Text -- Psalms 105:1-16 (NET)

Psalm 105

105:1 Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations! 105:2 Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds! 105:3 Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice! 105:4 Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually! 105:5 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, 105:6 O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones! 105:7 He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth. 105:8 He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations– 105:9 the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac! 105:10 He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise, 105:11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.” 105:12 When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it, 105:13 they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another. 105:14 He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake, 105:15 saying, “Don’t touch my chosen ones! Don’t harm my prophets!” 105:16 He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 105:1

¹ sn Psalm 105. The psalmist summons Israel to praise God because he delivered his people from Egypt in fulfillment of his covenantal promises to Abraham. A parallel version of vv. 1-15 appears in 1 Chr 16:8-22.

NET Notes: Psa 105:5

¹ tn Heb “and the judgments of his mouth.”

NET Notes: Psa 105:6

¹ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

² tc Some mss have “Israel,” which appears in the parallel version of this psalm in 1 Chr 16:13.

³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “sons.”

⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: Psa 105:7

¹ tn Heb “in all the earth [are] his judgments.”

NET Notes: Psa 105:8

¹ tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 10-12 make clear.

NET Notes: Psa 105:9

¹ tn Heb “which.”

NET Notes: Psa 105:10

¹ tn Or “eternal covenant.”

NET Notes: Psa 105:13

¹ tn Heb “and from a kingdom to another nation.”

NET Notes: Psa 105:15

¹ tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “anointed.”

NET Notes: Psa 105:16

¹ tn Heb “and every staff of food he broke.” The psalmist refers to the famine that occurred in Joseph’s time (see v. 17 and Gen 41:53-57).