Apologetics Bible

Psalms 106:1

Hebrew

הַֽלְלְויָהּ ׀ הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה כִּי־טוֹב כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

halelevyah- -hvodv-layhvah-khiy-tvov-khiy-le'volam-chasedvo

KJV: Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

AKJV: Praise you the LORD. O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

ASV: Praise ye Jehovah.

YLT: Praise ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, is His kindness.

Exposition: Psalms 106:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:2

Hebrew

מִי יְמַלֵּל גְּבוּרוֹת יְהוָה יַשְׁמִיעַ כָּל־תְּהִלָּתֽוֹ׃

miy-yemalel-gevvrvot-yehvah-yashemiy'a-khal-tehilatvo

KJV: Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?

AKJV: Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can show forth all his praise?

ASV: Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah,

YLT: Who doth utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? Soundeth all His praise?

Exposition: Psalms 106:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:3

Hebrew

אַשְׁרֵי שֹׁמְרֵי מִשְׁפָּט עֹשֵׂה צְדָקָה בְכָל־עֵֽת׃

'asherey-shomerey-mishefat-'osheh-tzedaqah-vekhal-'et

KJV: Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

AKJV: Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that does righteousness at all times.

ASV: Blessed are they that keep justice,

YLT: O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.

Exposition: Psalms 106:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:4

Hebrew

זָכְרֵנִי יְהוָה בִּרְצוֹן עַמֶּךָ פָּקְדֵנִי בִּישׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃

zakhereniy-yehvah-viretzvon-'amekha-faqedeniy-viyshv'atekha

KJV: Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

AKJV: Remember me, O LORD, with the favor that you bore to your people: O visit me with your salvation;

ASV: Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people;

YLT: Remember me, O Jehovah, With the favour of Thy people, Look after me in Thy salvation.

Exposition: Psalms 106:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:5

Hebrew

לִרְאוֹת ׀ בְּטוֹבַת בְּחִירֶיךָ לִשְׂמֹחַ בְּשִׂמְחַת גּוֹיֶךָ לְהִתְהַלֵּל עִם־נַחֲלָתֶֽךָ׃

lire'vot- -vetvovat-vechiyreykha-lishemocha-veshimechat-gvoyekha-lehitehalel-'im-nachalatekha

KJV: That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

AKJV: That I may see the good of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

ASV: That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen,

YLT: To look on the good of Thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Thy nation, To boast myself with Thine inheritance.

Exposition: Psalms 106:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:6

Hebrew

חָטָאנוּ עִם־אֲבוֹתֵינוּ הֶעֱוִינוּ הִרְשָֽׁעְנוּ׃

chata'nv-'im-'avvoteynv-he'eviynv-hiresha'env

KJV: We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

AKJV: We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

ASV: We have sinned with our fathers,

YLT: We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly.

Exposition: Psalms 106:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:7

Hebrew

אֲבוֹתֵינוּ בְמִצְרַיִם ׀ לֹא־הִשְׂכִּילוּ נִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ לֹא זָכְרוּ אֶת־רֹב חֲסָדֶיךָ וַיַּמְרוּ עַל־יָם בְּיַם־סֽוּף׃

'avvoteynv-vemitzerayim- -lo'-hishekhiylv-nifele'voteykha-lo'-zakherv-'et-rov-chasadeykha-vayamerv-'al-yam-veyam-svf

KJV: Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

AKJV: Our fathers understood not your wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of your mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

ASV: Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt;

YLT: Our fathers in Egypt, Have not considered wisely Thy wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Thy kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the sea of Suph.

Exposition: Psalms 106:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:8

Hebrew

וַֽיּוֹשִׁיעֵם לְמַעַן שְׁמוֹ לְהוֹדִיעַ אֶת־גְּבוּרָתֽוֹ׃

vayvoshiy'em-lema'an-shemvo-lehvodiy'a-'et-gevvratvo

KJV: Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

AKJV: Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

ASV: Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake,

YLT: And He saveth them for His name's sake, To make known His might,

Exposition: Psalms 106:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:9

Hebrew

וַיִּגְעַר בְּיַם־סוּף וֽ͏ַיֶּחֱרָב וַיּוֹלִיכֵם בַּתְּהֹמוֹת כַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

vayige'ar-veyam-svf-vayecherav-vayvoliykhem-vatehomvot-khamidevar

KJV: He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

AKJV: He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

ASV: He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up:

YLT: And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness.

