Psalms 106:13
in Psalms 106Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
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ASV
They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
KJV
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
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This verse in Psalms 106
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThis people soon forgot them (God took notice of this, Exod. xxxii. 8 , They have turned aside quickly): They made haste, they forgot his works (so it is in the margin), which some make to be two separate instances of their sin.
This site's exposition
they soon forgot His works
on Psalms 106:13-15
They forgot His works soon after the song of verse 12. In the desert they craved and tested God, and the craving is the demand for meat at Numbers 11:4. He granted the request and sent a wasting disease with it.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"They acted hastily: they forgot His works" (ver. 13): other copies read more intelligibly, "They hastened, they forgot His works, and would not abide His counsel." For they ought to have thought, that so great works of God towards themselves were not without a purpose, but that they invited them to some endless happiness, which was to be waited for with patience; but they hastened to make themselves happy with temporal things, which give no man true happiness, because they do not quench insatiable longing: for "whosoever," saith our Lord, "shall drink of this water, shall thirst again."
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
They soon forgat his works,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The faith induced by God's display of power in their behalf was short lived, and their new rebellion and temptation was visited by God with fresh punishment, inflicted by leaving them to the result of their own gratified appetites, and sending on them spiritual poverty (Nu 11:18). They soon forgat--literally, "They hasted, they forgat" (compare Ex 32:8).
They soon forgat his works. They seemed in a hurry to get the Lord's mercies out of their memories; they hasted to be ungrateful. They waited not for his counsel, neither waiting for the word of command or promise; eager to have their own way, and prone to trust in themselves. This is a common fault in the Lord's family to this day; we are long in learning to wait for the Lord, and upon the Lord. With him is counsel and strength, but we are vain enough to look for these to ourselves, and therefore we grievously err.
They soon forgat his works - Three days afterwards, at the waters of Marah, Exo 15:24. They waited not for his counsel - They were impatient, and would not wait till God should in his own way fulfll his own designs.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
They soon forgat his works - On Psa 106:13-15, see the notes at Psa 78:17-22. Literally, here, as in the margin, “They made haste, they forgat.” They did it soon; did it without any delay. It was as if they were impatient to have it done. They waited not for his counsel - For the fulfillment of his promise; or for his command in regard to their future conduct. They did not look to him, but they depended on themselves, and followed their own desires and wishes.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִֽ֭הֲרוּ | miharu | they made haste | H4116 → | 68 times |
| שָׁכְח֣וּ | shakhechu | they forgot | H7911 → | 102 times |
| מַעֲשָׂ֑יו | maasav | works his | H4639 → | 236 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| חִ֝כּ֗וּ | chiku | they waited | H2442 → | |
| לַעֲצָתֽוֹ׃ | laatzato | for counsel his | H6098 → | 89 times |
מִֽ֭הֲרוּthey made haste
miharuH4116 →68 times
שָׁכְח֣וּthey forgot
shakhechuH7911 →102 times
מַעֲשָׂ֑יוworks his
maasavH4639 →236 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
חִ֝כּ֗וּthey waited
chikuH2442 →
לַעֲצָתֽוֹ׃for counsel his
laatzatoH6098 →89 times
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 15:24So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
it leads to
- Exodus 14:11
They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 16:2
And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
- Numbers 20:2–5
Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.
- Exodus 14:11
Through
Psalms 107:11because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
it leads to
- Psalms 106:43
Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
- Psalms 78:40
How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
- Romans 1:28
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- Psalms 106:43
Through
Exodus 16:2And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:10
And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
- Exodus 15:24
So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
- 1 Corinthians 10:10
Where this verse is studied
About Psalms
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.