1 הוֹדוּH3034 לַיהוָהH3068 קִרְאוּH7121 בִּשְׁמוֹH8034 הוֹדִיעוּH3045 בָעַמִּיםH5971 עֲלִילוֹתָֽיוH5949
2 שִֽׁירוּH7891 לוֹH0 זַמְּרוּH2167 לוֹH0 שִׂיחוּH7878 בְּכָלH3605 נִפְלְאוֹתָֽיוH6381
3 הִֽתְהַלְלוּH1984 בְּשֵׁםH8034 קָדְשׁוֹH6944 יִשְׂמַחH8055 לֵבH3820 מְבַקְשֵׁיH1245 יְהוָֽהH3068
4 דִּרְשׁוּH1875 יְהוָהH3068 וְעֻזּוֹH5797 בַּקְּשׁוּH1245 פָנָיוH6440 תָּמִֽידH8548
5 זִכְרוּH2142 נִפְלְאוֹתָיוH6381 אֲשֶׁרH834 עָשָׂהH6213 מֹפְתָיוH4159 וּמִשְׁפְּטֵיH4941 פִֽיוH6310
6 זֶרַעH2233 אַבְרָהָםH85 עַבְדּוֹH5650 בְּנֵיH1121 יַעֲקֹבH3290 בְּחִירָֽיוH972
7 הוּאH1931 יְהוָהH3068 אֱלֹהֵינוּH430 בְּכָלH3605 הָאָרֶץH776 מִשְׁפָּטָֽיוH4941
8 זָכַרH2142 לְעוֹלָםH5769 בְּרִיתוֹH1285 דָּבָרH1697 צִוָּהH6680 לְאֶלֶףH505 דּֽוֹרH1755
9 אֲשֶׁרH834 כָּרַתH3772 אֶתH854 אַבְרָהָםH85 וּשְׁבוּעָתוֹH7621 לְיִשְׂחָֽקH3446
10 וַיַּֽעֲמִידֶהָH5975 לְיַעֲקֹבH3290 לְחֹקH2706 לְיִשְׂרָאֵלH3478 בְּרִיתH1285 עוֹלָֽםH5769
11 לֵאמֹרH559 לְךָH0 אֶתֵּןH5414 אֶתH853 אֶֽרֶץH776 כְּנָעַןH3667 חֶבֶלH2256 נַחֲלַתְכֶֽםH5159
12 בִּֽהְיוֹתָםH1961 מְתֵיH4962 מִסְפָּרH4557 כִּמְעַטH4592 וְגָרִיםH1481 בָּֽהּH0
13 וַֽיִּתְהַלְּכוּH1980 מִגּוֹיH1471 אֶלH413 גּוֹיH1471 מִמַּמְלָכָהH4467 אֶלH413 עַםH5971 אַחֵֽרH312
14 לֹֽאH3808 הִנִּיחַH3240 אָדָםH120 לְעָשְׁקָםH6231 וַיּוֹכַחH3198 עֲלֵיהֶםH5921 מְלָכִֽיםH4428
15 אַֽלH408 תִּגְּעוּH5060 בִמְשִׁיחָיH4899 וְלִנְבִיאַיH5030 אַלH408 תָּרֵֽעוּH7489
16 וַיִּקְרָאH7121 רָעָבH7458 עַלH5921 הָאָרֶץH776 כָּֽלH3605 מַטֵּהH4294 לֶחֶםH3899 שָׁבָֽרH7665
17 שָׁלַחH7971 לִפְנֵיהֶםH6440 אִישׁH376 לְעֶבֶדH5650 נִמְכַּרH4376 יוֹסֵֽףH3130
18 עִנּוּH6031 בַכֶּבֶלH3525 רגליוH7272 רַגְלוֹH7272 בַּרְזֶלH1270 בָּאָהH935 נַפְשֽׁוֹH5315
19 עַדH5704 עֵתH6256 בֹּֽאH935 דְבָרוֹH1697 אִמְרַתH565 יְהוָהH3068 צְרָפָֽתְהוּH6884
20 שָׁלַחH7971 מֶלֶךְH4428 וַיַּתִּירֵהוּH5425 מֹשֵׁלH4910 עַמִּיםH5971 וַֽיְפַתְּחֵֽהוּH6605
21 שָׂמוֹH7760 אָדוֹןH113 לְבֵיתוֹH1004 וּמֹשֵׁלH4910 בְּכָלH3605 קִנְיָנֽוֹH7075
22 לֶאְסֹרH631 שָׂרָיוH8269 בְּנַפְשׁוֹH5315 וּזְקֵנָיוH2205 יְחַכֵּֽםH2449
23 וַיָּבֹאH935 יִשְׂרָאֵלH3478 מִצְרָיִםH4714 וְיַעֲקֹבH3290 גָּרH1481 בְּאֶֽרֶץH776 חָֽםH2526
24 וַיֶּפֶרH6509 אֶתH853 עַמּוֹH5971 מְאֹדH3966 וַיַּֽעֲצִמֵהוּH6105 מִצָּרָֽיוH6862
25 הָפַךְH2015 לִבָּםH3820 לִשְׂנֹאH8130 עַמּוֹH5971 לְהִתְנַכֵּלH5230 בַּעֲבָדָֽיוH5650
26 שָׁלַחH7971 מֹשֶׁהH4872 עַבְדּוֹH5650 אַהֲרֹןH175 אֲשֶׁרH834 בָּֽחַרH977 בּֽוֹH0
