6 We have sinned with our fathers.
We have committed iniquity.
We have done wickedly. 7 Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt.
They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses,
but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea [1]. 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake,
that he might make his mighty power known. 9 He rebuked the Red Sea [2] also, and it was dried up;
so he led them through the depths, as through a desert. 10 He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,
and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11 The waters covered their adversaries.
There was not one of them 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.