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Answered Prayer as Judgment
Commentators unanimously highlight that God sometimes grants our worldly desires as a form of judgment. The Israelites demanded meat, and God gave it to them, but it came with a spiritual curse. This serves as a solemn warning that getting what we passionately demand, when it's outside of God's perfect will, can be a dire calamity. As one scholar put it, 'What is asked in passion, is often given in wrath.'
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 106:15
18th Century
Theologian
And he gave them their request - By sending great quantities of quails (Numbers 11:31–32).
But sent leann…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 106:13–33
19th Century
Bishop
These twenty verses cover the desert wanderings, beginning with the discontented spirit mentioned in Exodus 15:23.
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 106:13–15
19th Century
Preacher
They waited not for his counsel: But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. And he gave them their request; but s…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 106:15
16th Century
Theologian
He gave them their desire. There is a fine play on words involving the Hebrew word רזון, razon, for if, instead of ז, zain
John Gill
On Psalms 106:15
17th Century
Pastor
And he gave them their request
Flesh and feathered fowl in great abundance; see (Psalms 78:27–29) . So G…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 106:13–33
17th Century
Minister
Those who will not wait for God's counsel will justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. An undue desire, even …