27 שָֽׂמוּH7760 בָםH0 דִּבְרֵיH1697 אֹתוֹתָיוH226 וּמֹפְתִיםH4159 בְּאֶרֶץH776 חָֽםH2526
28 שָׁלַֽחH7971 חֹשֶׁךְH2822 וַיַּחְשִׁךְH2821 וְלֹֽאH3808 מָרוּH4784 אֶתH854 דברווH1697 דְּבָרֽוֹH1697
29 הָפַךְH2015 אֶתH853 מֵימֵיהֶםH4325 לְדָםH1818 וַיָּמֶתH4191 אֶתH853 דְּגָתָֽםH1710
30 שָׁרַץH8317 אַרְצָםH776 צְפַרְדְּעִיםH6854 בְּחַדְרֵיH2315 מַלְכֵיהֶֽםH4428
31 אָמַרH559 וַיָּבֹאH935 עָרֹבH6157 כִּנִּיםH3654 בְּכָלH3605 גְּבוּלָֽםH1366
32 נָתַןH5414 גִּשְׁמֵיהֶםH1653 בָּרָדH1259 אֵשׁH784 לֶהָבוֹתH3852 בְּאַרְצָֽםH776
33 וַיַּךְH5221 גַּפְנָםH1612 וּתְאֵנָתָםH8384 וַיְשַׁבֵּרH7665 עֵץH6086 גְּבוּלָֽםH1366
34 אָמַרH559 וַיָּבֹאH935 אַרְבֶּהH697 וְיֶלֶקH3218 וְאֵיןH369 מִסְפָּֽרH4557
35 וַיֹּאכַלH398 כָּלH3605 עֵשֶׂבH6212 בְּאַרְצָםH776 וַיֹּאכַלH398 פְּרִיH6529 אַדְמָתָֽםH127
36 וַיַּךְH5221 כָּלH3605 בְּכוֹרH1060 בְּאַרְצָםH776 רֵאשִׁיתH7225 לְכָלH3605 אוֹנָֽםH202
37 וַֽיּוֹצִיאֵםH3318 בְּכֶסֶףH3701 וְזָהָבH2091 וְאֵיןH369 בִּשְׁבָטָיוH7626 כּוֹשֵֽׁלH3782
38 שָׂמַחH8055 מִצְרַיִםH4714 בְּצֵאתָםH3318 כִּֽיH3588 נָפַלH5307 פַּחְדָּםH6343 עֲלֵיהֶֽםH5921
39 פָּרַשׂH6566 עָנָןH6051 לְמָסָךְH4539 וְאֵשׁH784 לְהָאִירH215 לָֽיְלָהH3915
40 שָׁאַלH7592 וַיָּבֵאH935 שְׂלָוH7958 וְלֶחֶםH3899 שָׁמַיִםH8064 יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽםH7646
41 פָּתַחH6605 צוּרH6697 וַיָּזוּבוּH2100 מָיִםH4325 הָלְכוּH1980 בַּצִּיּוֹתH6723 נָהָֽרH5104
42 כִּֽיH3588 זָכַרH2142 אֶתH853 דְּבַרH1697 קָדְשׁוֹH6944 אֶֽתH853 אַבְרָהָםH85 עַבְדּֽוֹH5650
43 וַיּוֹצִאH3318 עַמּוֹH5971 בְשָׂשׂוֹןH8342 בְּרִנָּהH7440 אֶתH853 בְּחִירָֽיוH972
44 וַיִּתֵּןH5414 לָהֶםH1992 אַרְצוֹתH776 גּוֹיִםH1471 וַעֲמַלH5999 לְאֻמִּיםH3816 יִירָֽשׁוּH3423
45 בַּעֲבוּרH5668 יִשְׁמְרוּH8104 חֻקָּיוH2706 וְתוֹרֹתָיוH8451 יִנְצֹרוּH5341 הַֽלְלוּH1984 יָֽהּH3050
Jamieson Fausset Brown Bible Commentary 1 After an exhortation to praise God, addressed especially to the chosen people, the writer presents the special reason for praise, in a summary of their history from the calling of Abraham to their settlement in Canaan, and reminds them that their obedience was the end of all God's gracious dealings. (Psa. 105:1-45)
call . . . name-- (
Ps 79:6;
Rom 10:13). Call on Him, according to His historically manifested glory. After the example of Abraham, who, as often as God acquired for Himself a name in guiding him, called in solemn worship upon the name of the Lord (
Gen 12:8;
Gen 13:4).
