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Commentaries on Psalms 106:9

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 106 This psalm is without the name of its author, as the Syriac interpreter observes. Aben Ezra, on Psalms 106:47, says, that one of the wise men of Egypt (perhaps Maimonides) was of opinion that it was written in the time of the judges, when there was no king in Israel; and another, he says, thought it was written in Babylon: but he was of opinion it was wrote under the...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up,.... By sending a strong east wind, which drove the waters back, and made the sea a dry land, Exodus 14:21. So he led them through the depths; that is, the deep waters of the sea, which were cast up as an heap, and stood as a wall on each side, through which they passed. As through the wilderness; or rather, "as on a plain"; for a passage through a...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

We must give glory to God by making confession, not only of his goodness but our own badness, which serve as foils to each other. Our badness makes his goodness appear the more illustrious, as his goodness makes our badness the more heinous and scandalous. The foregoing psalm was a history of God's goodness to Israel; this is a history of their rebellions and provocations, and yet it begins and...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. I should think they did believe God’s words when they could see...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through depths, as through the wilderness. The bottom of the sea was made as dry and as easy for their feet as the plains of the wilderness, and God led them through.