Psalm 105:34-45

34 He spoke and grasshoppers came; the locusts were too many to count.

35 They ate all the plants in the land and everything the earth produced.

36 The Lord also killed all the firstborn sons in the land, the oldest son of each family.

37 Then he brought his people out, and they carried with them silver and gold. Not one of his people stumbled.

38 The Egyptians were glad when they left, because the Egyptians were afraid of them.

39 The Lord covered them with a cloud and lit up the night with fire.

40 When they asked, he brought them quail and filled them with bread from heaven.

41 God split the rock, and water flowed out; it ran like a river through the desert.

42 He remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.

43 So God brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing.

44 He gave them lands of other nations, so they received what others had worked for.

45 This was so they would keep his orders and obey his teachings.

Psalm 105:34-45 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.