Psalms 105:27-37

27 They performed miracles among them, And wonders in the land of Ham.

28 He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn't rebel against his words.

29 He turned their waters into blood, And killed their fish.

30 Their land swarmed with frogs, Even in the chambers of their kings.

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

32 He gave them hail for rain, With lightning in their land.

33 He struck their vines and also their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their country.

34 He spoke, and the locusts came, And the grasshoppers, without number,

35 Ate up every plant in their land; Ate up the fruit of their ground.

36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, The chief of all their strength.

37 He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.

Psalms 105:27-37 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.