1 The psalmist exhorts to praise God
4 He prays for pardon of sin, as God pardoned the fathers
7 The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy
47 He concludes with prayer and praise

As part of the preceding Psalm is found in 1Ch ch. 16, so the first and two last verses of this are found in the same place; and it is highly probable this was composed upon the same occasion as the former, to which it seems to be a continuation; for as that celebrates the mercies of God to Israel, so this confesses and deplores the rebellions of Israel against Jehovah.

Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah Ps 105:45

O give Ps 100:4,5 107:1 118:1 136:1 1Ch 16:34 Ezr 3:11 Jer 33:11 1Th 5:18

for he Ps 103:17 119:68 Mt 19:17 Ro 5:20,21

2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?

utter Ps 40:5 139:17,18 145:3-12 Job 5:9 26:14 Ro 11:33 Eph 1:19 3:18

all his praise Ne 9:5

3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

blessed Ps 1:1-3 84:11,12 119:1-3 Mr 3:35 Lu 6:47-49 11:28 Joh 13:17 15:14 Jas 1:25 Re 7:15 22:14

keep Ps 119:106 Isa 56:1,2 Jer 22:15,16 Lu 11:42 Joh 14:21-23

doeth Ps 15:2 119:44 Isa 64:5 Eze 18:21,22 Lu 1:74,75 Ac 24:16 Ro 2:7 Ga 6:9 Re 22:14

at all times Ps 119:20,112 De 5:19 11:1

4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

remember Ps 25:7 119:132 Ne 5:19 13:14,22,31 Lu 23:42

visit Lu 1:68,69 Ac 15:14

5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

may see Ps 105:6,43 De 7:6 Joh 15:16 Ac 9:15 Eph 1:4 2Th 2:13 Jas 2:5 1Pe 2:9 Re 17:14

rejoice Ps 14:7 48:11 Isa 12:6 35:10 66:10 Joe 2:23 Zep 3:14 Zec 9:9 Joh 16:22 Php 3:3

glory Isa 45:25 Eph 1:18

6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

Ps 78:8 Le 26:40 Nu 32:14 1Ki 8:47 Ezr 9:6,7 Ne 9:16,32-34 Da 9:5-8 Mt 23:32 Ac 7:51,52

7 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 De 29:4 32:28,29 Pr 1:22 Isa 44:18 Mr 4:12 8:17-21 2Th 2:10-12

they Ps 78:42 105:5 De 15:15 Eph 2:11

multitude Ps 106:45 5:7 51:1 Isa 63:7 La 3:32

but Ex 14:11,12

8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

he saved Ps 143:11 Nu 14:13-16 De 32:26,27 Jos 7:9 Jer 14:7,21 Eze 20:9,14,22,44 Da 9:17-19

that he Ps 111:6 Ex 9:16 15:6 Ro 9:17

9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

he rebuked. In the descriptions of the Psalmist, everything has life. The sea is an animated being, behaves itself proudly, is rebuked, and retires in confusion. Ps 18:15 66:6 78:13,52,53 114:3-7 136:13-16 Ex 14:21,22,27-29 Ne 9:11 Isa 11:14-16 Na 1:4 Mt 8:26

so he Ps 77:19,20 Isa 63:11-14

10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

and he Ex 14:30 15:9,10 De 11:4 Ne 9:11

redeemed Ps 107:2 136:24 Ex 15:13 Job 6:22,23 Mic 6:4

11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

Ps 78:53 Ex 14:13,27,28 15:5,10,19

12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

Ex 14:31 15:1 Lu 8:13 Joh 8:30,31

13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

they soon forgat. Heb. They made haste, they forgat. Three days afterwards, at the waters of Marah. Ps 78:11 Ex 15:17,24 16:2 17:7

waited Pr 1:25,30 Isa 48:17,18

14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

but Ps 78:18,30 Nu 11:4,33,34 De 9:22 1Co 10:6

lusted exceedingly. Heb. lusted a lust, tempted Ps 78:18-20,40,41 95:8,9 Ex 17:2 Nu 14:22 1Co 10:9 Heb 3:8-10

15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

he gave Ps 78:29-31 Nu 11:31-34 Isa 10:16 24:16

but sent. They despised the manna, calling it light or innutritive food. God gave them flesh as they desired, but no blessing accompanied it; and, in consequence, they did not fatten, but grew lean upon it; and many surfeited by excess, died of disease. Instead of razon, leanness, however, Bp. Lowth supposes we should read zeraon, nausea or loathing, which appears to be supported by several ancient versions, and by Nu. 11:20, where this portion of the history of the Israelites is recorded, and where the word zara is used, and rendered, it be loathsome.

16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

envied Nu 16:1,3

the saint Ex 28:36 Le 21:6-8,10-12 Nu 16:7

17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram.

Nu 16:29-33 26:10 De 11:6

18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

Nu 16:35-40,46 Heb 12:29

19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

Ex 32:4-8,35 De 9:12-16,21 Ne 9:18 1Co 10:7

20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

thus Ps 89:17 Jer 2:11 Ro 1:22,23

their glory. That is, their God, who ought to have been the peculiar object of their glory.

