Psalms 105:29-39

29 He turned their rivers into blood ¹ and killed all their fish.

30 Their country was overrun with frogs; ² even the palace was filled with them.

31 God commanded, and flies and gnats ³ swarmed throughout the whole country.

32 He sent hail and lightning on their land ⁴ instead of rain;

33 he destroyed their grapevines and fig trees and broke down all the trees.

34 He commanded, and the locusts came, ⁵ countless millions of them;

35 they ate all the plants in the land; they ate all the crops.

36 He killed the first-born sons ⁶ of all the families of Egypt.

37 Then he led the Israelites out; ⁷ they carried silver and gold, and all of them were healthy and strong.

38 The Egyptians were afraid of them and were glad when they left.

39 God put a cloud over his people ⁸ and a fire at night to give them light.

Psalms 105:29-39 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.

Cross References

• 1. 105.29Exodus 7.17-21.
• 2. 105.30Exodus 8.1-6.
• 3. 105.31 aExodus 8.20-24; bExodus 8.16, 17.
• 4. 105.32, 33Exodus 9.22-25.
• 5. 105.34, 35Exodus 10.12-15.
• 6. 105.36Exodus 12.29.
• 7. 105.37, 38Exodus 12.33-36.
• 8. 105.39Exodus 13.21, 22.