Psalm 105:1-6

1 Danket dem HERRN und predigt seinen Namen; verkündigt sein Tun unter den Völkern!

2 Singet von ihm und lobet ihn; redet von allen seinen Wundern!

3 Rühmet seinen heiligen Namen; es freue sich das Herz derer, die den HERRN suchen!

4 Fraget nach dem HERRN und nach seiner Macht, suchet sein Antlitz allewege!

5 Gedenket seiner Wunderwerke, die er getan hat, seiner Wunder und der Gerichte seines Mundes,

6 ihr, der Same Abrahams, seines Knechtes, ihr Kinder Jakobs, seine Auserwählten!

Psalm 105:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 105

This psalm was penned by David, and sung at the time when the ark was brought from the house of Obededom to the place which David had prepared for it; at least the first fifteen verses of it, the other part being probably added afterwards by the same inspired penman, as appears from 1Ch 16:1-7. The subject matter of the psalm is the special and distinguishing goodness of God to the children of Israel, and to his church and people, of which they were typical: the history of God's regard to and care of their principal ancestors, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph and of the whole body of the people, in bringing them out of Egypt, leading them through the wilderness, and settling them in the land of Canaan, is here recited, as an argument for praise and thankfulness.