Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 106:44
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
Nevertheless, he regarded their affliction – literally, And he looked upon the trouble that was upon them; or, and he saw in the distress to them. The meaning is, that he did not turn away from it; he saw the need of interposition, and he came to them.
When he heard their cry – literally, In his hearing their cry. Their cry for help came before him, and he did not refuse to look upon their affliction. The idea is, that he was attracted to their case by their loud cry for help; and that when he heard the cry, he did not refuse to look upon their low and sad condition. God assists us when we cry to him. We ask his attention to our troubles; we pray for his help; and when he hears the cry, he comes and saves us. He does not turn away, or treat our case as unworthy of his notice.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
44-46. If, as is probable, thisPsalm was written at the time of the captivity, the writer nowintimates the tokens of God’s returning favor.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction,…. Or “looked on them in distress” d; he saw their affliction, and had compassion on them; he was so far from abhorring and despising the affliction of the afflicted, that he pitied them and sympathized with them; in all their afflictions he was afflicted; he looked upon them with an eye of pity and concern, and helped them out of their troubles.
When he heard their cry; or their “prayer”, as the Targum, and so other versions; crying is prayer; and it denotes vocal and vehement prayer, such as is put up to God in distress; and which he hears and answers; his ears are open to the cries of his people.
d “et vidit in angustia eis”, Montanus, Gejerus; so Musculus, Tigurine version.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The poet’s range of vision here widens from the time of the judges to the history of the whole of the succeeding age down to the present; for the whole history of Israel has essentially the same fundamental character, viz., that Israel’s unfaithfulness does not annul God’s faithfulness. That verifies itself even now. That which Solomon in 1Ki 8:50 prays for on behalf of his people when they may be betrayed into the hands of the enemy, has been fulfilled in the case of the dispersion of Israel in all countries (Psa 107:3), Babylonia, Egypt, etc.: God has turned the hearts of their oppressors towards them. On , to regard compassionately, cf. Gen 29:32; 1Sa 1:11. belong together, as in Psa 107:6, and frequently. is a cry of lamentation, as in 1Ki 8:28 in Solomon’s prayer at the dedication of the Temple. From this source comes Psa 106:6, and also from this source Psa 106:46, cf. 1Ki 8:50 together with Neh 1:11. In the drawing back of the tone does not take place, as in Gen 24:67. beside is not pointed by the Ker , as in Psa 5:8; Psa 69:14, but as in Lam 3:32, according to Psa 106:7, Isa 63:7, : in accordance with the fulness (riches) of His manifold mercy or loving-kindness. The expression in Psa 106:46 is like Gen 43:14. Although the condition of the poet’s fellow-countrymen in the dispersion may have been tolerable in itself, yet this involuntary scattering of the members of the nation is always a state of punishment. The poet prays in Psa 106:47 that God may be pleased to put an end to this.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
Psa 106:44. Nevertheless, &c. And he beheld when distress was upon them, and he heard their cry.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Psa 106:44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
Ver. 44. Nevertheless he regarded their affliction ] See for proof hereof the whole Book of Judges, and take notice of God’s philanthropy, who heareth men’s afflictions, as he did Hagar’s, Gen 16:11 , and is oft found of them that seek him not, Isa 65:1 . See 2Ki 14:26-27 .
When he heard their cry
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Psa 106:44-46
44Nevertheless He looked upon their distress
When He heard their cry;
45And He remembered His covenant for their sake,
And relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.
46He also made them objects of compassion
In the presence of all their captors.
Psa 106:44-46 This strophe shows the gracious response of YHWH.
1. He looked upon their distress (cf. Exo 2:25; Exo 5:7; Neh 9:9)
2. He heard their cry (cf. Exo 2:23-25; Exo 3:7-9; Num 20:16; Jdg 3:9; Jdg 6:7; Jdg 10:10; Neh 9:27)
3. He remembered His covenant (cf. Exo 2:24; Lev 26:40; Lev 26:42; Lev 26:45; Psa 105:8; Psa 105:42)
4. He relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness (see full note at Gen 6:6 online)
5. He made them objects of compassion (cf. 1Ki 8:50; 2Ch 30:9; Ezr 9:9; Neh 1:11; Jer 42:12)
6. notice Psa 106:43 a, another gracious desire of YHWH
Psa 106:45 covenant See Special Topic: Covenant
Fuente: You Can Understand the Bible: Study Guide Commentary Series by Bob Utley
Psa 106:44-46
Psa 106:44-46
GOD’S BLESSINGS DESPITE ISRAEL’S SINS
“Nevertheless he regarded their distress,
When he heard their cry;
And he remembered for them his covenant,
And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindness.
He made them also to be pitied
Of all those that carried them captive.”
“He remembered his covenant” (Psa 106:44). God had promised the Messiah to be born of the descendants of the Patriarchs; and, in a sense, God was “stuck with Israel,” until that promise was fulfilled in the birth of Christ. That is why God continued to bless fleshly Israel, regardless of their wickedness, even though, as Ezekiel stated it, they actually became “worse than Sodom and Gomorrah (Ezekiel 16).
“Of all those that carried them captive” (Psa 106:46). This simply does not sound like Nebuchadnezzar, but the many captivities of Israel in earlier times. Therefore we agree with McCaw, quoted at the beginning of this chapter that Psa 106:47, below, does not require a Babylonian explanation.
E.M. Zerr
Psa 106:41-45. It would serve no practical purpose to separate the verses of this paragraph. They all refer to the history recorded in the book of Judges. Since that epoch has been carefully commented upon in its proper place in the Commentary, I shall not take up space to repeat it here but will ask the reader to consult it in that place.
Psa 106:46. This verse is a prophecy although in the past tense. It was fulfilled when the Israelites were in the captivity. (See Ezr 1:1-4; Neh 2:1-8.)
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
Jdg 2:18, Jdg 3:9, Jdg 4:3, Jdg 6:6-10, Jdg 10:10-16, 1Sa 7:8-12, 2Ki 14:26, 2Ki 14:27, Neh 9:27-38
Reciprocal: Gen 29:32 – looked Exo 3:6 – hid Exo 3:7 – I have Exo 6:5 – the groaning Exo 14:10 – cried out Jdg 10:16 – his soul Jdg 16:22 – the hair 1Sa 9:16 – looked upon 1Sa 12:10 – And they 2Ki 13:4 – the Lord 2Ch 12:2 – because 2Ch 15:4 – in their trouble Psa 22:5 – cried Lam 4:16 – he will Act 7:34 – I have seen