Israel,
acknowledging their ways, look for Jehovah's enduring
mercy
Psalm 106.
"Hallelujah. Give thanks to Jehovah, for it is good
(or He is good). His mercy endureth for ever." This
last we have often seen—the expression of this
unfailing faithful mercy of Jehovah, which secures
Israel. It then recites the character of those that are
blessed; and personally looks, as in the mouth of a godly
Israelite at the close, to be remembered with the favour
Jehovah shews His people—desiring withal to see the
good of Jehovah's chosen, and rejoice in the gladness of
His nation and glory with His inheritance. It is the
expression of genuine piety, which then turns to confess
the sinfulness of the people—not they have sinned,
though that is owned, as shewing how Jehovah's mercy has
endured; but "we have sinned with our fathers."
It is the practical piety which proves, in its own
confession, enduring mercy. It then goes through all the
history of Israel with this view; and at the close shews
that, in spite of all, Jehovah, remembering His covenant,
thought on their affliction, and caused them to be pitied
of the heathen, among whom they were. For this mercy he
now looks, that they may triumph in the praise of
Jehovah. This closes the fourth Book.
All Israel spoken
of in the third and fourth books
It will be remarked that,
as we had seen in the third, the fourth also speaks of
all Israel, and, though the humiliation of Christ is
brought out and His eternal divinity contrasted with it
in a remarkable way, yet it does not enter into Jewish
circumstances particularly, nor the association of Christ
with them, though His Spirit be in it all. In Psalm 104
Antichrist is presented to us, but it is for his
destruction by the coming in of Messiah the King, as
Jehovah the Judge.
Psalm 106 Bible Commentary
John Darby’s Synopsis
Psalm 106. "Hallelujah. Give thanks to Jehovah, for it is good (or He is good). His mercy endureth for ever." This last we have often seen—the expression of this unfailing faithful mercy of Jehovah, which secures Israel. It then recites the character of those that are blessed; and personally looks, as in the mouth of a godly Israelite at the close, to be remembered with the favour Jehovah shews His people—desiring withal to see the good of Jehovah's chosen, and rejoice in the gladness of His nation and glory with His inheritance. It is the expression of genuine piety, which then turns to confess the sinfulness of the people—not they have sinned, though that is owned, as shewing how Jehovah's mercy has endured; but "we have sinned with our fathers." It is the practical piety which proves, in its own confession, enduring mercy. It then goes through all the history of Israel with this view; and at the close shews that, in spite of all, Jehovah, remembering His covenant, thought on their affliction, and caused them to be pitied of the heathen, among whom they were. For this mercy he now looks, that they may triumph in the praise of Jehovah. This closes the fourth Book.
All Israel spoken of in the third and fourth books
It will be remarked that, as we had seen in the third, the fourth also speaks of all Israel, and, though the humiliation of Christ is brought out and His eternal divinity contrasted with it in a remarkable way, yet it does not enter into Jewish circumstances particularly, nor the association of Christ with them, though His Spirit be in it all. In Psalm 104 Antichrist is presented to us, but it is for his destruction by the coming in of Messiah the King, as Jehovah the Judge.