Psalms 106:23

And 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 them.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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 them.

In Context

22wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.

24And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,

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Cross References

Exodus 32:11But Moses besought the Lord his God, saying: Why, O Lord, is thy indignation kindled against thy people, whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and with a mighty hand?

Exodus 32:32Or if thou do not, strike me out of the book that thou hast written.

Deuteronomy 9:13And again the Lord said to me: I see that this people is stiffnecked:

Deuteronomy 9:25And I lay prostrate before the Lord forty days and nights, in which I humbly besought him, that he would not destroy you as he had threatened:

Job 35:8Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee : and thy justice may help the son of man.

Psalms 105:26He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man 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 →

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