Psalms 105:30-40

30 Their land swarmed with frogs In the chambers of their kings.

31 He spake, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their borders.

32 He gave them hail for rain, [And] flaming fire in their land.

33 He smote their vines also and their fig-trees, And brake the trees of their borders.

34 He spake, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, and that without number,

35 And did eat up every herb in their land, And did eat up the fruit of their ground.

36 He smote also all the first-born in their land, The chief of all their strength.

37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold; And there was not one feeble person among his tribes.

38 Egypt was glad when they departed; For the fear of them had fallen upon them.

39 He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.

40 They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Psalms 105:30-40 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.