Exposition: Psalms 106:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:10

Hebrew

וַֽיּוֹשִׁיעֵם מִיַּד שׂוֹנֵא וַיִּגְאָלֵם מִיַּד אוֹיֵֽב׃

vayvoshiy'em-miyad-shvone'-vayige'alem-miyad-'voyev

KJV: And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

AKJV: And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

ASV: And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them,

YLT: And He saveth them from the hand Of him who is hating, And redeemeth them from the hand of the enemy.

Exposition: Psalms 106:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:11

Hebrew

וַיְכַסּוּ־מַיִם צָרֵיהֶם אֶחָד מֵהֶם לֹא נוֹתָֽר׃

vayekhasv-mayim-tzareyhem-'echad-mehem-lo'-nvotar

KJV: And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

AKJV: And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

ASV: And the waters covered their adversaries;

YLT: And waters cover their adversaries, One of them hath not been left.

Exposition: Psalms 106:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:12

Hebrew

וַיַּאֲמִינוּ בִדְבָרָיו יָשִׁירוּ תְּהִלָּתֽוֹ׃

vaya'amiynv-videvarayv-yashiyrv-tehilatvo

KJV: Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

AKJV: Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

ASV: Then believed they his words;

YLT: And they believe in His words, they sing His praise,

Exposition: Psalms 106:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:13

Hebrew

מִֽהֲרוּ שָׁכְחוּ מַעֲשָׂיו לֹֽא־חִכּוּ לַעֲצָתֽוֹ׃

miharv-shakhechv-ma'ashayv-lo'-chikhv-la'atzatvo

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

AKJV: They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:

ASV: They soon forgat his works;

YLT: They have hasted--forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.

Exposition: Psalms 106:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:14

Hebrew

וַיִּתְאַוּוּ תַאֲוָה בַּמִּדְבָּר וַיְנַסּוּ־אֵל בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן׃

vayite'avv-ta'avah-vamidevar-vayenasv-'el-viyshiymvon

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

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

ASV: But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,

YLT: And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.

Exposition: Psalms 106:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:15

Hebrew

וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם שֶׁאֱלָתָם וַיְשַׁלַּח רָזוֹן בְּנַפְשָֽׁם׃

vayiten-lahem-she'elatam-vayeshalach-razvon-venafesham

KJV: And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

AKJV: And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

ASV: And he gave them their request,

YLT: And He giveth to them their request, And sendeth leanness into their soul.

Exposition: Psalms 106:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:16

Hebrew

וַיְקַנְאוּ לְמֹשֶׁה בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה לְאַהֲרֹן קְדוֹשׁ יְהוָֽה׃

vayeqane'v-lemosheh-vamachaneh-le'aharon-qedvosh-yehvah

KJV: They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

AKJV: They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

ASV: They envied Moses also in the camp,

YLT: And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron, Jehovah's holy one.

Exposition: Psalms 106:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:17

Hebrew

תִּפְתַּח־אֶרֶץ וַתִּבְלַע דָּתָן וַתְּכַס עַל־עֲדַת אֲבִירָֽם׃

tifetach-'eretz-vativela'-datan-vatekhas-'al-'adat-'aviyram

KJV: The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

AKJV: The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram.

ASV: The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,

YLT: Earth openeth, and swalloweth up Dathan, And covereth over the company of Abiram.

Exposition: Psalms 106:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:18

Hebrew

וַתִּבְעַר־אֵשׁ בַּעֲדָתָם לֶהָבָה תְּלַהֵט רְשָׁעִֽים׃

vative'ar-'esh-va'adatam-lehavah-telahet-resha'iym

KJV: And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

AKJV: And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

ASV: And a fire was kindled in their company;

YLT: And fire burneth among their company, A flame setteth on fire the wicked.

