Psalm 106 Commentary
God’s Unending Faithfulness
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KEY THOUGHT: Many times He delivered them [Psalm 106:43a NKJV]
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Psalm 106 NKJV
Joy in Forgiveness of Israel’s Sins
106 Praise[a] the Lord!
Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
2 Who can [b]utter the mighty acts of the Lord?
Who can declare all His praise?
3 Blessed are those who keep justice,
And [c]he who does righteousness at all times!
4 Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people.
Oh, visit me with Your salvation,
5 That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones,
That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
That I may glory with [d]Your inheritance.
6 We have sinned with our fathers,
We have committed iniquity,
We have done wickedly.
7 Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders;
They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies,
But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.
8 Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,
That He might make His mighty power known.
9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up;
So He led them through the depths,
As through the wilderness.
10 He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,
And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 The waters covered their enemies;
There was not one of them left.
12 Then they believed His words;
They sang His praise.
13 They soon forgot His works;
They did not wait for His counsel,
14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
And tested God in the desert.
15 And He gave them their request,
But sent leanness into their soul.
16 When they envied Moses in the camp,
And Aaron the saint of the Lord,
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan,
And covered the faction of Abiram.
18 A fire was kindled in their company;
The flame burned up the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped the molded image.
20 Thus they changed their glory
Into the image of an ox that eats grass.
21 They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
Awesome things by the Red Sea.
23 Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach,
To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.
24 Then they despised the pleasant land;
They did not believe His word,
25 But complained in their tents,
And did not heed the voice of the Lord.
26 Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them,
To [e]overthrow them in the wilderness,
27 To [f]overthrow their descendants among the [g]nations,
And to scatter them in the lands.
28 They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor,
And ate sacrifices [h]made to the dead.
29 Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds,
And the plague broke out among them.
30 Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,
And the plague was stopped.
31 And that was accounted to him for righteousness
To all generations forevermore.
32 They angered Him also at the waters of [i]strife,
So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;
33 Because they rebelled against His Spirit,
So that he spoke rashly with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the peoples,
Concerning whom the Lord had commanded them,
35 But they mingled with the Gentiles
And learned their works;
36 They served their idols,
Which became a snare to them.
37 They even sacrificed their sons
And their daughters to demons,
38 And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was polluted with blood.
39 Thus they [j]were defiled by their own works,
And played[k] the harlot by their own deeds.
40 Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people,
So that He abhorred His own inheritance.
41 And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43 Many times He delivered them;
But they rebelled in their counsel,
And were brought low for their iniquity.
44 Nevertheless He regarded their affliction,
When He heard their cry;
45 And for their sake He remembered His covenant,
And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.
46 He also made them to be pitied
By all those who carried them away captive.
47 Save us, O Lord our God,
And gather us from among the Gentiles,
To give thanks to Your holy name,
To triumph in Your praise.
48 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
From everlasting to everlasting!
And let all the people say, “Amen!”
[l]Praise the Lord!
Footnotes
a. Psalm 106:1 Heb. Hallelujah
b. Psalm 106:2 express
c. Psalm 106:3 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. those who do
d. Psalm 106:5 The people of Your inheritance
e. Psalm 106:26 make them fall
f. Psalm 106:27 make their descendants fall also
g. Psalm 106:27 Gentiles
h. Psalm 106:28 offered
i. Psalm 106:32 Or Meribah
j. Psalm 106:39 became unclean
k. Psalm 106:39 Were unfaithful
l. Psalm 106:48 Heb. Hallelujah
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Psalm 106 Commentary
Praising God is not a commonplace act. One must qualify. “Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare His praise?” Those who act justly and always do what is right. Who would think praising God can be this expensive?
The psalmist then asks the LORD for inclusion on the ‘A’ list. There is a suggestion that the ‘A’ class enjoys prosperity, and probably that explains their praises. Praise flows naturally when the saint experiences the presence of the LORD, regardless of circumstances.
It should be strange that the psalmist, a holier servant than most of us, can doubt his membership in the ‘A’ class. Then the question of who possibly qualifies for this privilege immediately comes to mind. He has sinned like his own ancestors. The list of sins can be of interest to the saint today.
Ignoring the miracles of the LORD, scorning His many kindnesses, and probably doubting the LORD’s good intentions in the face of adversity. If you forgot to say thanks to the LORD for waking you up this morning, then you are probably nearing the camp of rebellious children.
Failure to wait upon the LORD can be differentiated from failure to wait for God’s plan to unfold. Both are areas of sin.
Envy isn’t a good term. But to be envious of Moses and Aaron can be viewed as a lesser evil than to be envious of the wicked – their money, their cars, their homes, and their dresses. The list of things that make us lose sleep can be interesting. A pastor who thinks of his own church as small, not out of concern for evangelism failure, but because of another, more successful church, should include himself on the list of sinners.
Despising the menu of the LORD, instead, preferring and salivating for the sinful lusts of the world, is yet another sin that the psalmist spots in his life. You easily understand why praise is so expensive! Even when the table is laid for the saint, it is all so easy to turn back in disappointment because we feel the served meal isn’t good enough. Praise won’t flow from the disappointed saint.
So what happens next? They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor. Read as follows, “they yoked themselves to the world in the hope of getting part of what they think the world is enjoying.” Instead of being separate, they mingled with the wrong team and became wrong themselves.
The psalmist sees himself exactly like his ancestors, the kings of failure. So he fears for his own worthiness. Like the psalmist, we too can know the value of salvation once again.
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