“Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.”
Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise. Despite covenant confirmation and Moses' intercession, Israel proves faithless regarding the land promise ('no faith in his promise'). The description of Canaan as 'pleasant land' suggests its objective desirability, making Israel's rejection irrational. This verse connects earlier rebellions to the failure to enter the land (the refusal incident of Numbers 13-14).
Church Fathers on Psalms 106:23
1. This Psalm also has the title Allelujah prefixed to it: and this twice. But some say, that one Allelujah belongs to the end of the former Psalm, the other to the beginning of this. And they assert, that all the Psalms bearing this title have Allelujah at the end, but not all at the beginning; so that they will not allow any Psalm which has not Allelujah at the end, to have it at the beginning; supposing that what seems to belong to the commencement, really belongs to the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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