For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
This psalm shows God's boundless goodness toward His people, yet it confesses that they repaid His kindness with rank ingratitude, idolatry, and rebellion from the very start. The Psalmist begins with praise precisely so that we would dare to ask pardon for such shameful abuse of His covenant mercies.
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Commenting on Psalm 106:1-48
The covenant is God's unshakeable foundation; when mercy seems utterly broken, it remains firm as His throne. He has not mere mercy but mercies in abundance, and He treasures them in the covenant precisely for those who have fallen and deserve destruction.
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Sin descends step by step: first we spare what God commands destroyed, telling ourselves we show compassion God Himself lacks; then we mingle with the ungodly in what seems harmless; finally we learn their worship and serve their idols. Rotten wood corrupts the sound far faster than the sound can heal the rotten.
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Commenting on Psalm 106:34-48