Psalm 105:8

8 Er gedenkt ewiglich seines Bundes, des Wortes, das er geboten hat auf tausend Geschlechter hin,

Psalm 105:8 Meaning and 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, which is the source and spring of all.

The word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
that which is properly a covenant with Christ our head on our account, is a word of promise to us; a promise of grace and glory; a free promise, absolute and unconditional: and this he has "commanded", or ordered, decreed, and determined that it shall stand good, and be punctually performed, "to a thousand generations"; that is, for ever; for all his promises are yea and amen in Christ.

Psalm 105:8 In-Context

6 Du Same Abrahams, seines Knechtes, ihr Söhne Jakobs, seine Auserwählten!
7 Er, Jehova, ist unser Gott; seine Gerichte sind auf der ganzen Erde.
8 Er gedenkt ewiglich seines Bundes, des Wortes, das er geboten hat auf tausend Geschlechter hin,
9 Den er gemacht hat mit Abraham, und seines Eides, den er Isaak geschworen hat.
10 Und er stellte ihn Jakob zur Satzung, Israel zum ewigen Bunde,
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