into Ex 20:4,5 Isa 40:18-25

21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

forgat Ps 106:13 78:11,12,42-51 De 32:17,18 Jer 2:32

God Isa 12:2 45:21 63:8 Ho 1:7 Lu 1:47 Tit 1:3 2:10 3:4-6

which Ps 74:13,14 135:9 De 4:34 6:22 7:18,19 Ne 9:10,11

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

wondrous. The plagues he inflicted on the Egyptians. Egypt is called the land of Ham, or rather, Cham, because it was peopled by Mizraim the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah. Plutarch informs us, that the Egyptians called their country Chemia; and the Copts give it the name of Chemi, to the present day. Ps 78:51 105:23,27-36

terrible Ex 14:25-28 15:10

23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

he said Ex 32:10,11,32 De 9:13,14,19,25 10:10 Eze 20:13,14

his chosen Ps 105:6,26 Nu 16:5 Mt 12:18 Joh 15:16,19

stood Ex 32:14 Jer 5:1 Eze 13:5 22:30 Jas 5:16

24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

they despised Ge 25:34 Nu 13:32 14:31 Mt 22:5 Heb 12:16

the pleasant land. Heb. a land of desire De 8:7-9 11:11,12 Jer 3:19 Eze 20:6

they believed Nu 14:11 De 1:32 Heb 3:12,18,19 4:2,6,14 Jude 1:5

25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

murmured Nu 14:1-5,27-29 De 1:26,27

hearkened Ps 95:7-9 Nu 14:22 Heb 3:7,8,15

26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

therefore Ps 95:11 Nu 14:28-35 De 1:34,35 Heb 3:11,18

lifted Ge 14:22,23 Ex 6:8 De 32:40-42 Eze 20:15 Re 10:5,6

27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

overthrow. Heb. make them fall
to scatter Ps 44:11 Le 26:33 De 4:26,27 28:37,64,65 32:26,27 Eze 20:23

28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

joined Nu 25:1-3,5 31:16 De 4:3 32:17 Jos 22:17 Ho 9:10 Re 2:14

of the dead. The word maithim signifies dead men; for the idols of the heathen were generally men, warriors, kings, or lawgivers, who had been deified after their death; though many of them had been execrated during their life. Ps 115:4-8 Jer 10:8-10 1Co 10:19,20

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

with their Ps 106:39 99:8 De 32:16-21 Ec 7:29 Ro 1:21-24

the plague Nu 25:9 1Co 10:8

30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

Nu 25:6-8,14,15 De 13:9-11,15-17 Jos 7:12 1Ki 18:40,41 Jon 1:12-15

31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

Nu 25:11-13 De 24:13 Mr 14:3-9

32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

angered Ps 78:40 81:7 Nu 20:2,6,13

so that Nu 20:12,23,24 27:13,14 De 1:37 3:26 4:21

33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

because Nu 20:10,11

he spake Ps 39:1 141:3 Ge 30:1 35:16-18 Job 2:10 38:2 40:4,5 42:7,8 Jas 3:2

34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

did not Jos 15:63 16:10 17:12-16 23:12,13 Jud 1:19,21,27-35 Mt 17:19-21

concerning Nu 33:52,55,56 De 7:2,16,23,24 20:16,17 1Sa 16:3,22,23

35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

but Jos 15:63 Jud 1:27-36 2:2,3

learned Isa 2:6 1Co 5:6 15:33

36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

and Ps 78:58 Ex 34:15,16 Jud 2:12,13,17,19 3:5-7 10:6 2Ki 17:8-11,16,17 2Ch 33:2-9 Eze 16:15 20:28-32

which Ex 23:33 De 7:16 Jos 23:13 Jud 2:3,14,15

37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

they sacrificed. However unnatural and horrid human sacrifices may appear, it is certain, that they did not only exist, but almost universally prevailed in the heathen world, especially among the Canaanites and Phoenicians. De 12:30,31 18:10 2Ki 16:3 17:17 21:6 Isa 57:5 Jer 7:31 32:35 Eze 16:20,21 20:26 23:37,47

devils Le 17:7 De 32:17 2Ch 11:15 1Co 10:20 Ro 9:20

38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.

shed De 21:9 2Ki 21:16 24:4 Jer 2:34

the land Nu 35:33 Isa 1:15 26:21 Eze 7:23 22:3

39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

defiled Isa 24:5,6 59:3 Eze 20:18,30,31,43

went Ex 34:16 Le 17:7 20:5,6 Nu 15:39 Jer 3:1,2,6-9 Eze 16:15 23:3 Ho 9:1 Re 17:1-6

their own Ps 106:29

40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

the wrath Ps 78:59-62 Jud 2:14,20 3:8 Ne 9:27

insomuch Le 20:23 De 32:19 Zec 11:8

his own Ps 74:1 De 9:29 La 2:7

41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

he gave De 32:30 Jud 2:14 3:8,12 4:1,2 6:1-6 10:7 Ne 9:27

and they De 28:25,29,33,48

42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

no reference

43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

many Jud 2:16-18 1Sa 12:9-11

with their Ps 106:29 1:1 81:12

brought low. or, impoverished, or weakened Jud 5:8 6:5 1Sa 13:19

44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

Jud 2:18 3:9 4:3 6:6-10 10:10-16 1Sa 7:8-12 2Ki 14:26,27 Ne 9:27

45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

and he Ps 105:8 Le 26:40-42 2Ki 13:23 Lu 1:71,72

repented Ps 90:13 135:14 Ex 32:14 De 32:36 Jud 2:18 2Sa 24:16 Ho 11:8 Am 7:3,6

to the Ps 51:1 69:16 Isa 63:7 La 3:32

46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

1Ki 8:50 Ezr 9:9 Jer 15:11 42:12

47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

save us Ps 14:7 126:1 1Ch 16:35

gather Jer 32:37-41 Eze 36:24-28 37:21-28 39:25-29

to give Ps 107:1-3 2Co 2:14 Re 7:10-12

48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

blessed Ps 41:13 72:18,19 89:52 1Ch 29:10 1Co 14:16

praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah Ps 106:1 105:45