Exposition: Psalms 106:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:19

Hebrew

יַעֲשׂוּ־עֵגֶל בְּחֹרֵב וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְמַסֵּכָֽה׃

ya'ashv-'egel-vechorev-vayishetachavv-lemasekhah

KJV: They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

AKJV: They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

ASV: They made a calf in Horeb,

YLT: They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,

Exposition: Psalms 106:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:20

Hebrew

וַיָּמִירוּ אֶת־כְּבוֹדָם בְּתַבְנִית שׁוֹר אֹכֵל עֵֽשֶׂב׃

vayamiyrv-'et-khevvodam-vetaveniyt-shvor-'okhel-'eshev

KJV: Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

AKJV: Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eats grass.

ASV: Thus they changed their glory

YLT: And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.

Exposition: Psalms 106:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:21

Hebrew

שָׁכְחוּ אֵל מוֹשִׁיעָם עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃

shakhechv-'el-mvoshiy'am-'osheh-gedolvot-vemitzerayim

KJV: They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

AKJV: They forgot God their savior, which had done great things in Egypt;

ASV: They forgat God their Saviour,

YLT: They have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt,

Exposition: Psalms 106:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:22

Hebrew

נִפְלָאוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ חָם נוֹרָאוֹת עַל־יַם־סֽוּף׃

nifela'vot-ve'eretz-cham-nvora'vot-'al-yam-svf

KJV: Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

AKJV: Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

ASV: Wondrous works in the land of Ham,

YLT: Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the sea of Suph.

Exposition: Psalms 106:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:23

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר לְֽהַשְׁמִידָם לוּלֵי מֹשֶׁה בְחִירוֹ עָמַד בַּפֶּרֶץ לְפָנָיו לְהָשִׁיב חֲמָתוֹ מֵֽהַשְׁחִֽית׃

vayo'mer-lehashemiydam-lvley-mosheh-vechiyrvo-'amad-vaferetz-lefanayv-lehashiyv-chamatvo-mehashechiyt

KJV: Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

AKJV: Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

ASV: Therefore he said that he would destroy them,

YLT: And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.

Exposition: Psalms 106:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:24

Hebrew

וַֽיִּמְאֲסוּ בְּאֶרֶץ חֶמְדָּה לֹֽא־הֶאֱמִינוּ לִדְבָרֽוֹ׃

vayime'asv-ve'eretz-chemedah-lo'-he'emiynv-lidevarvo

KJV: Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

AKJV: Yes, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

ASV: Yea, they despised the pleasant land,

YLT: And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

Exposition: Psalms 106:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:25

Hebrew

וַיֵּרָגְנוּ בְאָהֳלֵיהֶם לֹא שָׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹל יְהוָֽה׃

vayeragenv-ve'aholeyhem-lo'-shame'v-veqvol-yehvah

KJV: But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

AKJV: But murmured in their tents, and listened not to the voice of the LORD.

ASV: But murmured in their tents,

YLT: And they murmur in their tents, They have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah.

Exposition: Psalms 106:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:26

Hebrew

וַיִּשָּׂא יָדוֹ לָהֶם לְהַפִּיל אוֹתָם בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

vayisha'-yadvo-lahem-lehafiyl-'votam-vamidevar

KJV: Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

AKJV: Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

ASV: Therefore he sware unto them,

YLT: And He lifteth up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,

Exposition: Psalms 106:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:27

Hebrew

וּלְהַפִּיל זַרְעָם בַּגּוֹיִם וּלְזָרוֹתָם בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃

vlehafiyl-zare'am-vagvoyim-vlezarvotam-va'aratzvot

KJV: To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

AKJV: To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

ASV: And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations,

YLT: And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands.

Exposition: Psalms 106:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:28

Hebrew

וַיִּצָּמְדוּ לְבַעַל פְּעוֹר וַיֹּאכְלוּ זִבְחֵי מֵתִֽים׃

vayitzamedv-leva'al-fe'vor-vayo'khelv-zivechey-metiym

KJV: They joined themselves also unto Baal–peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

AKJV: They joined themselves also to Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

ASV: They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor,

YLT: And they are coupled to Baal-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead,

Exposition: Psalms 106:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They joined themselves also unto Baal–peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:29

Hebrew

וַיַּכְעִיסוּ בְּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶם וַתִּפְרָץ־בָּם מַגֵּפָֽה׃

vayakhe'iysv-vema'aleleyhem-vatiferatz-vam-magefah

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

AKJV: Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague broke in on them.

