Psalms 105:8-18

8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

9 [The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,

10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;

12 When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it.

13 And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.

14 He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

15 [Saying], Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.

16 And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.

17 He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:

18 His feet they hurt with fetters: He was laid in [chains of] iron,

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.