Psalms 106:1-15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Unfailing Loving-Kindness

Psalms 106:1-15

Who can utter? That is an unanswered question. Not even the leader of the heavenly choir can answer it. But what blessedness it brings to the heart of one who begins to recite the goodness and loving-kindness of God! When prayer goes heavily, begin to praise.

The theme of this psalm is God's redeeming grace. It contains a gruesome catalogue of sin. We have sinned… we have committed iniquity… our fathers understood not… they remembered not… but provoked… they soon forgat… they waited not… but lusted exceedingly… and tempted God. But side by side were the divine love and mercy: “ Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake,” Psalms 106:8. God is bound to keep His Covenant, even to the children's children. He must act worthily of Himself. “Truth” is another spelling of “troth.” When God has pledged His troth, as He did to Abraham, and has also to us, He cannot fail.

Notice the pathetic prayer of Psalms 106:4. Though we are more or less implicated in the sins of those around us, we, as Christians, may claim special favor and help, in order to be placed in a stronger position when we come to intercede for others.

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Psalms 106:1-15

1 Praisea ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?

3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

13 They soonb forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

14 But lustedc exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.