Psalms 105:32-42

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.

38 Mitzrayim was glad when they departed, For the fear of them had fallen on them.

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

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

41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.

42 For he remembered his holy word, And Avraham, his servant.

Psalms 105:32-42 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.