ASV: Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings;

YLT: And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaketh forth upon them,

Exposition: Psalms 106:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:30

Hebrew

וַיַּעֲמֹד פִּֽינְחָס וַיְפַלֵּל וַתֵּעָצַר הַמַּגֵּפָֽה׃

vaya'amod-fiynechas-vayefalel-vate'atzar-hamagefah

KJV: Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

AKJV: Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

ASV: Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment;

YLT: And Phinehas standeth, and executeth judgment, And the plague is restrained,

Exposition: Psalms 106:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:31

Hebrew

וַתֵּחָשֶׁב לוֹ לִצְדָקָה לְדֹר וָדֹר עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃

vatechashev-lvo-litzedaqah-ledor-vador-'ad-'volam

KJV: And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

AKJV: And that was counted to him for righteousness to all generations for ever more.

ASV: And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness,

YLT: And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations--unto the age.

Exposition: Psalms 106:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:32

Hebrew

וַיַּקְצִיפוּ עַל־מֵי מְרִיבָה וַיֵּרַע לְמֹשֶׁה בַּעֲבוּרָֽם׃

vayaqetziyfv-'al-mey-meriyvah-vayera'-lemosheh-va'avvram

KJV: They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

AKJV: They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

ASV: They angered him also at the waters of Meribah,

YLT: And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes,

Exposition: Psalms 106:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:33

Hebrew

כִּֽי־הִמְרוּ אֶת־רוּחוֹ וַיְבַטֵּא בִּשְׂפָתָֽיו׃

khiy-himerv-'et-rvchvo-vayevate'-vishefatayv

KJV: Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

AKJV: Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.

ASV: Because they were rebellious against his spirit,

YLT: For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips.

Exposition: Psalms 106:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:34

Hebrew

לֹֽא־הִשְׁמִידוּ אֶת־הָֽעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר אָמַר יְהוָה לָהֶֽם׃

lo'-hishemiydv-'et-ha'amiym-'asher-'amar-yehvah-lahem

KJV: They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

AKJV: They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

ASV: They did not destroy the peoples,

YLT: They have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them,

Exposition: Psalms 106:34 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:35

Hebrew

וַיִּתְעָרְבוּ בַגּוֹיִם וַֽיִּלְמְדוּ מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃

vayite'arevv-vagvoyim-vayilemedv-ma'asheyhem

KJV: But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

AKJV: But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

ASV: But mingled themselves with the nations,

YLT: And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,

Exposition: Psalms 106:35 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:36

Hebrew

וַיַּעַבְדוּ אֶת־עֲצַבֵּיהֶם וַיִּהְיוּ לָהֶם לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃

vaya'avedv-'et-'atzaveyhem-vayiheyv-lahem-lemvoqesh

KJV: And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

AKJV: And they served their idols: which were a snare to them.

ASV: And served their idols,

YLT: And serve their idols, And they are to them for a snare.

Exposition: Psalms 106:36 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:37

Hebrew

וַיִּזְבְּחוּ אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶם וְאֶת־בְּנֽוֹתֵיהֶם לַשֵּֽׁדִים׃

vayizevechv-'et-veneyhem-ve'et-venvoteyhem-lashediym

KJV: Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

AKJV: Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils,

ASV: Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

YLT: And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers,

Exposition: Psalms 106:37 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:38

Hebrew

וַיִּֽשְׁפְּכוּ דָם נָקִי דַּם־בְּנֵיהֶם וּֽבְנוֹתֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר זִבְּחוּ לַעֲצַבֵּי כְנָעַן וַתֶּחֱנַף הָאָרֶץ בַּדָּמִֽים׃

vayishefekhv-dam-naqiy-dam-veneyhem-vvenvoteyhem-'asher-zivechv-la'atzavey-khena'an-vatechenaf-ha'aretz-vadamiym

KJV: And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.

AKJV: And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.

ASV: And shed innocent blood,

YLT: And they shed innocent blood--Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood.

Exposition: Psalms 106:38 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:39

Hebrew

וַיִּטְמְאוּ בְמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם וַיִּזְנוּ בְּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃

vayiteme'v-vema'asheyhem-vayizenv-vema'aleleyhem

KJV: Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

AKJV: Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

ASV: Thus were they defiled with their works,

YLT: And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.

