“ He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. ”
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives - That is, he exercised such control over the minds of the pagan that they were willing to show them mercy and to release th...
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....
pitied. Compare 2 Kings 25:27-30 . Daniel, Nehemiah, Esther, Ezra; showing that the prayer of Solomon was answered ( 1 Kings 8:50 ). Of . Before: i.e. By.
46. And he made them to find pity As he had above said, that the Jews had been delivered into the hands of their enemies, because God’s anger was, as it were, arms to their adversaries to su...
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. He made them also to be pitied - This was particularly true as to the Babylonish captivity; for Cyrus gave them their liberty;...
To be pitied— Namely, so as that they did not endeavour their total extirpation. See Judges 13:1 . But if this psalm was afterwards enlarged so as to be applied to the time of the Babylonish capti...
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: -Conclusion. The fact of God's having already begun to show mercy to the Jewish captives in Babylon ( Psalms 106:44-46 ) is...
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...
Made them also to be pitied. — Literally, gave them for companions, a phrase found in Solomon’s prayer ( 1 Kings 8:50 , and also in Daniel 1:9 , Heb.).
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...
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...
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...
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...
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. He not only pitied them himself, but caused them to be pitied by others, even by their enemies; he has the hearts of all men...
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. Ver. 46. He made them also to be pitied ] God can soon turn the hearts of tyrants, and make them of lions lambs, &c.
Many times did he deliver them This seems to refer to the times of the judges; when God, many times, raised up deliverers, and wrought deliverances for them; and yet they relapsed to idolatry. The...
Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness; The Divine Compassion. 34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom th...
By changing their opinions of them, and inclining their hearts towards them, which he had alienated from them See Poole on " Psalms 105:25 " .
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...
Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled. Four solemn thoughts concerning God I. God’s abhorrence of men’s sins (verse 40). God’s wrath or anger is not a malign passion, but a benevolent pri...
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...
1 Kings 8:50 ; Ezra 9:9 ; Jeremiah 15:11 ; Jeremiah 42:12