English Standard Version
Psalms 106:7
7Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
Psalms 106:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)When our ancestors were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Our ancestors in Egypt were not impressed by the Lord’s miraculous deeds. They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them. Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.
Context of Psalms 106:7
5that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance. 6Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness. Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea. 8Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his mighty power. 9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry, and he led them through the deep as through a desert.
Read all of Psalms 106Psalms 106:7 word by word
אֲב֘וֹתֵ֤ינוּ בְמִצְרַ֨יִם׀ לֹא־הִשְׂכִּ֬ילוּ נִפְלְאוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א זָ֭כְרוּ אֶת־רֹ֣ב חֲסָדֶ֑יךָ וַיַּמְר֖וּ עַל־יָ֣ם בְּיַם־סֽוּף׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Our fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
- understoodשָׂכַלώâkal · be prudentH7919
- not thy wondersפָּלָאpâlâ' · to wonderH6381
- in Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
- they rememberedזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
- not the multitudeרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
- of thy merciesחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
- but provokedמָרָהmârâh · to rebelH4784
- at the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
- at the Redסוּףsûph · Red (Sea)H5488
Cross-references for Psalms 106:7
- Deuteronomy 29:4But to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear.
- Deuteronomy 32:28"For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.
- Proverbs 1:22"How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
- Isaiah 44:18They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
- Mark 4:12so that "'they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven.'"
- Mark 8:17And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
- Psalms 78:42They did not remember his power or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
- Psalms 105:5Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,
- Deuteronomy 15:15You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this today.
- Ephesians 2:11Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands—
- Psalms 106:45For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
- Psalms 5:7But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.
- Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
- Isaiah 63:7I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord, the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord has granted us, and the great goodness to the house of Israel that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
- Lamentations 3:32but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
Commentaries on Psalms 106:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Our fathers understood not - They did not regard the operation of God's hands; and therefore they understood neither his designs nor their own interest. At the sea, even at the Red Sea - Some of the rabbins suppose that the repetition of the words point out two faults of the Israelites at the Red Sea. They murmured against Moses for bringing them out of Egypt, when they saw the sea before them, and Pharaoh behind them. When the waters were divided, they…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Our fathers understood not - They did not fully comprehend the design of the divine dealings. They did not perceive the greatness of the favor shown to them, or the obligation to obey and serve God under which they were placed by these remarkable manifestations. Thy wonders in Egypt - The miracles performed there in behalf of the Hebrew people. They remembered not the multitude of thy mercies - The great number of the divine interpositions in their…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. 6-13The community joins together to confess their sins and their ancestors’ many acts of unbelief.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-127-12. Special confession. Their rebellion at the sea (Ex 14:11) was because they had not remembered nor understood God's miracles on their behalf. That God saved them in their unbelief was of His mere mercy, and for His own glory. the sea ... the Red Sea--the very words in which Moses' song celebrated the scene of Israel's deliverance (Ex 15:4). Israel began to rebel against God at the very moment and scene of its deliverance by God!Read the comment
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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
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