Psalms 106
DOYLYVer. 6. We have sinned with our fathers.] That is, after their example of unbelief and disobedience. Bp. Horue.
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- they waited not for his counsel. They were too impatient to wait for the full execution of his purposes towards them. Travell.
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- and tempted God! To give them still further proofs of his power. Bp. Wilson.
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- but sent leanness into their soul. This expression refers generally to the diseases inflicted upon the Israelites by Heaven; see Numb. xi. 33. Rosenmüller.
Psalms 106:17
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The earth opened &c.] Perhaps Dathan and Abram are mentioned only as being guilty of the greater crime in invading the priestly office, which belonged to the tribe of Levi. Dimock.
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- they changed their glory. They forsook the true worship of God, who was their glory. Dr. Wells.
Psalms 106:24
- Yea, they despised the pleasant land.] They de
Psalms 106:26
- Therefore he lifted up &c.] That is, He swore unto them that He would make them fall in the wilderness. “Lifting the hand” was the usual form of swearing; see Gen. xiv. 22. Mudge. See the note on Deut. xxxii. 40.
Psalms 106:28
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— and they rebelled not &c.] Some interpreters suppose the word “they” refers to Moses and Aaron. Dimock, Rosenmuller.
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— they inherited the labour of the people; They took possession of the cities, towns, fields, and vineyards, which the labour of others (that is, the Canaanites) had built and planted. Bp. Patrick.
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— Praise ye the Lord. This is a literal translation from the Hebrew word Alleluia, or Hallelujah (see the margin). This word occurs at the beginning or at the end of many Psalms. Alleluia was sung on solemn days of rejoicing: “and all her streets (that is, the streets of Jerusalem) shall say Alleluia,” says Tobit, speaking of the rebuilding of Jerusalem, Tob. xiii. 18. St. John in the Revelation says, “I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God,” chap. xix. 1; see also ver. 3, 4, 6. This expression of joy and praise was transferred at an early period from the synagogue to the church: and it is still occasionally used in devotional psalmody. Calmet.
Who can behold the army of Divine judgments set forth in dreadful array before him, (ver. 28—36,) without trembling very exceedingly at that Power which is
departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
- They joined themselves &c.] See the note on Numb. xxv. 3.
- the sacrifices of the dead.] Perhaps the meaning is, sacrifices which were offered to idols, which he calls “dead,” in opposition to the true and living God, and by way of contempt, and to note the sottishness of idolaters, who worshipped lifeless things, as stocks and stones, or dead men. Poole, Rosenmüller.
Psalms 106:30
- Then stood up &c.] The notes upon many of the passages referred to in the margin will explain several of the following verses.