among the people--or, "peoples" (
Ps 18:49).
deeds--or, "wonders" (
Ps 103:7).
3 Seeking God's favor is the only true mode of getting true happiness, and His strength [
Ps 105:4] is the only true source of protection (compare
Ps 32:11;
Ps 40:16).
Glory . . . name--boast in His perfections. The world glories in its horses and chariots against the Church of God lying in the dust; but our hope is in the name, that is, the power and love of God to His people, manifested in past deliverances.
5 judgments . . . mouth--His judicial decisions for the good and against the wicked.
6 chosen--rather qualifies "children" than "Jacob," as a plural.
7 Rather, "He, Jehovah, is our God." His title, "JEHOVAH," implies that He, the unchangeable, self-existing Being, makes things to be, that is, fulfils His promises, and therefore will not forsake His people. Though specially of His people, He is God over all.
8 The covenant was often ratified.
word--answering to "covenant" [
Ps 105:9] in the parallel clause, namely, the word of promise, which, according to
Ps 105:10, He set forth for an inviolable law.
commanded--or, "ordained" (
Ps 68:28).
to a thousand generations--perpetually. A verbal allusion to
Deut 7:9 (compare
Exod 20:6).
9 Which covenant--or, "Word" (
Ps 105:8).
10 Alluding to God's promise to Jacob (
Gen 28:13). Out of the whole storehouse of the promises of God, only one is prominently brought forward, namely, that concerning the possession of Canaan [
Ps 105:11]. Everything revolves around this. The wonders and judgments have all for their ultimate design the fulfilment of this promise.
12 few . . . in number--alluding to Jacob's words (
Gen 34:30), "I being few in number."
yea, very few--literally, "as a few," that is, like fewness itself (compare
Isa 1:9).
strangers--sojourners in the land of their future inheritance, as in a strange country (
Heb 11:9).
13 from one nation to another--and so from danger to danger; now in Egypt, now in the wilderness, and lastly in Canaan. Though a few strangers, wandering among various nations, God protected them.
14 reproved kings--Pharaoh of Egypt and Abimelech of Gerar (
Gen 12:17;
Gen 20:3).
15 Touch not--referring to
Gen 26:11, where Abimelech says of Isaac, "He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."
mine anointed--as specially consecrated to Me (
Ps 2:2). The patriarch was the prophet, priest, and king of his family.
my prophets--in a similar sense, compare
Gen 20:7. The "anointed" are those vessels of God, consecrated to His service, "in whom (as Pharaoh said of Joseph,
Gen 41:38) the Spirit of God is" [HENGSTENBERG].
16 God ordered the famine. God
called for a famine--as if it were a servant, ready to come at God's bidding. Compare the centurion's words, as to disease being God's servant (
Matt 8:8-
Matt 8:9).
upon the land--namely, Canaan (
Gen 41:54).
staff of bread--what supports life (
Lev 26:26;
Ps 104:15;
Isa 3:1).
17 Joseph was sent of God (
Gen 45:5).
18 hurt with fetters-- (
Gen 40:3).
was laid in iron--literally, "his soul" (see on
Ps 16:10), or, "he came into iron," or, he was bound to his grief (compare
Ps 3:2;
Ps 11:1). The "soul" is put for the whole person, because the soul of the captive suffers still more than the body. Joseph is referred to as being an appropriate type of those "bound in affliction and iron" (
Ps 107:10).
19 his word came--His prophecy (
Gen 41:11-
Gen 41:20) to the officers came to pass, or was fulfilled (
Judg 13:12,
Judg 13:17;
1Sam 9:6, explain the form of speech).
the word of the Lord--or, "saying," or "decree of the Lord."
tried him--or, "proved him," by the afflictions it appointed him to endure before his elevation (compare
Gen 41:40-
Gen 41:43).
