Psalms 106:32

32 At the springs of Meribah the people made the Lord angry, ¹ and Moses was in trouble on their account.

Psalms 106:32 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 106:32

They angered him also at the waters of strife
Or, "at the waters of Meribah" ^F26; that is, Meribahkadesh, as it is called in ( Deuteronomy 32:51 ) to distinguish it from Meribahrephidim, where also were waters of strife or contradiction; at which the people murmured and strove with the Lord, and greatly displeased him, ( Exodus 17:7 ) .

So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;
he was not suffered to go with them into the good land; though he most earnestly desired it, it could not be granted: but when he was just upon the borders of it, he is bid to go up to the mount, and take a view of it, and die; and all because of what was done at this place; see ( Numbers 20:12 ) ( Deuteronomy 3:26 ) ( Deuteronomy 32:50 Deuteronomy 32:51 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (hbyrm ym le) "super aquas Meribah", Montanus; "apud Memeriba", Tigurine version; "juxta aquas Meriba", Gejerus; so Ainsworth.

Psalms 106:32 In-Context

30 But Phinehas stood up and punished the guilty, and the plague was stopped.

31 This has been remembered in his favor ever since and will be for all time to come.

32 At the springs of Meribah the people made the Lord angry, and Moses was in trouble on their account.

33 They made him so bitter that he spoke without stopping to think.

34 They did not kill the heathen, as the Lord had commanded them to do,

Cross References

• 1. 106.32, 33Numbers 20.2-13.