Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
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
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. Not only the land but the inhabitants of it were polluted. They broke the marriage bond between them and the Lord, and fell into spiritual adultery. The language is strong, but the offence could not be fitly described in less forcible words.
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