Psalms 106:40
Contempt is poured upon their princes, 1 And he causes them to wander in a desert and trackless land. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
39Again they become few, and are brought low, 1 By the pressure of evils and pain. 1
41But he helps the poor out of poverty, 1 And makes him families as a flock. 1
Cross References
Leviticus 20:23And walk ye not in the customs of the nations which I drive out from before you; for they have done all these things, and I have abhorred them:
Deuteronomy 9:29And these are thy people and thy portion, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt with thy great strength, and with thy mighty hand, and with thy high arm.
Judges 2:14And the Lord was very angry with Israel; and he gave them into the hands of the spoilers, and they spoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, and they could not any longer resist their enemies,
Judges 3:8And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Syria of the rivers: and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:35-48
Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness; The Divine Compassion. 34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them: 35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, 38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus were they… Read the whole commentary →