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.
Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt. They understood them not because they did not wish to understand them. The fault was in the will, which blinded the understanding. In Psalms 106:7-33 the sins of the fathers of Israel-the generation of Moses' time-are detailed. Compare Psalms 78:8; Psalms 78:12. The sins of Israel in Canaan and their own sins are detailed in Psalms 106:34-43.
They remembered not the multitude of thy mercies - (Psalms 78:11 ; Psalms 78:42 .) but provoked (him) at the sea - by distrust and complaining (Exodus 14:11-12). They were fresh from having witnessed the gracious God's miraculous judgments on Egypt for their deliverance, yet they still distrusted His power and His love-a sin on the part of His people which most of all 'provokes' God.
(Even) at the Red sea. "The sea ... the Red sea" is the phrase (Exodus 15:4) in the song of Moses at the scene of Israel's deliverance. Close to the scene, and just after the act of their deliverance, they rebelled again, as they did before it (Exodus 15:22-24).