Psalms 106:11
in Psalms 106The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
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ASV
And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left.
KJV
And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
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This verse in Psalms 106
Commentary
10 notes on this verseAnd the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. The Lord does nothing by halves. What he begins he carries through to the end. This, again, made Israel's sin the greater, because they saw the thoroughness of the divine justice, and the perfection of the divine faithfulness. In the covering of their enemies we have a type of the pardon of our sins; they are sunk as in the sea, never to rise again; and, blessed be the Lord, there is "not one of them left."
This site's exposition
We have sinned like our fathers
on Psalms 106:6-12
The confession puts this generation with the fathers. In Egypt the fathers did not grasp His wonders, and at the Red Sea they rebelled on the edge of rescue. The rescue came for the sake of His name: He rebuked the sea, covered their foes, and they believed and sang.
This site's exposition
The waters covered their foes
The line follows Exodus 14:28, where the returning waters covered the whole army of Pharaoh and none survived. The song of Exodus 15:5 says the depths covered them. The sea that opened for Israel closed on the pursuers.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"As for those that troubled them, the waters overwhelmed them: there was not one of them left" [Psalm 106:11]; not of all the Egyptians, but of those who pursued the departing Israelites, desirous either of taking or of killing them.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
(1.) He forced a passage for them through the sea: He rebuked the Red Sea for standing in their way and retarding their march, and it was dried up immediately; as, in the creation, at God's rebuke the waters fled, Ps. civ.
): The waters covered their enemies, so as to slay them, but not so as to conceal their shame; for, the next tide, they were thrown up dead upon the shore, Exod. xiv. There was not one of them left alive, to bring tidings of what had become of the rest.
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And the waters covered their enemies,.... They pursuing the Israelites into the sea, the waters returned, and covered Pharaoh and all his host, and drowned them, so that they sunk as a stone, and as lead into the bottom of the sea, Exo 14:
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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).
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. The Lord does nothing by halves. What he begins he carries through to the end. This, again, made Israel's sin the greater, because they saw the thoroughness of the divine justice, and the perfection of the divine faithfulness. In the covering of their enemies we have a type of the pardon of our sins; they are sunk as in the sea, never to rise again; and, blessed be the Lord, there is "not one of them left."—Not one sin of thought, or word, or deed, the blood of Jesus has covered all. "I will cast their iniquities into the depths of the sea."
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And the waters covered their enemies ... - Exo 14:27-28; Exo 15:5.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְכַסּוּ־ | vaykhasu- | and they covered | H3680 → | 152 times |
| מַ֥יִם | mayim | [the] waters | H4325 → | 581 times |
| צָרֵיהֶ֑ם | tzareihem | opponents their | H6862 → | 109 times |
| אֶחָ֥ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מֵ֝הֶ֗ם | mehem | from them | ||
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נוֹתָֽר׃ | notar | he was left | H3498 → |
וַיְכַסּוּ־and they covered
vaykhasu-H3680 →152 times
מַ֥יִם[the] waters
mayimH4325 →581 times
צָרֵיהֶ֑םopponents their
tzareihemH6862 →109 times
אֶחָ֥דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
מֵ֝הֶ֗םfrom them
mehem
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
נוֹתָֽר׃he was left
notarH3498 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 14:13But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 20:17
You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out…
- 2 Chronicles 20:15
And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle…
- Isaiah 41:10–14
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- Exodus 14:30
That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
- 2 Kings 6:16
“Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:17
Through
Psalms 78:53He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.
it leads to
- Exodus 15:10
But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 14:19–20
And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
- Exodus 15:10
Through
Exodus 15:5The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 9:11
You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
- Nehemiah 9:11
Where this verse is studied
About Psalms
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 106; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 5; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.