Psalms 106:23

He threatened ¹  to destroy them, but ²  Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him ³  and turned back his destructive anger. ⁴ 

Ex 32:10,11,32; Ex 32:14; Nu 16:5; De 9:13,14,19,25; De 10:10; Ps 105:6,26; Jer 5:1; Eze 13:5; Eze 20:13,14; Eze 22:30; Mt 12:18; Joh 15:16,19; Jas 5:16

¹ tn Heb “and he said.”

² tn Heb “if not,” that is, “[and would have] if [Moses] had not.”

³ tn Heb “stood in the gap before him.”

⁴ tn Heb “to turn back his anger from destroying.”

sn Verses 19-23 describe the events of Exod 32:1-35.