Exposition: Psalms 106:39 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:40

Hebrew

וַיִּֽחַר־אַף יְהוָה בְּעַמּוֹ וַיְתָעֵב אֶת־נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃

vayichar-'af-yehvah-ve'amvo-vayeta'ev-'et-nachalatvo

KJV: Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

AKJV: Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, so that he abhorred his own inheritance.

ASV: Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people,

YLT: And the anger of Jehovah Is kindled against His people, And He doth abominate His inheritance.

Exposition: Psalms 106:40 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:41

Hebrew

וַיִּתְּנֵם בְּיַד־גּוֹיִם וַֽיִּמְשְׁלוּ בָהֶם שֹׂנְאֵיהֶֽם׃

vayitenem-veyad-gvoyim-vayimeshelv-vahem-shone'eyhem

KJV: And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

AKJV: And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

ASV: And he gave them into the hand of the nations;

YLT: And giveth them into the hand of nations, And those hating them rule over them,

Exposition: Psalms 106:41 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:42

Hebrew

וַיִּלְחָצוּם אוֹיְבֵיהֶם וַיִּכָּנְעוּ תַּחַת יָדָֽם׃

vayilechatzvm-'voyeveyhem-vayikhane'v-tachat-yadam

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

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

ASV: Their enemies also oppressed them,

YLT: And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled under their hand.

Exposition: Psalms 106:42 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:43

Hebrew

פְּעָמִים רַבּוֹת יַצִּילֵם וְהֵמָּה יַמְרוּ בַעֲצָתָם וַיָּמֹכּוּ בַּעֲוֺנָֽם׃

fe'amiym-ravvot-yatziylem-vehemah-yamerv-va'atzatam-vayamokhv-va'avnam

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

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

ASV: Many times did he deliver them;

YLT: Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.

Exposition: Psalms 106:43 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:44

Hebrew

וַיַּרְא בַּצַּר לָהֶם בְּשָׁמְעוֹ אֶת־רִנָּתָֽם׃

vayare'-vatzar-lahem-veshame'vo-'et-rinatam

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

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

ASV: Nevertheless he regarded their distress,

YLT: And He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry,

Exposition: Psalms 106:44 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:45

Hebrew

וַיִּזְכֹּר לָהֶם בְּרִיתוֹ וַיִּנָּחֵם כְּרֹב חסדו חֲסָדָֽיו׃

vayizekhor-lahem-veriytvo-vayinachem-kherov-chsdv-chasadayv

KJV: And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

AKJV: And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

ASV: And he remembered for them his covenant,

YLT: And remembereth for them His covenant, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.

Exposition: Psalms 106:45 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:46

Hebrew

וַיִּתֵּן אוֹתָם לְרַחֲמִים לִפְנֵי כָּל־שׁוֹבֵיהֶֽם׃

vayiten-'votam-lerachamiym-lifeney-khal-shvoveyhem

KJV: He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

AKJV: He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

ASV: He made them also to be pitied

YLT: And He appointeth them for mercies Before all their captors.

Exposition: Psalms 106:46 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:47

Hebrew

הוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ ׀ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְקַבְּצֵנוּ מִֽן־הַגּוֹיִם לְהֹדוֹת לְשֵׁם קָדְשֶׁךָ לְהִשְׁתַּבֵּחַ בִּתְהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃

hvoshiy'env- -yehvah-'eloheynv-veqavetzenv-min-hagvoyim-lehodvot-leshem-qadeshekha-lehishetavecha-vitehilatekha

KJV: Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

AKJV: Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks to your holy name, and to triumph in your praise.

ASV: Save us, O Jehovah our God,

YLT: Save us, O Jehovah our God, and gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy name, To glory in Thy praise.

Exposition: Psalms 106:47 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 106:48

Hebrew

בָּרוּךְ־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִן־הָעוֹלָם ׀ וְעַד הָעוֹלָם וְאָמַר כָּל־הָעָם אָמֵן הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃

varvkhe-yehvah-'elohey-yishera'el-min-ha'volam- -ve'ad-ha'volam-ve'amar-khal-ha'am-'amen-halelv-yah

KJV: Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

AKJV: Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise you the LORD.

ASV: Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel,

YLT: Blessed is Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age even unto the age. And all the people said, `Amen, praise Jah!'

Exposition: Psalms 106:48 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.