Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 106:8
Saved them — That he may vindicate his name from the blasphemous reproaches, which would have been cast upon it, if they had been destroyed.
Saved them — That he may vindicate his name from the blasphemous reproaches, which would have been cast upon it, if they had been destroyed.
Verse Psalms 106:8. _HE SAVED THEM FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE_] למען שמו _lemaan_ _shemo_, "on account of his name;" to manifest his own power, goodness, and perfections. There was nothing which he could dr...
NEVERTHELESS, HE SAVED THEM FOR HIS NAME’S SAKE - For the promotion of his own honor and glory; that it might be seen that he is powerful and merciful. This is constantly given as the reason why God s...
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...
NEVERTHELESS. Compare Structure, Psalms 106:44. Figure of speech _Palinodia._ App-6....
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,...
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. NEVERTHELESS HE SAVED THEM FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE - (.) The Father's name is in the Son; "for His name...
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...
FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE] see Ezekiel 20:14....
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". ...
וַֽ֭ יֹּושִׁיעֵם לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמֹ֑ו לְ֝ הֹודִ֗יעַ...
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...
Nevertheless he (e) saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. (e) The inestimable goodness of God appears in this, that he would rather change the order of natu...
_Mercies. We are unworthy to open our mouths. This chorus is repeated, (ver. 15, 21, 31.) by the people, after the Levites had sung the intermediate sentences. (Calmet) --- The ver. 6, 9, 13, 19., are...
I beg the Reader to keep up his attention, not only here, but in every part of scripture, to the many neverthelesses, and buts, and notwithstandings, which are sweetly interspersed, to manifest the co...
8_And saved them _The prophet here teaches what any one could easily learn from the preceding sentence, that the Israelites were saved, not on account of their deserving to be so, but because God had...
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...
NEVERTHELESS, HE SAVED THEM FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE,.... Not for any worth or worthiness in them; not for their righteousness sake, for they were a rebellious and disobedient people; but for his name's sa...
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. Ver. 8. Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake] Here he comes, in with a _Non-obstante._ So Is...
_Nevertheless, he saved them for his name's sake_ That he might glorify his name, and vindicate it from the blasphemous reproaches which the Egyptians and others would have cast upon it if the Israeli...
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...
Nevertheless He saved them, in spite of their ungrateful behavior He delivered them, FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE, without any merit or worthiness on their part, solely with the intention of keeping His glory...
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...
FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE; that he might glorify his name, and vindicate it from the blasphemous reproaches which the Egyptians and others would have cast upon it, if they had been destroyed. This argument...
Psalms 106:8 saved H3467 (H8686) names H8034 power H1369 known H3045 (H8687) he saved -...
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...
_Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake._ WHY ARE MEN SAVED? I. A glorious Saviour--“He saved them.” Who is to be understood by that pronoun “he”? Possibly many may answer, “Why, the Lord Jes...
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...
Daniel 9:17; Deuteronomy 32:26; Deuteronomy 32:27; Exodus 15:6;...