Psalm 105:24

24 Und er ließ sein Volk sehr wachsen und machte sie mächtiger denn ihre Feinde.

Psalm 105:24 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 105:24

And he increased his people greatly
God increased the people of Israel greatly in the land of Egypt; they went down few, and became a populous nation; only sixty six persons, besides Jacob's sons' wives; and when they came out from thence were six hundred thousand footmen; yea, they increased the more they were afflicted, ( Exodus 1:12 ) . So the people of God in this world sometimes increase in number, and that even amidst the persecutions of their enemies; as the Christians did in the first times of the Gospel under the Roman emperors; and they increase in grace, in every grace, and oftentimes the more they are tried and exercised by afflictions.

And made them stronger than their enemies;
in their bodies, being more healthy, strong, and robust; and which was seen, observed, and owned by their enemies, ( Exodus 1:9 ) . So saints, being strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might, are a match for their enemies; are stronger than they, and are even more than conquerors through Christ, that has loved them.

Psalm 105:24 In-Context

22 daß er seine Fürsten unterwiese nach seiner Weise und seine Ältesten Weisheit lehrte.

23 Und Israel zog nach Ägypten, und Jakob ward ein Fremdling im Lande Hams.

24 Und er ließ sein Volk sehr wachsen und machte sie mächtiger denn ihre Feinde.

25 Er verkehrte jener Herz, daß sie seinem Volk gram wurden und dachten, seine Knechte mit List zu dämpfen.

26 Er sandte seinen Knecht Mose, Aaron, den er erwählt hatte.