Psalms 106 · Verse 13

Psalms 106:13

They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
Psalms 106:13, King James Version

Psalms 106:13 in other translations

BSBYet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
WEBThey soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,
ASVThey soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
YLTThey have hasted--forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.
DARBYThey soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:
BBEBut their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,
WebsterThey soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:

What does Psalms 106:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 106:13-15
13-15. The faith induced by God's display of power in their behalf was short lived, and their new rebellion and temptation was visited by God with fresh punishment, inflicted by leaving them to the result of their own gratified appetites, and sending on them spiritual poverty (Nu 11:18). They soon forgat--literally, "They hasted, they forgat" (compare Ex 32:8). "They have turned aside quickly (or, hastily) out of the way." The haste of our desires is such that we can scarcely allow God one day. Unless He immediately answers our call, instantly then arise impatience, and at length despair. his works--(De 11:3, 4; Da 9:14). his counsel--They waited not for the development of God's counsel, or plan for their deliverance, at His own time, and in His own way.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 They soon forgat his works - Three days afterwards, at the waters of Marah, Exo 15:24. They waited not for his counsel - They were impatient, and would not wait till God should in his own way fulfll his own designs.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 106:13-33
Those that will not wait for God's counsel, shall justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. An undue desire, even for lawful things, becomes sinful. God showed his displeasure for this. He filled them with uneasiness of mind, terror of conscience, and self-reproach. Many that fare deliciously every day, and whose bodies are healthful, have leanness in their souls: no love to God, no thankfulness, no appetite for the Bread of life, and then the soul must be lean. Those wretchedly forget themselves, that feast their bodies and starve their souls. Even the true believer will see abundant cause to say, It is of the Lord's mercies that I am not consumed. Often have we set up idols in our hearts, cleaved to some forbidden object; so that if a greater than Moses had not stood to turn away the anger of the Lord, we should have been destroyed. If God dealt severely with Moses for unadvised words, what do those deserve who speak many proud and wicked words? It is just in God to remove those relations that are blessings to us, when we are peevish and provoking to them, and grieve their spirits.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 106:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מִֽ֭הֲרוּMi.ha.ruthey made hasteH4116
שָׁכְח֣וּsha.khe.Chuthey forgotH7911
מַעֲשָׂ֑יוma.'a.Savworks hisH4639
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
חִ֝כּ֗וּchi.Kuthey waitedH2442
לַעֲצָתֽוֹ\׃la.'a.tza.Tofor counsel hisH6098

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Cross references for Psalms 106:13

  • Psalms 78:11

    And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

  • Exodus 15:24

    And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

  • Isaiah 48:17-18

    Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

  • Exodus 16:2

    And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

  • Psalms 107:11

    Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

  • Proverbs 1:25

    But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

  • Exodus 17:2

    Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?

  • Proverbs 1:30

    They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

  • Exodus 17:7

    And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?

  • Exodus 15:17

    Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
They soon forgat. Heb. They made haste, they forgat.Three days afterwards, at the waters of Marah.
78:11; Ex 15:17,24; 16:2; 17:7
waited.
Pr 1:25,30; Isa 48:17,18

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Context

  • Psalms 106:12

    Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

  • Psalms 106:13

    They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

  • Psalms 106:14

    But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

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Psalms 106:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Apresuráronse, olvidáronse de sus obras; no esperaron en su consejo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ils oublièrent vite ses œuvres, ils ne s’attendirent point à son conseil.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Schnell vergaßen sie seine Taten, warteten nicht auf seinen Rat;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et clamaverunt ad Dominum cum tribularentur; et de necessitatibus eorum liberavit eos.