Psalmen 106:8

8 Doch Hij verloste hen om Zijns Naams wil, opdat Hij Zijn mogendheid bekend maakte.

Psalmen 106:8 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 106:8

Nevertheless, he saved them for his name's sake
Not for any worth or worthiness in them; not for their righteousness sake, for they were a rebellious and disobedient people; but for his name's sake, because his name was called upon them, and he was called the God of the Hebrews, as Aben Ezra observes; and the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, their ancestors; to whom he had promised the land of Canaan, and was their covenant God; and because of his covenant, and of his divine perfections, and the glory of them, which were engaged to make it good; therefore he saved them, see ( Ezekiel 20:9 Ezekiel 20:14 ) . And so the spiritual Israel of God are saved, not for any superior excellencies in them, for they are in no wise better than others; nor for their righteousness sake; but to display the wisdom and faithfulness of God, his grace and mercy, his justice and holiness, power, goodness, and truth. And so here it follows;

that he might make his mighty power to be known;
not only among the Israelites, but among the nations of the world; who, had he not saved them, might have thought, and said, that it was for want of power, and that he could not do it; see ( Deuteronomy 9:28 ) .

Psalmen 106:8 In-Context

6 Wij hebben gezondigd, mitsgaders onze vaderen, wij hebben verkeerdelijk gedaan; wij hebben goddelooslijk gehandeld.

7 Onze vaders in Egypte hebben niet gelet op Uw wonderen; zij zijn der menigte Uwer goedertierenheid niet gedachtig geweest; maar zij waren wederspannig aan de zee, bij de Schelfzee.

8 Doch Hij verloste hen om Zijns Naams wil, opdat Hij Zijn mogendheid bekend maakte.

9 En Hij schold de Schelfzee, zodat zij verdroogde, en Hij deed hen wandelen door de afgronden, als door een woestijn.

10 En Hij verloste hen uit de hand des haters, en Hij bevrijdde hen van de hand des vijands.