“ They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; ”
They forgat God their Saviour ... - The God who had saved, or delivered them, out of Egypt. The sentiment here is the same as in Psalms 78:11-12 . See the notes at that place.
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....
21. They forgot God The prophet again repeats that the people had sinned not simply through ignorance, but also wilfully, inasmuch as God had already given a very palpable manifestation of h...
DISCOURSE: 678 THE EVIL AND DANGER OF INGRATITUDE Psalms 106:21-23 . They forgat God their Saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things b...
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
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...
They forgat God their Saviour ,.... Not only forgat the works of God, Psalms 106:13 , but forgat God that did those mighty works; forgat that there was a God; or however forgat him that is the only...
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; Ver. 21. They forgat God their saviour ] This is often mentioned as the mother of all the misrule among them.
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...
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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...
Deuteronomy 32:17 ; Deuteronomy 32:18 ; Deuteronomy 4:34 ; Deuteronomy 6:22 ; Deuteronomy 7:18 ; Deuteronomy 7:19 ; Hosea 1:7 ; Isaiah 12:2 ; Isaiah 45:21 ; Isaiah 63:8 ; Jeremiah 2:32 ;...