Psalms 106:23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy.
A Conservative Version
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In Context
22wondrous works in the land of Ham, [and] fearful things by the Red Sea.
24Yea, they despised the pleasant land. They did not believe his word,
Cross References
Exodus 32:11And Moses besought LORD his God, and said, LORD, why does thy wrath grow hot against thy people, whom thou have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
Exodus 32:32Yet now, if thou will forgive their sin--, and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou have written.
Deuteronomy 9:13Furthermore LORD spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people.
Deuteronomy 9:25So I fell down before LORD the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because LORD had said he would destroy you.
Job 35:8Thy wickedness [is] a man as thou are, and thy righteousness [is] a son of man.
Psalms 105:26He sent Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he had chosen.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:14-34
Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord . 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and… Read the whole commentary →