New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 105:42
Psalms 105:42 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
- New International Version (NIV)For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham, his servant.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For He remembered His holy promise, And Abraham His servant.
Context of Psalms 105:42
40They asked, and He brought quail, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 41He opened the rock and water flowed out; It ran in the dry places like a river. For He remembered His holy word With Abraham His servant; 43And He brought forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with a joyful shout. 44He gave them also the lands of the nations, That they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples’ labor,
Read all of Psalms 105Psalms 105:42 word by word
כִּֽי־זָ֭כַר אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר קָדְשׁ֑וֹ אֶֽת־אַבְרָהָ֥ם עַבְדּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 105:42
- Psalms 104:8The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them.
- Genesis 12:7The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.
- Genesis 13:14The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
- Genesis 15:14But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions.
- Exodus 2:24So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- Luke 1:54He has given help to Israel His servant, In remembrance of His mercy,
- Exodus 32:13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’”
- Deuteronomy 9:5It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God is driving them out before you, in order to confirm the oath which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
- Micah 7:20You will give truth to Jacob And unchanging love to Abraham, Which You swore to our forefathers From the days of old.
Commentaries on Psalms 105:42
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 42For 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 Psalm 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.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-45Verses 24-45 As the believer commonly thrives best in his soul when under the cross; so the church also flourishes most in true holiness, and increases in number, while under persecution. Yet instruments shall be raised up for their deliverance, and plagues may be expected by persecutors. And see the special care God took of his people in the wilderness. All the benefits bestowed on Israel as a nation, were shadows of spiritual blessings with which we are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 42-45The story of redemption is also the story of the Lord’s faithfulness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 42-4542-45. 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 Psa 105:8, 11). Ex 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 (Ge 18:19), as it was also the object of the covenant with Israel, that they…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 105
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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