Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 105:31
He (p) spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, [and] lice in all their coasts.
(p) So that this vermin did not come by chance, but as God had appointed, and his prophet Moses spoke.
He (p) spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, [and] lice in all their coasts.
(p) So that this vermin did not come by chance, but as God had appointed, and his prophet Moses spoke.
See an account of these plagues in Exo. 6–11. Compare Psalms 78:43. This is mostly a mere enumeration of the plagues in the order in which they occurred, but without, of course, the details of the cir...
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
AND. [And there came]. coasts. borders, or boundaries....
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...
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. -The three plagues omitted out of the ten are the murrain of the cattle and the boils, the fifth and the sixth, and the darkness, the ninth;...
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...
DIVERS SORTS] RV 'swarms.' COASTS] RV 'borders.' So in Psalms 105:33....
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...
אָ֭מַר וַ יָּבֹ֣א עָרֹ֑ב כִּ֝נִּ֗ים בְּ כָל
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...
LED BY A MIGHTY HAND Psalms 105:31 Notice in this enumeration of the plagues that the emphasis in each is laid on God's direct act. _He_ is the great agent of his own purposes. The tenth plague, Psal...
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...
_Evermore. Phinees thus by his pious zeal, merited (Worthington) God's favour, and the high priesthood (Numbers xxv. 13.; Calmet) for his posterity, for 900 years, though the latter promise seems to h...
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...
31._He spake, and there came a swarm of flies _By the word _spake _the Psalmist intimates that _the flies _and _lice _came not forth by chance. The command, we know, was uttered by the mouth of Moses;...
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...
HE SPAKE, AND THERE CAME DIVERS SORTS OF FLIES,.... Or a "mixture" z of various insects, and, as some interpret it, of wild beasts; and so Kimchi says evil beasts are meant, which were raised up to go...
He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, [and] lice in all their coasts. Ver. 31. _He stake, and there came divers sorts of flies_] Heb. a mixture, _sc._ of wasps, hornets, dog flies (the most...
_He sent darkness_, &c. This was one of the last plagues, though here mentioned first: God sent darkness, and, coming with commission from him, it came with efficacy; his command _made it dark. And th...
THANKSGIVING FOR GOD'S BENEFITS. After an exhortation to praise God, directed especially to the congregation of Israel, the psalmist offers his reasons for the admonition presented, in a summary of I...
He spake, through the mouth of His representative, Moses, AND THERE CAME DIVERS SORTS OF FLIES AND LICE IN ALL THEIR COASTS, Exodus 8:16....
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...
Or, borders, i.e. in all their land, even to the utmost ends or borders of it....
Psalms 105:31 spoke H559 (H8804) came H935 (H8799) flies H6157 lice H3654 territory H1366 there -...
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...
Exodus 8:16; Exodus 8:21; Isaiah 7:18; Psalms 78:45...
Coasts — In all their land, even to the utmost borders of it....