Psalms 106:40

“Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people - Anger is often compared with a fire; as we say now, a man is “inflamed” with passion. See Esther 1:12; Lamentations 2:3; Psalms 79:5; Psalms 89:46; Jeremiah 4:4; Judges 2:14. Of course, this must be taken in a manner appropriate to God. It means that his treatment of his offending people was as if he were burning with wrath against them. Insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance - He was offended with his people; he treated them “as if” they were an abomination to him. He punished them; he cast them off; he left them to the just results of their own conduct. Were ever any writers more candid and honest than the sacred…”

“106:40-46 The psalmist returns to the Babylonian exile (106:26-27). The Lord judged Israel severely, but he also restrained his wrath, remembering the covenant he had made with Abraham. 106:40 God abhorred Israel’s sin, as he does all sin.”

“the wrath: Psa 78:59-62; Jdg 2:14, Jdg 2:20, Jdg 3:8; Neh 9:27-38 insomuch: Lev 20:23; Deu 32:19; Zac 11:8 his own: Psa 74:1; Deu 9:29; Lam 2:7 Psalms 106:41”