Psalm 105:6-15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 105:1-7

Our devotion is here warmly excited; and we are stirred up, that we may stir up ourselves to praise God. Observe, I. The duties to which we are here called, and they are many, but the tendency of them all is to give unto God the glory due unto his name. 1. We must give thanks to him, as one who has always been our bountiful benefactor and requires only that we give him thanks for his favours?poor returns for rich receivings. 2. Call upon his name, as one whom you depend upon for further... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 105:8-24

We are here taught, in praising God, to look a great way back, and to give him the glory of what he did for his church in former ages, especially when it was in the founding and forming, which those in its latter ages enjoy the benefit of and therefore should give thanks for. Doubtless we may fetch as proper matter for praise from the histories of the gospels, and the acts of the apostles, which relate the birth of the Christian church, as the psalmist here does from the histories of Genesis... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:6

O ye seed of Abraham his servant ,.... These are the persons all along before addressed; the Israelites, who descended from Abraham, were his natural seed and offspring, and who had reason to give thanks unto the Lord and praise his name, since so many and such wonderful things had been done for them; though all that were his natural seed were not the children of God; and such who have the same faith he had, and tread in the steps he did, are Christ's, and partakers of his grace; these are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:7

He is the lord our God ,.... Here begin the arguments to excite to praise and thankfulness; and the first is taken from what God is, and is to us; he is Jehovah, the Being of beings, a self-existent Being, the author of all beings, but receives his own from none; being undivided, independent, and self-sufficient, invariably and unchangeably the same, which is, and was, and is to come; and who has a sovereign power and authority over all creatures, whose name alone is Jehovah; nor is that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:8

He hath remembered his covenant for ever ,.... Another argument of praise taken from the covenant of grace, in which he is our God, and of which he is ever mindful; he remembers his covenant ones, whom he perfectly knows, and never forgets them; he remembers his covenant promises to them, and allows them to put him in remembrance of them; he has respect unto his covenant, and the blessings of it, and bestows them on his people; gives them the sure mercies of David; and he remembers his love,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:9

Which covenant he made with Abraham ,.... Or made it known unto him, and showed him his particular interest in it; promised that he would be his God, that he would bless him; and that in his seed, the Messiah, that should spring from him, all nations of the earth should be blessed, Genesis 12:2 , compare with this Luke 1:72 . And his oath unto Isaac : he made known to Isaac the oath which he swore to Abraham, and promised to perform it, Genesis 26:3 , or concerning Isaac F1 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:10

And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law ,.... The son of Isaac, and the grandson of Abraham, to whom it was renewed and confirmed, Genesis 28:13 . It is true of his posterity that go by his name, and even of all the spiritual Israel of God, to whom this covenant is confirmed and made sure: or "caused to stand" F2 יעמידה "stare fecit", Vatablus. , as the word is; by the faithfulness of God by his oath annexed to his word, and by the death of his Son: when this is said to be "for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:11

Saying, unto thee will I give the land of Canaan ,.... To each of the above persons, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their posterity, the children of Israel. Not that the word "saying", as Gussetius F3 Ebr. Comment. p. 822. well observes, signifies that the words following it are expressive of the covenant, for that is expressed Psalm 105:7 , the main article, sum, and substance of it, being this, that the Lord was their God; but it only signifies that this earthly promise was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:12

When they were but a few men in number ,.... Or "men of number" F4 מתי מספר "viros numeri", Montanus; so Vatablus, Gejerus, Michaelis. , that might easily be numbered; see Genesis 34:30 , when this covenant, promise, and oath, were first made to Abraham, he was alone, and had no child; and when his posterity were increased in Jacob's time, and sojourned in Egypt, they were but few, though greatly enlarged when they came out of it: in comparison of other nations, they were the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:13

When they went from one nation to another ,.... From Chaldea to Mesopotamia; from thence to Canaan, and then into Egypt; and after that to Canaan again: which was the tour that Abraham took; and when in Canaan, and travelling from place to place there, might be said to go from nation to nation, since there were seven nations in that country. From one kingdom to another people ; from the kingdom of Palestine or Canaan to Egypt, which was a strange people; and of another language, as... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 105:1-7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 105:8-24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 105:13

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