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, Lord, when you show favor to your people; come near and rescue me. 5Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones. Let me rejoice in the joy of your people; let me praise you with those who are your heritage. Like our ancestors, we have sinned. We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly! 7Our 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. 8Even so, he saved them— to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power.

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 78:8Then they will not be like their ancestors— stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful, refusing to give their hearts to God.
• Leviticus 26:40“But at last my people will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors for betraying me and being hostile toward me.
• Numbers 32:14But here you are, a brood of sinners, doing exactly the same thing! You are making the Lord even angrier with Israel.
• 1 Kings 8:47But in that land of exile, they might turn to you in repentance and pray, ‘We have sinned, done evil, and acted wickedly.’
• Ezra 9:6I prayed, “O my God, I am utterly ashamed; I blush to lift up my face to you. For our sins are piled higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached to the heavens.
• Nehemiah 9:16“But our ancestors were proud and stubborn, and they paid no attention to your commands.
• Daniel 9:5But we have sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against you and scorned your commands and regulations.
• Matthew 23:32Go ahead and finish what your ancestors started.
• Acts 7:51“You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!

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

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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