Isaiah 10:16; Isaiah 24:16; Numbers 11:31-34; Psalms 78:29-3
And he gave them their request - By sending great quantities of quails. Numbers 11:31-32 . But sent leanness into their soul - The word tran...
And he gave them their request; but sent (h) leanness into their soul. (h) The abundance that God gave them did not profit, but made them pine away,...
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....
soul. Hebrew. nephesh . App-13.
15. He gave them their desire There is a fine paronomasia in the word רזון, razon, for if, instead of ז, zain, we read ץ , tsädhé,...
And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. Sent leanness - They despised the manna, and called it light, that is, innutritive...
But sent leanness into their soul— But thinned their numbers by death. It is literally, Sent thinness into their life; or, in amidst their lif...
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: -Three transgressions of Israel in the wilderness are detailed, rising in gradati...
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 hi...
(13-33) These twenty verses cover the desert wanderings, beginning with the discontented spirit mentioned in Exodus 15:23 .
Leanness. — The LXX., Vulg., and Syriac read “ satiety.” As Mr. Burgess points out, by accepting this reading, and giving nephesh its very usual...
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 for...
Unfailing Loving-Kindness Psalms 106:1-15 Who can utter? That is an unanswered question. Not even the leader of the heavenly choir can answe...
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 endure...
I include all these verses within one reading, though the Reader will recollect that they refer to several very interesting transactions at different...
And he gave them their request ,.... Flesh and feathered fowl in great abundance; see Psalms 78:27 . So God sometimes gives to wicked men what they...
And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. Ver. 15. And he gave them their request ] Deus saepe dat iratus quod negat pro...
They soon forgat his works Even within three days, Exodus 15:22 , and lost the impressions those works had made upon them. They that do not improv...
Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness. 13 They soon forgat his work...
Either into their persons; or rather, their bodies, which are oft understood by this word; of which see the notes upon Psalms 16:10 . So their ino...
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,...
Psalms 106:15 It is an awful circumstance, and yet it is true, that our mercies may be our curses; that our desire may prove our ruin. The man, yo...
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...
In this Psalm we have the story of God's ancient covenant people, and as we read it, we may read our own history in it if we also are his people. It...
Psalms 106:1 . Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. In this Psalm we have the histor...
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 si...
They soon forgat His works. God’s praises sung; His works forgotten The conduct of the Israelites, as here described, affords a striking exempl...
EXPOSITION This is the first of the strictly "Hallelujah psalms"— i.e. of the psalms beginning with the phrase "hallelujah"—which are Psalms 1...
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...
And He gave them their request, sending them water, manna, quails, Exodus 15:22-24 ; Exodus 16; Exodus 17:2 ; Numbers 11, but sent leanness into t...
Souls — Into their bodies. So their inordinate desire of pampering their bodies, was the occasion of destroying them.
15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.