Psalms 105:8-18

8 He will keep his covenant forever. He will keep his promise for all time to come.

9 He will keep the covenant he made with Abraham. He will keep the oath he took when he made his promise to Isaac.

10 He made it stand as a law for Jacob. He made it stand as a covenant for Israel. It will last forever.

11 He said, "I will give you the land of Canaan. It will belong to you."

12 At first there weren't very many of God's people. There were only a few. And they were strangers in the land.

13 They wandered from nation to nation. They wandered from one kingdom to another.

14 But God didn't allow anyone to beat them down. To keep them safe, he gave a command to kings.

15 He said to them, "Do not touch my anointed ones. Do not harm my prophets."

16 He made the people in the land go hungry. He destroyed all their food supplies.

17 He sent a man ahead of them into Egypt. That man was Joseph. He had been sold as a slave.

18 The Egyptians put his feet in chains. They put an iron collar around his neck.

Psalms 105:8-18 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.