Psalm 106:34

Translations

Modern

They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

Traditional

They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them:

Literal

They did not destroy the peoples whom YHWH had given to them the order.

Latin

Non disperdiderunt gentes quas dixit Dominus illis:

Original

Hebrew

English

They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

Notes

Psalms 106:34

Israel continued to disobey the word of the Lord while living in the promised land. Instead of destroying the nations, Israel accepted them and their customs (see Judges 2:1–3, 11–15; 3:5–6).

Psalms 106:28–39

When the Israelites entered the land, they brought their idol worship with them. Their behavior stayed the same, and they angered the Lord with their actions.

Psalms 106:1–48

The Israelite community in exile confessed the Lord’s goodness and justice and their own past sins. From their humble state in exile, they asked for redemption and restoration. They hoped to be gathered back from all the places the Lord had scattered them in his anger.
The psalm ends with a memory of the Lord’s past mercy and hope for renewed mercy (Psalm 106:44–48). Israel failed, but the Lord remains constant.
Verses 1, 47–48 (along with Psalms 96; 105:1–15) are included in David’s song of praise recorded in 1 Chronicles 16:1–43.

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Related verses

Deuteronomy 7:2
…and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
Deuteronomy 7:16
You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
Judges 1:21
The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
Joshua 23:12–13
For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
1 Samuel 15:22–23
But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
Matthew 17:19–20
Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
Numbers 33:55–56
But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.
Joshua 17:12–16
But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
Numbers 33:52
…you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
Joshua 16:10
But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
Deuteronomy 20:16–17
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
Joshua 15:63
But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.

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Psalm 106:34

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