of which see the notes upon Psalms 16:10 . So their inordinate desire of pleasing and pampering their bod...
INTRODUCTION “This it the first of a series of Hallelujah Psalms: Psalms of which the word Hallelujah is, as it were, the inscription (106, 111–113, 117, 135, 146–150.). As in the last Psalm, so her...
Psalms 106:15 It is an awful circumstance, and yet it is true, that our mercies may be our curses; that our desire may prove our ruin. The man, you will say, who has obtained the object of his des...
This Psalm relates the story of God's mercy to Israel, of the people's provocation of Jehovah, and of his great patience with them. It commences with an exhortation to praise the Lord. Psalms 106:1...
This also is a Psalm of David, and is cited in 1 Chronicles 16 ., although the first and the two last verses only are there given. The subject is similar to that of the preseding psalm; and it was p...
They soon forgat His works. God’s praises sung; His works forgotten The conduct of the Israelites, as here described, affords a striking exemplification of that spurious gratitude, which often...
EXPOSITION This is the first of the strictly "Hallelujah psalms"— i.e. of the psalms beginning with the phrase "hallelujah"—which are Psalms 106:1-19 , Psalms 111:1-19 , Psalms 112:1-19 , P...
God's Blessings in Spite of Israel's Unfaithfulness. This psalm, whose author is not known, gives a detailed confession of the sins of Israel, as contrasted with the wonders of God's mercy, the co...
Isaiah 10:16 ; Isaiah 24:16 ; Numbers 11:31-34 ; Psalms 78:29-3
Souls — Into their bodies. So their inordinate desire of pampering their bodies, was the occasion of destroying them.