For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
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For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
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For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
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For He remembered His holy word unto Abraham His servant;
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Passages linked to Psalms 105:42 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 2:24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
- Luke 1:72-73 to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,
- Genesis 12:7 Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” He built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.
- Luke 1:54-55 He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy, as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.”
- Genesis 13:14-17 Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever. I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted. Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its width; for I will give it to you.”
- Exodus 32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ”
- Micah 7:20 You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
- Genesis 15:13-14 He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years. I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth;
- Deuteronomy 9:5 Not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 9:27 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Don’t look at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin,
- Psalms 105:8-11 He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac, and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant, saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,”
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 42. For he remembered his holy promise The Psalmist…
42. For he remembered his holy promise The Psalmist again mentions the cause why God dealt so graciously with that people, and sustained them so tenderly, namely, that he might fulfill his promise; for he had entered into a covenant with Abraham, engaging to be the God of his seed. Nor did the prophets without cause teach so carefully as we find them doing, that the free covenant is the fountain whence the deliverance, and the continual welfare of the people flowed. Thereby the grace of God became better known, since what took place, so far from happening upon the sudden, and without anticipation, was only the fulfillment of what he had promised four hundred years before. God then, for ages previous to this, gave the light of his word of promise, that his grace and truth might be brought the more distinctly into view. For this reason the prophet again repeats, that God was not led from some new cause to deliver his people, but that his design in doing so was to prove the faithfulness of his covenant, and to give it effect; just as if a man should dig up from the ground a treasure which he had buried in it. Nor is it to be doubted, that the prophet aimed at leading the faith of his countrymen still farther, — that his object was that their posterity might be persuaded beyond all doubt, that as God had then proved, in the experience of that generation, the sure and substantial truth of his promise delivered many hundred years before, so he would not be to them otherwise than their fathers had found him to be in times past. Accordingly, he signalises this promise by the epithet, holy, intimating, that after the death of Abraham it retained its virtue and efficacy unimpaired. God had spoken it to Abraham; but the force of the covenant died not with him. God continued to show himself faithful towards the posterity of the patriarch.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which he confirmeth to the posterity, in whom after…
Which he confirmeth to the posterity, in whom after a sort the dead live and enjoy the promises.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 105:42 For he remembered his holy promise, [and]…
Psa 105:42 For he remembered his holy promise, [and] Abraham his servant.
Ver. 42. For he remembered his holy promise] Holy, that is, firm, and inviolable, Heb. the word of his holiness, that is, his sacred and gracious engagement, whereby he had made himself a voluntary debtor to Abraham’s posterity.
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And Abraham his servant] To whom he had passed his promise four hundred and thirty years before. Nullum tempus occurrit regi.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Or rather, with (as this particle is oft used)
Or rather, with (as this particle is oft used)
Abraham; made with or to Abraham.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he brought forth his people with joy,.... Or…
And he brought forth his people with joy,.... Or "therefore" (f), in consequence of his promise, and the remembrance of it, he brought Israel out of Egypt with great joy to them, they coming out with so much health and wealth; having their liberty, and in hope of shortly being settled in a land flowing with milk and honey. And
his chosen with gladness: or "singing" (g); especially when they had got through the Red sea, their enemies drowned, and they quite clear of them, Exo 15:1. And when they are called "his chosen", this opens another source of those blessings to them, not only the promise and covenant of God, but their election of God, which was free and sovereign, to choose them above all people; not because they were better or more than others, but because he loved them; and hence he did all the above things for them. In like manner when God's elect are in the effectual calling, brought out of bondage to liberty, out of darkness to light, out of an horrible pit, and have their feet set on a rock; are brought to Christ and into his church, and have a place and a name there; it is with exceeding great joy and gladness to them; and to the church above shall they at last be brought with everlasting joy on their heads, Isa 35:10.
