They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
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
They envied Moses in the camp though he labored hardest and bore most, and they should have thanked God for Aaron the saint set apart as high priest instead of caviling at the divine choice. Envy of the good and spite against benefactors mark the wicked.
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They forgot His works so quickly that they denied the conclusions as confidently as if they'd never seen the premises proved. They made haste instead of waiting for His counsel, their expectations outrunning His promises, and so they quarreled with every difficulty in their path.
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Commenting on Psalm 106:13-33