Psalms 106:6

Psalms 106:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
• New International Version (NIV)We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, We have done wickedly.

Context of Psalms 106:6

4Remember me, O Lord, when You favor Your people. Visit me with Your salvation [when You rescue them], 5That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance. We have sinned like our fathers; We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly. 7Our fathers in Egypt did not understand nor appreciate Your miracles; They did not remember the abundance of Your mercies nor imprint Your lovingkindnesses on their hearts, But they were rebellious at the sea, at the Red Sea. 8Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake, That He might make His [supreme] power known.

Psalms 106:6 word by word

חָטָ֥אנוּ עִם־אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ הֶעֱוִ֥ינוּ הִרְשָֽׁעְנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• We have sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• with our fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• we have committed iniquityעָוָה‛âvâh · to pervertH5753
• we have done wickedlyרָשַׁעrâsha‛ · be wickedH7561

Cross-references for Psalms 106:6

• Psalms 78:8And not be like their fathers— A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart to know and follow God, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
• Leviticus 26:40‘If they confess their wickedness and the wickedness of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they have committed against Me—and also in their acting with hostility toward Me—
• Numbers 32:14Now look, you [the tribes of Reuben and Gad] have risen up in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinful men, to add still more to the fierce anger of the Lord against Israel.
• 1 Kings 8:47if they take it to heart in the land where they have been taken captive, and they repent and pray to You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong and we have acted wickedly;’
• Ezra 9:6and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongdoings have risen higher than our heads and our guilt has grown to the heavens.
• Nehemiah 9:16“But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly; They stiffened their necks and would not heed Your commandments.
• Daniel 9:5we have sinned and committed wrong, and have behaved wickedly and have rebelled, turning away from Your commandments and ordinances.
• Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the [allotted] measure of the guilt of your fathers’ sins.
• Acts 7:51“You stiff-necked and stubborn people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are always actively resisting the Holy Spirit. You are doing just as your fathers did.

Commentaries on Psalms 106:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6We have sinned - Here the confession begins; what preceded was only the introduction to what follows: Our forefathers sinned, and suffered; we, like them, have sinned, and do suffer.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6We have sinned with our fathers - We have sinned as “they” did; we have followed their example. The illustration of the manner in which the nation had sinned occupies a considerable part of the remainder of the psalm; and the idea here is, that, in the generation in which the psalmist lived, there had been the manifestation of the same rebellious spirit which had so remarkably characterized the entire nation. The “connection” of this with the foregoing…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-12Verses 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 utterly forsaken. God's afflicted people own themselves guilty before him. God is distrusted because his favours are not remembered. If he did not save us for his own name's sake, and to the praise of his power and grace, we should all perish.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The story of Israel's redemption includes their sinful actions from the time of their ancestors to now (Psalm 106:43). The themes of sin and God's anger towards sin start and end Book Four (Psalms 90:1–9; 106:6, 23, 43).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Compare 1Ki 8:47; Da 9:5, where the same three verbs occur in the same order and connection, the original of the two later passages being the first one, the prayer of Solomon in dedicating the temple. sinned ... fathers--like them, and so partaking of their guilt. The terms denote a rising gradation of sinning (compare Psa 1:1). with our fathers--we and they together forming one mass of corruption.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 106:6

• Prayer
• Repentance
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Gather
• Leanness
• Mingle
• Open
• Repent
• David
• Hallel
• Intercession
• Molech; Moloch
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Psalms 106

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings