PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 105:1. Psalms 105:1 is a historical psalm, like Psalms 78:1 and Psalms 106:1. It is a celebration of God’s faithful dealings with his people. It particularly remembers episodes from the Pentateuch in which the people interacted with powerful foreigners who might have harme... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 105:7 The next section describes in general what the Lord has done. He has displayed his JUDGMENTS... IN ALL THE EARTH, and he “remembers his covenant forever.” The rest of the psalm will give specific examples to support this claim. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTag... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 105:8 REMEMBERS HIS COVENANT FOREVER. For this expression, see Psalms 111:5; Exodus 2:24; Leviticus 26:42; Jeremiah 14:21. For God remembering, see note on Ps. 25:6–7. A THOUSAND GENERATIONS. See Exodus 34:7 and... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 105:10 EVERLASTING COVENANT refers to the promise that Israel will possess the land and remain as God’s people (see Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:19). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 105:12 God watches over his people. The first specific example of this comes from Genesis 20:1, when Abraham stayed in Gerar. When the king of Gerar took Sarah to be his wife, it would seem to have put at risk God’s promise to give Abraham a son from Sarah. But God protected the... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 105:15 ANOINTED ONES. God specially selected Abraham and his offspring to be his people. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 105:16 FAMINE. See Genesis 41:57; Genesis 42:5. The psalm sees Joseph’s troubles with the eye of faith, saying that God HAD SENT Joseph (see Genesis 45:5). Joseph was sold into slavery and rose to power in Egypt as an expression of God’s faithful care for his people during the f... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Genesis 15:13). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 105:36 THE FIRSTBORN. The tenth and climactic plague (Exodus 12:29). See also Psalms 78:51. For the “firstborn” as the FIRSTFRUITS OF ALL THEIR STRENGTH, see Genesis 49:3 and Deuteronomy 21:17. ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 105:42 The final section rushes ahead from the events of Exodus 1:1 to the time of Joshua, recalling that God REMEMBERED HIS HOLY PROMISE to establish his people in the land. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]