Psalmen 105:24

24 En Hij deed Zijn volk zeer wassen, en maakte het machtiger dan Zijn tegenpartijders.

Psalmen 105:24 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 105:24

And he increased his people greatly
God increased the people of Israel greatly in the land of Egypt; they went down few, and became a populous nation; only sixty six persons, besides Jacob's sons' wives; and when they came out from thence were six hundred thousand footmen; yea, they increased the more they were afflicted, ( Exodus 1:12 ) . So the people of God in this world sometimes increase in number, and that even amidst the persecutions of their enemies; as the Christians did in the first times of the Gospel under the Roman emperors; and they increase in grace, in every grace, and oftentimes the more they are tried and exercised by afflictions.

And made them stronger than their enemies;
in their bodies, being more healthy, strong, and robust; and which was seen, observed, and owned by their enemies, ( Exodus 1:9 ) . So saints, being strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might, are a match for their enemies; are stronger than they, and are even more than conquerors through Christ, that has loved them.

Psalmen 105:24 In-Context

22 Om zijn vorsten te binden naar zijn lust, en zijn oudsten te onderwijzen.

23 Daarna kwam Israel in Egypte, en Jakob verkeerde als vreemdeling in het land van Cham.

24 En Hij deed Zijn volk zeer wassen, en maakte het machtiger dan Zijn tegenpartijders.

25 Hij keerde hun hart om, dat zij Zijn volk haatten, dat zij met Zijn knechten listiglijk handelden.

26 Hij zond Mozes, Zijn knecht, en Aaron, dien Hij verkoren had.