Psalms 106:40 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. ”

• Psalms 106:40 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people - Anger is often compared with a fire; as we say now, a man is “inflamed” with passion. See Esther 1:12 ; Lamentations 2:3 ; Psal...

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• Psalms 106:40 - 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....

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• Psalms 106:40 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  40. And the wrath of Jehovah waxed hot. The severity of the punishment inflicted upon the people confirms the truth of what we formerly said, that they had been guilty of no trivial offense,...

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• Psalms 106:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled - God kindled a fire in his judgments for th...

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• Psalms 106:40 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: -From the fathers in the wilderness the Psalmist turns to the sons in Canaan. In the former half of the decade their...

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• Psalms 106:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 106:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (40-43) Having made review of the sinful past, the poet briefly but impressively describes the punishment which once and again had fallen on the nation. But as his purpose is to make his generation l...

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• Psalms 106:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 106:40 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Regarded When They Cried Psalms 106:34-48 Israel's conquest of Canaan did not fulfill the divine mandate. The inhabitants, whose sins had become a menace to mankind, were allowed to exist side...

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• Psalms 106:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 106:40 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Still prosecuting the same history, the Psalmist records in these verses the perpetual ingratitude of Israel, and the unceasing loving-kindness of the Lord. And although the Lord chastened them, and...

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• Psalms 106:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people ,.... Sin is the cause of wrath, which is compared to fire kindled by the breath of the Almighty, and is intolerable; this shows that t...

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• Psalms 106:40 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. Ver. 40. Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled ] Sin doth as naturally draw and...

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• Psalms 106:40 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness; The Divine Compassion.       34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom th...

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• Psalms 106:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Psalms 106:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 106:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 106:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 106:40 - The Biblical Illustrator

  They angered Him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes. A good man suffering for a community, and a community pursuing its way to destruction I. A good ma...

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• Psalms 106:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 106:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 106:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 32:19 ; Deuteronomy 9:29 ; Judges 2:14 ; Judges 2:20 ; Judges 3:8 ; Lamentations 2:7 ; Leviticus 20:23 ; Nehemiah 9:27-38 ; Psalms 74:1 ; Psalms 78:59-6 ; Zechariah 11:8

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