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106:2 \u201cWho can utter the LORD\u2019s mighty acts, can make heard all His praise?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This invocation of God\u2019s \u201cmighty acts\u201d (<\/span>gevurot<\/span><\/em>) in the second line of the poem signals its status as a historical psalm. Once again, the large historical picture leads to a relatively lengthy psalm; and once again, the rehearsal in poetry of familiar events recorded in the Torah produces a rather perfunctory order of poetry. It requires little commentary here, beyond identification of the episodes from the Torah alluded to and observations on a couple of places where the text looks doubtful. Some scholars have characterized this psalm as a companion piece to Psalm 105, perhaps even publicly chanted together with it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although that remains a possibility, these two historical psalms may simply have been set in sequence in the collection by the editors because of the generic connection between them. In any case, they present antithetical views of the nation\u2019s history. Psalm 105 is a celebration of God\u2019s providential care of Israel, with no mention of the people\u2019s transgressions. Psalm 106, beginning with verse 6, is an unrelenting account of Israel\u2019s rebellious behavior, from the Exodus itself through the wilderness to its later collective life in its national territory. The notion of Israel\u2019s betrayal of the covenant unleashing divine retribution may well be colored by Deuteronomy, and there are indications in the psalm of an exilic setting (see, for example, verse 46: \u201cAnd He granted them mercy \/ in the eyes of all their captors\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n

From: Robert Alter, The Hebrew Bible<\/em>, vol. 3: Writings, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019, ad loc. 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