Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 106:7
At the sea — When those wonders were but newly done, and fresh in memory.
At the sea — When those wonders were but newly done, and fresh in memory.
Verse Psalms 106:7. _OUR FATHERS UNDERSTOOD NOT_] They did not regard the operation of God's hands; and therefore they understood neither his designs nor their own interest. _AT THE SEA_, EVEN _AT T...
OUR FATHERS UNDERSTOOD NOT - They did not fully comprehend the design of the divine dealings. They did not perceive the greatness of the favor shown to them, or the obligation to obey and serve God un...
Psalms 105 AND 106 The Memories of the Past The last two Psalms of this fourth section review the entire history of Israel up to the time of the judges. It is the story of God's faithfulness and merc...
CVI. ISRAEL'S SIN. Psalms 106:1. 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. Psalms 106...
EGYPT. It took forty hours to take Israel out of Egypt, but forty years to take Egypt out of Israel. PROVOKED HIM. rebelled. Hebrew. _marah_. Same word as in verses: Psalms 106:33; Psalms 106:43. not...
OUR FATHERS UNDERSTOOD NOT— _Regarded not._ LXX, Mudge, &c. Green renders the last clause, _But rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea._ See Psalms 78:17....
PSALMS 106 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Humbled Israel Confessing Her Sins as a Nation. ANALYSIS Enclosed within an Introduction of Praise and Prayer, Psalms 106:1-5, and a Conclusion of Prayer and Doxology,...
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....
106:7 rebelled (i-20) Or 'provoked [him],' as ver. 43....
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 Egypt dow...
PROVOKED _him_] RV 'were rebellious.' So in Psalms 106:33; Psalms 106:43....
Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE *LORD IS GOOD! PSALMS 106 Jesus said, "Father, *forgive them. Because they do not know what they are doing". ...
AT THE SEA. — LXX., “going up to the sea.” (12) An epitome of Exodus 14:31; Exodus 14:15...
אֲבֹ֘ותֵ֤ינוּ בְ מִצְרַ֨יִם ׀ לֹא ־הִשְׂכִּ֬ילוּ נִפְלְאֹותֶ֗יךָ...
Psalms 106:1 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 thankfu...
UNFAILING LOVING-KINDNESS Psalms 106:1 _ 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 w...
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 de...
Here comes in the acknowledgment of Israel's guilt. Was there ever such an history as Israel's, for proofs of divine love? Was there ever such an history as Israel's, for ingratitude and rebellion? Re...
7_Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt, _Here he relates how the people immediately, from the very commencement of their emancipation from bondage, were ungrateful to God, and conducted the...
Psalms 106. "Hallelujah. Give thanks to Jehovah, for it is good (or He is good). His mercy endureth for ever." This last we have often seenthe expression of this unfailing faithful mercy of Jehovah, w...
OUR FATHERS UNDERSTOOD NOT THY WONDERS IN EGYPT,.... Or, "our fathers in Egypt" l; while they were there, they did not understand, or wisely consider and attend unto, the miracles there wrought, the p...
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. Ver. 7. _Our fathers understood not_] _i.e._ T...
_We have sinned with our fathers_ That is, as our fathers did, and have not been made wiser or better by their examples, as we ought to have been. _Our fathers understood not_ Or, _considered not; thy...
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 concl...
Our fathers understood not Thy wonders in Egypt, they did not realize the Lord's purpose or the fullness of His divine favor; THEY REMEMBERED NOT THE MULTITUDE OF THY MERCIES, BUT PROVOKED HIM, rather...
6-12 Here begins a confession of sin; for we must acknowledge that the Lord has done right, and we have done wickedly. We are encouraged to hope that though justly corrected, yet we shall not be utter...
UNDERSTOOD NOT; or, _considered not_, to wit, so as to be rightly affected with them, to give thee that love, and praise, and trust, and obedience which they deserved and required. EVEN AT THE RED SEA...
Psalms 106:7 fathers H1 Egypt H4714 understand H7919 (H8689) wonders H6381 (H8737) remember H2142 (H8804) multitude...
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 history of God's people turned to practical account. I have...
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 is a looking-glass, in which the beholder may see h...
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....
CONTENTS: The badness of Israel made heinous by the great goodness of God. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist, Moses, Aaron, Dathan, Abiram, Phinehas. CONCLUSION: Man's perverseness arises continually from hi...
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 prob...
_Our fathers understood not Thy wonders in Egypt._ SIN: ITS SPRING-HEAD, STREAM, AND SEA Great things, whether good or evil, begin with littles. The river that rolls its mighty volume to the sea was...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 106:1. This historical psalm (see notes on Psalms 78 and 105) retells a series of events from Israel’s history to illustrate God’s steadfas
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 106:6 This is a list of incidents that begins at the shore of the Red Sea (vv. Psalms 106:7) and ends during the time of the judges (vv....
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 106:7 The first incident is from the shore of the Red Sea (Exodus 14:10), when the people of Israel who had followed Moses saw the pursuing army of Egypt. Their reaction was evid
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 here...
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, Psalms 111:1, Psalms 112:1,...
Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can show forth all his praise? Blessed are they that ke...
2 Thessalonians 2:10; Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 29:4; Deuteronomy 32:28;...