Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
In this way they made themselves spiritually unclean through their own actions, and were unfaithful to God by chasing after things they had created themselves.
The writer is saying that the people corrupted themselves by turning away from God to worship things they had made with their own hands.
📚 Historical Context
Psalms 106 is a psalm that recounts the history of Israel's repeated rebellions against God, drawing from events in the Old Testament like the Exodus and their time in the wilderness. In this verse, it specifically addresses how the Israelites defiled themselves by turning to idolatry and creating their own religious practices, such as worshiping false gods influenced by the surrounding Canaanite cultures. This reflects a broader pattern of unfaithfulness in their covenant relationship with God despite His faithfulness to them.
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