Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 106:31
And that was (s) counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
(s) This act declared his living faith, and for his faith's sake was accepted.
And that was (s) counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
(s) This act declared his living faith, and for his faith's sake was accepted.
AND THAT WAS COUNTED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS - See Numbers 25:11. Compare the notes at Romans 4:3. The meaning here is, that this was regarded as a “proof” or “demonstration” that he was a righteou...
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...
COUNTED. Compare Numbers 25:12; Numbers 25:13....
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,...
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: (1) The people's distrust of the Lord's word as to Canaan after hearing the spies' report (Psalms 106:24-19). (2) The sin of the n...
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...
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". ...
(13-33) These twenty verses cover the desert wanderings, beginning with _the_ discontented spirit mentioned in Exodus 15:23....
(28-31) The licentious character of the cult of Baal-peor in Numbers 25 is expressed in the word “joined,” better, _yoked._ LXX. and Vulg., “were initiated,” _i.e.,_ by prostitution....
וַ תֵּחָ֣שֶׁב לֹ֭ו לִ צְדָקָ֑ה לְ דֹ֥ר
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...
JUDGMENT RESTRAINED BY INTERCESSION Psalms 106:16 The strife between the ungodly and the servants of God has characterized all the centuries. These verses record some of its phases. Moses is called G...
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...
_Men. We must thank God for having enabled us to repent, ver. 8. (Worthington)_...
For the same reason as before, I include the whole of what is here rehearsed in one reading. But let not the Reader be as brief upon the interesting things here recorded. Let him consult the several p...
31._And that deed was imputed _The prophet, in thus praising one individual, heaps reproach upon the whole body of the people. For we infer from this token of approbation with which the Holy Spirit co...
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...
AND THAT WAS COUNTED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... Not for his justifying righteousness before God; for all the works of righteousness done by the best of men cannot justify them before him, much le...
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. Ver. 31. _And that was counted unto him for righteousness_] God not only condemned him not of rash zeal, but looked...
_And that was counted to him for righteousness_ And although that action of his might seem rash, severe, and irregular, as being done by a private person, and a priest, and allowing the delinquents no...
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...
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations forevermore, Numbers 25:11; for his deed was an act of faith and received the reward of faith. Still another event is here listed....
13-33 Those that will not wait for God's counsel, shall justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. An undue desire, even for lawful things, becomes sinful. God show...
And although that action of his might seem harsh, and rash, and irregular, as being done by a private person and a priest, and as allowing the delinquents no space for repentance, it was accepted and...
Psalms 106:31 accounted H2803 (H8735) righteousness H6666 all H1755 generations H1755 forevermore H5704 H5769...
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...
_Yea, they despised the pleasant land._ THE PERSISTENCY OF SIN, THE RETRIBUTION OF GOD, AND THE INFLUENCE OF SAINTS I. The awful persistency of sin (verses 24, 25, 28). You may reason with the sinner...
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 106:28 Next is the time when the Israelites YOKED THEMSELVES TO THE BAAL OF PEOR (Numbers 25:1). It took the prompt and drastic action of...
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...
Deuteronomy 24:13; Mark 14:3; Numbers 25:11...
And — It was accepted and rewarded of God as an act of justice and piety....