22 To bind--Not literally bind; but exercise over them absolute control, as the parallel in the second clause shows; also
Gen 41:40,
Gen 41:44, in which not literal fettering, but commanding obedience, is spoken of. It refers to
Ps 105:18. The soul that was once bound itself now binds others, even princes. The same moral binding is assigned to the saints (
Ps 149:8).
teach . . . senators wisdom--the ground of his exaltation by Pharaoh was his wisdom (
Gen 41:39); namely, in state policy, and ordering well a kingdom.
23 Israel . . . and Jacob--that is, Jacob himself is meant, as
Ps 105:24 speaks of "his people." Still, he came with his whole house (
Gen 46:6-
Gen 46:7).
sojourned-- (
Gen 47:4).
land of Ham--or, Egypt (
Ps 78:51).
25 turned their heart--God controls men's free acts (compare
1Sam 10:9). "When Saul had turned his back to go from (God's prophet) Samuel, God turned (Margin) him another heart" (see
Exod 1:8, &c.). Whatever evil the wicked man plots against God's people, God holds bound even his heart, so as not to lay a single plan except what God permits. Thus Isaiah (
Isa 43:17) says it was God who brought forth the army of Pharaoh to pursue Israel to their own destruction (
Exod 4:21;
Exod 7:3).
26 Moses . . . chosen--both what they were by divine choice (
Ps 78:70).
27 signs--literally, "words of signs," or rather, as "words" in Hebrew means "things," "things of His signs," that is, His marvellous tokens of power (
Ps 145:5, Margin). Compare the same Hebraism (
Ps 65:3, Margin).
28 The ninth plague is made prominent as peculiarly wonderful.
they rebelled not--Moses and Aaron promptly obeyed God (
Heb 11:27); (compare Exo. 7:1-11:10 and
Ps 78:44-
Ps 78:51, with which this summary substantially agrees). Or, rather, the "darkness" here is figurative (
Jer 13:16), the literal plague of darkness (
Exod 10:22-
Exod 10:23) being only alluded to as the symbol of God's wrath which overhung Egypt as a dark cloud during all the plagues. Hence, it is placed first, out of the historical order. Thus, "They rebelled not (that is, no longer) against His word," refers to the Egyptians. Whenever God sent a plague on them, they were ready to let Israel go, though refusing when the plague ceased.
his word--His command to let Israel go [HENGSTENBERG]. Of the ten plagues, only eight are mentioned, the fifth, the murrain of beasts, and the sixth, the boils, being omitted.
29 He deprived them of their favorite "fish," and gave them instead, [
Ps 105:30] out of the water, loathsome "frogs," and (
Ps 105:31) upon their land tormenting "flies" (the dog-fly, according to MAURER) and "lice" (gnats, according to HENGSTENBERG).
32 gave them--referring to
Lev 26:4, "I give you rain in due season." His "gift" to Israel's foes is one of a very different kind from that bestowed on His people.
hail for rain--instead of fertilizing showers, hail destructive to trees. This forms the transition to the vegetable kingdom. The locusts in
Ps 105:34 similarly are destructive to plants.
33 their coasts--all their land (
Ps 78:54).
34 caterpillars--literally, "the lickers up," devouring insects; probably the hairy-winged locust.
36 the chief--literally, "the firstlings." The ascending climax passes from the food of man to man himself. The language here is quoted from
Ps 78:51.
37 with silver and gold--presented them by the Egyptians, as an acknowledgment due for their labors in their bondage (compare
Exod 12:35).
one feeble person--or, "stumbler," unfit for the line of march. Compare "harnessed," that is, accoutred and marshalled as an army on march (
Exod 13:18;
Isa 5:27).
38 (Compare
Exod 12:33;
Deut 11:25).
39 covering--in sense of protection (compare
Exod 13:21;
Num 10:34). In the burning sands of the desert the cloud protected the congregation from the heat of the sun; an emblem of God's protecting favor of His people, as interpreted by Isaiah (
Isa 4:5-
Isa 4:6; compare
Num 9:16).
42 The reasons for these dealings: (1) God's faithfulness to His covenant, "His holy promise" of Canaan, is the fountain whence flowed so many acts of marvellous kindness to His people (compare
Ps 105:8,
Ps 105:11).
Exod 2:24 is the fundamental passage [HENGSTENBERG]. (2) That they might be obedient. The observance of God's commands by Abraham was the object of the covenant with him (
Gen 18:19), as it was also the object of the covenant with Israel, that they might observe God's statutes.
remembered . . . and Abraham--or, "remembered His holy word (that is, covenant confirmed) with Abraham."
44 inherited the labour--that is, the fruits of their labor; their corn and vineyards (
Josh 21:43-
Josh 21:45).