Psalms 106 · Verse 43

Psalms 106:43

Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
Psalms 106:43, King James Version

Psalms 106:43 in other translations

BSBMany times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
WEBHe rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.
ASVMany times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.
YLTMany times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.
DARBYOften did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity.
BBEAgain and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.
WebsterMany times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel; and were brought low for their iniquity.

What does Psalms 106:43 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 106:40-43

40-43. Those nations first seduced and then oppressed them (compare Jud 1:34; 2:14; 3:30). Their apostasies ungratefully repaid God's many mercies till He finally abandoned them to punishment (Le 26:39).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 43 Many times did he deliver them - See the Book of Judges; it is a history of the rebellions and deliverances of the Israelites.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 106:34-48

The conduct of the Israelites in Canaan, and God's dealings with them, show that the way of sin is down-hill; omissions make way for commissions: when they neglected to destroy the heathen, they learned their works. One sin led to many more, and brought the judgments of God on them. Their sin was, in part, their own punishment. Sinners often see themselves ruined by those who led them into evil. Satan, who is a…

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Psalms 106:43 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.

פְּעָמִ֥יםpe.'a.MimtimesH6471
רַבּ֗וֹתra.BotmanyH7227
יַצִּ֫ילֵ֥םya.Tzi.Lemhe delivered themH5337
וְ֭הֵמָּהVe.he.mahand theyH1992
יַמְר֣וּyam.Ruthey rebelledH4784
בַעֲצָתָ֑םva.'a.tza.Tamby plan[s] theirH6098
וַ֝יָּמֹ֗כּוּvai.ya.Mo.kuand they sankH4355
בַּעֲוֹנָֽם\׃ba.'a.vo.Namby iniquity theirH5771

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 106:43

  • Psalms 81:12

    So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

  • Judges 2:16-18

    Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so. And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

  • Psalms 1:1

    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

  • 1 Samuel 12:9-11

    And when they forgat the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.

  • Psalms 106:29

    Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

  • 1 Samuel 13:19

    Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

  • Judges 5:8

    They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

  • Judges 6:5

    For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

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Many.
Jud 2:16-18; 1Sa 12:9-11
with their.
29; 1:1; 81:12
brought low. or, impoverished, or weakened.
Jud 5:8; 6:5; 1Sa 13:19

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Context

  • Psalms 106:42

    Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

  • Psalms 106:43

    Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

  • Psalms 106:44

    Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

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Psalms 106:43 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Muchas veces los libró; mas ellos se rebelaron á su consejo, y fueron humillados por su maldad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Maintes fois il les délivra; mais ils le chagrinèrent par leur conseil, et ils déchurent par leur iniquité.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Oftmals errettete er sie; sie aber waren widerspenstig in ihren Anschlägen, und sie sanken hin durch ihre Ungerechtigkeit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quis sapiens, et custodiet hæc, et intelliget misericordias Domini?