Psalms 106:29

Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
anger	וַ֭יַּכְעִיסוּ Vai.yakh.'i.su	H3707	to trouble · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
inventions	בְּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֑ם be.ma.'a.lei.Hem	H4611	an act (good or bad) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
plague	מַגֵּפָֽה ma.ge.Fah	H4046	a pestilence · noun, common feminine singular absolute
in	וַתִּפְרָץ va.tif.rotz-	H6555	to break out (in many applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

1 Corinthians 10:8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Deuteronomy 32:16-21 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Numbers 25:9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
Psalms 99:8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
Psalms 106:39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
Romans 1:21-24 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foo…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:13-33

This is an abridgment of the history of Israel's provocations in the wilderness, and of the wrath of God against them for those provocations: and this abridgment is abridged by the apostle, with application to us Christians (Co1 10:5, etc.); for these things were written for our admonition, that we sin not like them, lest we suffer like them. I. The cause of their sin was disregard to the works and word of God, Psa 106:13. 1. They minded not what he had done for them: They soon forgot his works, and lost the impressions they had made upon them. Those that do not improve God's mercies to them, nor endeavour in some measure to render according to the benefit done unto them, do indeed forget th…

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John Gill on Psalms 106:29

Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions,.... Sin is an invention of man's: when our first parents sinned, they found out many inventions; and their posterity ever since have been inventors of evil things; and man's invention is very quick at that work. All false doctrine and false worship are of men's finding out; all idolatrous practices are their inventions, and which are here intended; see Psalm 106:39. And these are very provoking to God, who is jealous of his glory, and which is taken from him hereby; and even when he forgives such sins of men, he takes vengeance on their inventions, as in this case, Psalm 99:8. For it follows: and the plague brake in upon them: like an i…

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John Calvin on Psalms 106:28-31

Psalm 106:28-31 28. And they joined themselves to Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. 29. And they provoked God to anger by their works, [257] and the plague broke out among them. 30. And Phinehas stood up, and executed justice: and the plague was stopped. 31. And that deed was imputed to him for righteousness from generation to generation for ever. 28 And they joined themselves to Baal-peor The prophet tells us that the Jews, after they had been threatened with very awful punishment, very soon fell into a new species of apostasy. Some think, that they are indirectly accused of falling away to the superstitions of the Midianites, in consequence of having been imposed upon by fem…

The Church Fathers

"Thus they provoked Him to anger with their own inventions; and destruction was multiplied among them" (ver. 29). As if He had deferred the lifting up of His hand which was to cast them down in the desert, and to cast out their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands; as the Apostle saith: "And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient." "Destruction," therefore, "was multiplied among them," when they were heavily punished for their heavy sins.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 106

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Dictionary and topics

Alleluia — The Greek form (Rev. 19:1, 3, 4, 6) of the Hebrew Hallelujah = Praise ye Jehovah, which begins or ends several of the psalms (106, 111, 112, 113, etc.).
Alliance And Society With The Enemies Of God · Provoke the anger of God — Provoke the anger of God
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Marked by constant murmurings and rebellions — Marked by constant murmurings and rebellions
Plague Or Pestilence, The · Often broke out suddenly — Often broke out suddenly

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 106:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:13-33

John Gill on Psalms 106:29

John Calvin on Psalms 106:28-31

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 106:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:13-33

John Gill on Psalms 106:29

John Calvin on Psalms 106:28-31

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 106:24-33

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 106:28-39

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 106:29