Abraham appears alongside Isaac and Jacob as part of God's "chosen ones" (v. 6) rather than in his typical role as covenant recipient, uniquely emphasizing collective identity over individual promise.
Psalms 105
God's Faithfulness to Israel
1Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
2Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
3Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
5Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
6you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7He is the LORD, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
8He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
9the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
10and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,”
12when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
13They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
14He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
15“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
16He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
17He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
18They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
19until the time that his word happened, and the LORD’s word proved him true.
20The king sent and freed him, even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
21He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions,
22to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
23Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
24He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
25He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
26He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.
29He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
30Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
31He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
32He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
33He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
34He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number.
35They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
37He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.
39He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
40They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
42For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
43He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.
44He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
45that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise the LORD!
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Psalm 105 is a historical hymn that celebrates God's faithfulness to His covenant promises throughout Israel's history. The psalm recounts key moments from Abraham's call through the Exodus, emphasizing how God sovereignly orchestrated events to fulfill His promises to the patriarchs. It serves as both worship and instruction, calling God's people to remember His mighty works and trust in His unchanging covenant faithfulness.
Context
This psalm pairs with Psalm 106, which contrasts God's faithfulness with Israel's unfaithfulness, together providing a balanced view of covenant history.
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Outline
- 1-6 Call to Praise and Remember Opening exhortation to worship God and remember His works, addressed specifically to Abraham's descendants
- 7-11 God's Eternal Covenant Declaration of God's everlasting covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob regarding the promised land
- 12-22 Protection of the Patriarchs God's providential care for the small family of patriarchs, including Joseph's rise to power in Egypt
- 23-25 Israel's Growth in Egypt Jacob's family multiplying in Egypt and the Egyptians' growing hostility toward them
- 26-36 Moses and the Plagues God's sending of Moses and Aaron, and the ten plagues that demonstrated His power over Egypt
- 37-45 The Exodus and Conquest Israel's departure from Egypt with wealth, wilderness provision, and entrance into the promised land
God's Faithfulness to Israel
105:1–105:45 poetry song celebratory
A historical psalm recounting God's covenant faithfulness to Israel through the patriarchal narratives and early history, emphasizing His protective care and fulfilled promises.
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Abraham appears alongside Isaac and Jacob as part of God's "chosen ones" (v. 6) rather than in his typical role as covenant recipient, uniquely emphasizing collective identity over individual promise.
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Psalms 105:2 1 reference
Psalms 105:3 1 reference
Psalms 105:4 1 reference
Psalms 105:5 1 reference
Psalms 105:6 2 references
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Psalms 105:9 1 reference
Psalms 105:10 1 reference
Psalms 105:11 1 reference
Psalms 105:12 3 references
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1 Chronicles 16:19 Lexical
when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
Deuteronomy 26:5 Lexical
You shall answer and say before the LORD your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and…
Jeremiah 44:28 Lexical
Those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah few in number. All the remnant of…
Psalms 105:14 1 reference
Psalms 105:15 1 reference
Psalms 105:16 4 references
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Ezekiel 14:13 Lexical
“Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff…
Ezekiel 5:16 Lexical
when I send on them the evil arrows of famine that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you. I will increas…
Ezekiel 4:16 Lexical
Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem. They will eat bread by weight…
Leviticus 26:26 Lexical
When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again b…
Psalms 105:18 1 reference
Psalms 105:24 1 reference
Psalms 105:33 3 references
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Haggai 2:19 Lexical
Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven’t produced. From tod…
Joel 1:12 Lexical
The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered— the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all…
Joel 2:22 Lexical
Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. T…
Psalms 105:34 3 references
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Joel 1:4 Lexical
What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten…
Joel 2:25 Lexical
I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpill…
Nahum 3:15 Lexical
There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grass…
Psalms 105:36 3 references
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Genesis 49:3 Lexical
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
Deuteronomy 21:17 Lexical
but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he…
Psalms 78:51 Lexical
and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
Psalms 105:39 5 references
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Exodus 13:21 Lexical
The LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to g…
Nehemiah 9:19 Lexical
yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them…
Nehemiah 9:12 Lexical
Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in w…
Exodus 14:20 Lexical
It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. There was the cloud and the darkness, yet it gave light by nig…
Exodus 40:38 Lexical
For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all th…
Psalms 105:41 1 reference
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