6 We have sinned like our fathers , We have committed iniquity , we have behaved wickedly . 7 Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders ; They did not remember Your abundant kindnesses , But rebelled by the sea , at the Red e Sea . 8 Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name , That He might make His power known . 9 Thus He rebuked the Red e Sea and it dried up, And He led them through the deeps , as through the wilderness . 10 So He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy . 11 The waters covered their adversaries ; Not one of them was left . 12 Then they believed His words ; They sang His praise .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 106:6-12
Commentary on Psalm 106:6-12
(Read Psalm 106:6-12)
Here begins a confession of sin; for we must acknowledge that the Lord has done right, and we have done wickedly. We are encouraged to hope that though justly corrected, yet we shall not be utterly forsaken. God's afflicted people own themselves guilty before him. God is distrusted because his favours are not remembered. If he did not save us for his own name's sake, and to the praise of his power and grace, we should all perish.