New King James Version
Psalms 106:40
40Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance.
Psalms 106:40 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore the Lord was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;
- New Living Translation (NLT)That is why the Lord’s anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his own special possession.
Context of Psalms 106:40
38And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood. 39Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds. Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance. 41And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, And those who hated them ruled over them. 42Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
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וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֣ף יְהוָ֣ה בְּעַמּ֑וֹ וַ֝יְתָעֵ֗ב אֶת־נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 106:40
- Psalms 78:59When God heard this, He was furious, And greatly abhorred Israel,
- Judges 2:14And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel. So He delivered them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.
- Judges 3:8Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim eight years.
- Nehemiah 9:27Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies, Who oppressed them; And in the time of their trouble, When they cried to You, You heard from heaven; And according to Your abundant mercies You gave them deliverers who saved them From the hand of their enemies.
- Leviticus 20:23And you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they commit all these things, and therefore I abhor them.
- Deuteronomy 32:19“And when the Lord saw it, He spurned them, Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
- Zechariah 11:8I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
- Psalms 74:1O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
- Deuteronomy 9:29Yet they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your mighty power and by Your outstretched arm.’
- Lamentations 2:7The Lord has spurned His altar, He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has given up the walls of her palaces Into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in the house of the Lord As on the day of a set feast.
Commentaries on Psalms 106:40
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 40Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled - God kindled a fire in his judgments for those who by their flagitious conduct had inflamed themselves with their idols, and the impure rites with which they were worshipped.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people - Anger is often compared with a fire; as we say now, a man is “inflamed” with passion. See Esther 1:12; Lamentations 2:3; Psalm 79:5; Psalm 89:46; Jeremiah 4:4; Judges 2:14. Of course, this must be taken in a manner appropriate to God. It means that his treatment of his offending people was as if he were burning with wrath against them. Insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance - He was…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 34-48Verses 34-48 The conduct of the Israelites in Canaan, and God's dealings with them, show that the way of sin is down-hill; omissions make way for commissions: when they neglected to destroy the heathen, they learned their works. One sin led to many more, and brought the judgments of God on them. Their sin was, in part, their own punishment. Sinners often see themselves ruined by those who led them into evil. Satan, who is a tempter, will be a tormentor…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40God hated Israel's sin, just as he hates all sin.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 40-4340-43. Those nations first seduced and then oppressed them (compare Jud 1:34; 2:14; 3:30). Their apostasies ungratefully repaid God's many mercies till He finally abandoned them to punishment (Le 26:39).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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