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(f) "ideo adduxit", Junius & Tremellius, Michaelis. (g) "in ovatione", Montanus; "cum jubilo", Tigurine version, Michaelis; "cum cantu", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 105:42-45. For he remembered his holy promise —…
Psa 105:42-45. For he remembered his holy promise — They were unworthy and unthankful, yet he did these great things in their favour because he remembered his covenant, Psa 105:8, and his holy promise, and would not suffer one iota or tittle of it to fall to the ground. Therefore he brought forth his people with joy — Rejoicing greatly that God had so wonderfully appeared for them, and delivered them from that state of cruel and intolerable bondage, under which they had so long groaned; and his chosen with gladness — Hebrew, ברנה, berinnah, with shouting, or singing, to see the difference he made between them and the Egyptians; who were drowned in the Red sea, while they were conducted safe through it on dry land. And he gave them the lands of the heathen — Put them in possession of the country which he had promised them, many centuries before they existed, casting out seven nations to make room for them in that land. And they inherited the labour of the people — The fruits of their labour; the towns and cities which they had builded, and the vineyards and oliveyards which they had planted. That they might observe his statutes, &c. — He put them in possession of Canaan, not that they might live in luxury and pleasure, in ease and honour, and be conspicuous and glorious among the nations; not that they should regard Canaan as their paradise, and look no further; but that, being rescued from their enemies, formed into a people, placed under God’s immediate government and protection, and settled in peace and plenty, they might improve the opportunity thus afforded them of serving the Lord their God, in a due attendance upon all his ordinances, and a diligent keeping of all his commandments; and of securing to themselves, through the obedience of faith, an inheritance in an other country, that is to say, a heavenly. “And let all the children of the faithful Abraham,” says Dr. Horne, “whose lot hath fallen in a land flowing with milk and honey upon earth, reflect that God hath given them riches, and the leisure which riches procure, not for the purpose of indulging and corrupting themselves and others, but that they may glorify him, benefit their neighbours, and save their own souls; that they may observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Israel was delivered by Moses, and the church redeemed by Christ, that God might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works, Tit 2:14.”
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For he remembered ... - He was faithful to…
For he remembered ... - He was faithful to his promise made to Abraham, and did not forget his descendants in the hour of need. This is the statement made in Psa 105:8-9; and to illustrate and confirm the faithfulness of God, this reference is made to the history of the Hebrew people. See the notes at those verses.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 42. This and the following verses form the conclusion…
42. This and the following verses form the conclusion of the psalm.
He remembered—These wonders were in fulfilment of God’s covenant with Abraham, (Psa_105:8-11,) and in reward of the patriarch’s fidelity.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 42. The Psalmist returns to his theme, Psa_105:8. Faithfulness…
42. The Psalmist returns to his theme, Psa_105:8. Faithfulness to His promise was God’s motive for redeeming Israel.
his holy promise] Lit., his holy word (Psa_105:8): the sacred promise which cannot be broken.
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and Abraham his servant] Or, with A. his servant (Psa_105:9). Cp. Exo_2:24. But the A.V. may be right.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham; i.e.…
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham; i.e. his covenant with Abraham to bring his seed into the Holy Land. His servant (comp. ver. 6).
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 42. For he remembered his holy promise, and…
Ver. 42. For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. Here is the secret reason for all this grace. The covenant and he for whose sake it was made are ever on the heart of the Most High. He remembered his people because he remembered his covenant. He could not violate that gracious compact for it was sacred to him, "his holy promise." A holy God must keep his promise holy. In our case the Lord's eye is upon his beloved Son, and his engagements with him. On our behalf, and this is the source and well ahead of those innumerable favours which enrich us in all our wanderings through this life's wilderness.
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1. The grand sourcethe rock opened.
2. The liberal stream"gushed out".
3. The continued law"in dry places".
Psalms 105:43*
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 105:42-45 The story of redemption is also the story…
105:42-45 The story of redemption is also the story of the Lord’s faithfulness.
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