Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye 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
His mercy has endured forever; should not our praise endure likewise? All people who have tasted His grace must join in one thunderous voice, yet even if all nations past and present united in acclaim, we would fall far short of what He deserves. O for that day when all flesh shall see His glory and proclaim His praise aloud.
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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