“ Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. ”
Thus they changed their glory - Their true glory - the proper object of worship - God. Compare the notes at Romans 1:23 . They “exchanged” that as an object of worship for the image of an ox....
Thus they changed their (k) glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. (k) He shows that all idolaters renounce God to be their glory when instead of him, they worship any creature much m...
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....
their glory. The primitive text was "My glory", but this was changed by the Sopherim to "their" out of. mistaken reverence. See App-33. glory. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct),...
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. Thus they changed their glory - That is, their God, who was their glory; and they worshipped an ox in his stead. See the...
They changed their glory— That is, their God, who was their glory; as Jeremiah 2:11 . Compare Romans 1:23 . This passage fully shews that the golden calf was intended as a symbolic representation...
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...
Judgment Restrained by Intercession Psalms 106:16-33 The strife between the ungodly and the servants of God has characterized all the centuries. These verses record some of its phases. Moses is...
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...
Thus they changed their glory ,.... God, who is glorious in all the perfections of his nature, and is glory itself, and was the glory of these people; it was their greatest honour that they had know...
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. Ver. 20. Thus they changed their glory ] i.e. Their God, Romans 1:23 , the Creator for a contemptible creature....
They made a calf in Horeb When they were but very lately brought out of Egypt, by such wonderful power and goodness of God, and had seen the dreadful plagues of God upon the Egyptian idolaters, and...
Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14 But luste...
Changed, as far as in them lay, and in respect of their worship. Their glory; their God, who was indeed their glory; for they had this just occasion of triumphing and glorying over all the nation...
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...
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 made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. The idolatry of man and the indignation of Heaven I. The idolatry of man (verses 19, 20). 1. The strength of the religious instinc...
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...
Exodus 20:4 ; Exodus 20:5 ; Isaiah 40:18-25 ; Jeremiah 2:11 ; Psalms 89:17 ; Romans 1:22 ; Romans 1:23
Their glory — God, who was indeed their glory. Into — Into the golden image of an ox or calf, which is so far from feeding his people, as the true God did the Israelites, that he must be fed by the...