Psalms 106:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrowe them in the wilderness: ”

Psalms 106:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore he lifted up his hand against them - Numbers 14:27-33 . He resolved to cut them off, so that none of them should reach the promised land. To overthrow them in the wilderness - lite...
Psalms 106:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore (n) he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: (n) That is, he swore. Sometimes also it means to punish.
Psalms 106:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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....
Psalms 106:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

26. And he lifted up. He describes another example of the vengeance of God, the recollection of which ought to have been deeply seated in their hearts, so that cherishing a constant fear of...
Psalms 106:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
Psalms 106:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Therefore he lifted up his hand— Lifting the hand was the usual form of swearing. As the history observes, that upon their refusing to take possession of the Promised Land, God swore that themselve...
Psalms 106:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: (1) The people's distrust of the Lord's word as to Canaan after hearing the spies' report ( Psalms 106:24-27 ). (2) The sin o...
Psalms 106:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 106:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(13-33) These twenty verses cover the desert wanderings, beginning with the discontented spirit mentioned in Exodus 15:23 .
Psalms 106:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Psalms 106:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 106:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 106:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

For the same reason as before, I include the whole of what is here rehearsed in one reading. But let not the Reader be as brief upon the interesting things here recorded. Let him consult the several...
Psalms 106:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore he lifted up his hand against them ,.... A gesture used in swearing, Genesis 14:22 . So the Targum understands it here, "and he lifted up his hand with an oath, because of them:'' and s...
Psalms 106:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: Ver. 26. Therefore he lifted up his hand ] i.e. He solemnly swore, as Numbers 14:30 , or he was fetching his f...
Psalms 106:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They despised the pleasant land Canaan, which was so, not only in truth, but even by the relation of those spies, who discouraged them from entering into it. They preferred Egypt and their former b...
Psalms 106:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14 But luste...
Psalms 106:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He lifted up his hand; he sware, as this phrase is commonly used, as Genesis 14:22 Deuteronomy 32:40 Nehemiah 9:15 Revelation 10:5,6 : of this dreadful and irrevocable sentence and oath of...
Psalms 106:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 106:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Psalms 106:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 106:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Yea, they despised the pleasant land. The persistency of sin, the retribution of God, and the influence of saints I. The awful persistency of sin (verses 24, 25, 28). You may reason with the si...
Psalms 106:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 106:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 106:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 1:34 ; Deuteronomy 1:35 ; Deuteronomy 32:40-42 ; Exodus 6:8 ; Ezekiel 20:15 ; Genesis 14:22 ; Genesis 14:23 ; Hebrews 3:11 ; Hebrews 3:18 ; Numbers 14:28-35 ; Psalms 95:11 ; R...
Psalms 106:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lifted up — He sware. Of this dreadful and irrevocable oath of God, see Numbers 14:11-12 .

Psalms 106:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 106:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 106:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 106:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 106:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 106:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 106:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 106:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 106:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 106:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 106:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 106:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 106:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 106:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 106:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 106:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 106:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 106:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 106:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 106:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 106:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 106:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 106:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 106:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 106:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 106:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes