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Psalms 105:27
They showed His signs among them, which the Lord intended for strong admonitions addressed to the Egyptians and Pharaoh, and wonders in the land of Ham, in the great plagues.
They showed His signs among them, which the Lord intended for strong admonitions addressed to the Egyptians and Pharaoh, and wonders in the land of Ham, in the great plagues.
Verse Psalms 105:27. _THEY SHOWED HIS SIGNS_] Here is a reference to the _plagues_ with which God afflicted the Egyptians. See the places in the margin, and the notes on them....
THEY SHEWED HIS SIGNS AMONG THEM - literally, “They placed among them the words of his signs.” So the margin. The reference is to the miracles performed in Egypt in bringing calamities upon the Egypti...
Psalms 105 AND 106 The Memories of the Past The last two Psalms of this fourth section review the entire history of Israel up to the time of the judges. It is the story of God's faithfulness and merc...
CV. HEBREW HISTORY FROM ABRAHAM TO JOSHUA. Psalms 105:1. Introductory. An invitation to praise God. Psalms 105:7. The covenant and promise of Canaan. Psalms 105:12. Yahweh's kindness to the
THEY. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "He". Compare Psalms 78:43. HIS SIGNS. The words of His signs. LAND OF HAM: i.e. Egypt. Compare Psalms 78:51; Psalms 106:22....
PSALMS 105 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Hymn of Praise to Jehovah for Giving Israel a Covenant Land in which to Observe His Law. ANALYSIS The Main Design of this Psalm is clearly to Endear the Land to the P...
They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. THEY SHOWED HIS SIGNS - literally, 'the things (Hebrew, words) of His signs;' i:e., whole series of His signs, (: cf. the same Hebrai...
This Ps. and the following one form a closely connected pair, and may be looked on as by the same author. From the closing vv. of Psalms 106 it appears that they were written after the first return fr...
Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ ISRAEL IN EGYPT PSALMS 105 Jesus lived in Egypt until Herod died. So, what the *Lord said to the *prophet really happened. He said, "I have brought my son out of...
THEY SHEWED. — Literally, _They placed, i.e.,_ did. HIS SIGNS. — Literally (as in margin), _the words of his tokens;_ but it may also be rendered, “the details of his signs.”(Comp. Psalms 65:3 : “mat...
שָֽׂמוּ ־בָ֭ם דִּבְרֵ֣י אֹתֹותָ֑יו וּ֝ מֹפְתִ֗ים...
Psalms 105:1 IT is a reasonable conjecture that the Hallelujah at the end of Psalms 104:1, where it is superfluous, properly belongs to this psalm, which would then be assimilated to Psalms 106:1, whi...
WONDERS IN EGYPT Psalms 105:16 The psalmist retells the story of Joseph, as a link in the chain of providences which secured the fulfillment of the Covenant. It may be that it was also introduced to...
This and the following psalm are companions. They reveal the two sides of the relation between God and His people during a long period. This one sings the song of His faithfulness and power; while the...
It would swell this Commentary to a prodigious length, to go over the history, and the explanation of the events here recorded. I rather refer the Reader to the Bible, Exodus 7:1 to Exodus 10:1. But w...
27._They set among them the words of his signs _(223) The prophet, in the first place, briefly glances at those things which Moses has detailed at greater length. Nor does he follow the order of the e...
Psalms 105 offers thanksgiving to Jehovah, and calls on the seed of Abraham and Jacob to remember Him and glory in His name. Verses 7-8 (Psalms 105:7-8) give the occasion. He is Jehovah, their God. Hi...
THEY SHOWED HIS SIGNS AMONG THEM,.... The Egyptians to whom they were sent; that is, Moses and Aaron did. In the original it is, "the words of his signs" x. They declared the words of God to them, tha...
They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. Ver. 27. _They showed his signs_] Heb. the words of his signs; for God's wondrous works are vocal, they are real sermons of God's pow...
_He sent Moses_, &c. “When the tyranny and oppression of Pharaoh were at the highest, and Israel cried unto Jehovah because of the bondage, he remembered his promise to Abraham, and sent Moses, with A...
SIGNS: _ Heb._ words of his signs...
24-45 As the believer commonly thrives best in his soul when under the cross; so the church also flourishes most in true holiness, and increases in number, while under persecution. Yet instruments sh...
HIS SIGNS, Heb. _the words of his signs_; an emphatical expression. First they boldly declared the word and will of God concerning the several plagues, and then they actually inflicted them....
Psalms 105:27 performed H7760 (H8804) signs H226 H1697 wonders H4159 land H776 Ham H2526 They -...
Psalms 105:26. _He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not aga...
CONTENTS: Jehovah extolled for His deliverances of Israel. The coming forth from Egypt described. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist, Moses, Aaron, Jacob, Joseph, Abraham. CONCLUSION: God's marvelous works w...
This psalm, to Psalms 105:15, is the same as 1 Chronicles 16:8: whence it is evident that David was the author. It celebrates the dealings of God with Israel, from the call of Abraham to their settlem...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 105:1. Psalms 105:1 is a historical psalm, like Psalms 78
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 105:24 The next section recounts events from the book of Exodus 1:1, focusing on how God used Moses to lead the people out of Egypt, as he had promised (see...
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm,” says Perowne, “like the 78th and the 106th, has for its theme the early history of Israel, and God’s wonders wrought on behalf of the nation; but it differs from both those...
EXPOSITION This is sometimes called a "Hallelujah psalm," since it ends with that phrase. It is a song of praise to God for his dealings with his people, resembling in its general character Psalms 78:...
O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk of all of his wondrous works (Psalms 105:1-2). Now we are exhorted her...
Deuteronomy 4:34; Exodus 11:10; Isaiah 63:11; Isaiah 63:12; Je