PSALMS LESSON 105
We will begin this lesson by giving the 105th Psalm in metre.
THE PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE
Chapter 105
Verse 1 "Give thanks to God, call on his name; To men his deeds make
Known. Sing ye to him, sing psalms; proclaim His wondrous
works each one."
Verse 2 "To glory in his holy name Unite with one accord; And let the
heart of ev'ry one Rejoice that seeks the Lord. "
Verse 3 "The Lord Almighty and his strength, With steadfast hearts
seek ye; His blessed and his gracious face. "
Verse 4 "Remember all his mighty deeds, The wonders he hath done, The
righteous judgments of his mouth, Remember them each one."
Verse 5 "O ye the seed of Abraham, Who served him faithfully; Ye sons
of Jacob whom he chose, Keep these in memory. "
Verse 6 "Because he, and he only, is The mighty Lord our God; And his
most righteous judgments are In all the earth abroad. "
Verse 7 "His cov'nant he remembered hath, That it may ever stand; To
thousand generations he His promise did command. "
Verse 8 "Which covenant he firmly made With faithful Abraham, And
unto Isaac, by his oath, He did review the same; "
Verse 9 "And unto Jacob, for a law, He made it firm and sure, A
covenant to Israel, Which ever should endure. "
Verse 10 "He said, I Canaan's land will give For heritage to you;
While they were strangers there, and few, In number very
few:"
Verse 11 "While yet they went from land to land, Without a sure abode:
And while through many kingdoms they did wander far abroad; "
Verse 12 "Yet, notwithstanding, suffered he no man to do them wrong;
Yea, for their sakes he did reprove Kings, who were great and
strong. "
Verse 13 "He said, these my anointed are, Touch not, nor do them
wrong; Nor do the prophets any harm That unto me belong. "
Verse 14 "He called for famine on the land, He broke the staff of
bread: But yet he sent a man before, By whom they should be
fed; "
Verse 15 "Ev'n Joseph, whom, by envy moved, sell for a slave did they;
Whose feet they with the fetters hurt, And he in irons lay; "
Verse 16 "Until the time that his word came To give him liberty; The
word and purpose of the Lord Did him in prison try. "
Verse 17 "Then sent the king, and did command That he enlarged should
be: He that the people's ruler was did send to set him free."
Verse 18 "To be the lord of all his house He raised him, as most fit;
To him of all that he possessed He did the charge commit: "
Verse 19 "That at his pleasure he might bind The princes of the land;
And also make his senators True wisdom understand. "
Verse 20 "The people then of Israel Down into Egypt came; And Jacob
for a time sojourned Within the land of Ham. "
Verse 21 "And he did greatly by his pow'r Increase his people there;
And stronger than their enemies They by his blessing were."
Verse 22 "Their heart he then to hatred turned Against his people
there, To deal in subtlety with those Who his own servants
were. "
Verse 23 "His servant Moses then he sent And Aaron, chosen one, And
they his signs and wonders great, In land of Ham, made
known. "
Verse 24 "He darkness sent, and made it dark; His word they did obey.
He turned their waters into blood, And he their fish did
slay. "
Verse 25 "The land in plenty brought forth frogs In chambers of their
kings. His word all sorts of flies and lice In all their
borders brings."
Verse 26 "Hail stones for rain, and flaming fire Into their land he
sent; And he their vines and fig-trees smote; Trees of their
coasts he rent.
Verse 27 "He spake, and caterpillars came, and locusts did abound;
Which in their land all herbs consumed, And fruits of all
their ground. "
Verse 28 "He smote all first-born in their land, Chief of their
strength each one. With gold and silver brought them forth,
Weak in their tribes were none. "
Verse 29 "Egypt was glad when forth they went, Their fear on them did
light. He spread a cloud for covering, And fire to shine by
night. "
Verse 30 "They asked, and quails he brought: with bread Of heaven
filled he them. He opened rocks, floods gushed, and ran In
deserts like a stream. "
Verse 31 "For on his holy promise he, And servant Abr'ham thought.
With joy his people, his elect, With gladness, forth he
brought. "
Verse 32 "And so the heathen's land to them, He for possession gave;
That of the people's labor they Inheritance might have. "
Verse 33 "That they his statutes might observe According to his word;
And that they might his laws obey. Give praises to the Lord."
We will now begin the verse by verse study of the 105th Psalm.
Psalms 105:1 "O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make
known his deeds among the people."
We read that the first 15 verses of this Psalm was used in song
of praise when the ark was moved from the house of Obed-edom.
Probably, David was the penman. The psalmist here, is encouraging
those around him to praise and worship the LORD. We are told in the
Scriptures that we have not, because we ask not. We are, also, told to
ask and it shall be given unto you. In the prayer that Jesus taught
the disciples, He taught them to magnify God first and then ask. He is
more apt to be resceptive to our prayer, if we tell of His wonderful
deeds to our acquaintances.
Psalms 105:2 "Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all
his wondrous works."
There is something about singing praises to the Lord that adds
enthusiasm to our praise. We should never stop proclaiming to the
world the wonderful works of the Lord.
Psalms 105:3 "Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them
rejoice that seek the LORD."
We should never be ashamed to tell others of our God. If we are
to boast of anything , it would be that we should boast of our God.
We are what is in our heart. If our heart is rejoicing it would be
because we sought the Lord and found Him.
Psalms 105:4 "Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face
evermore."
I am weak, but He is strong. In my weakness, He is strong. The
desire of every believer is to be in the presence of the Lord. To look
upon His face, is reserved for our heavenly view of Him. I do not
believe the Scripture above means to look upon His face. On this earth
that would be certain death. What it is saying, is to seek the will of
the Lord in your life.
Psalms 105:5 "Remember his marvellous works that he hath done;
his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;"
So many people are so quick to forget the things that God has
done for them. It is as if they are saying, what have you done for me
lately? I think if we would look back over our life and see the
marvellous things that God has done for each of us, there would be so
many things that it would fill a book. Why do we not fill our mouth
with praise of the marvellous things He has done for us? My husband,
Nelson, loves to hear testimonials from people of how they came to
God. He believes, and I agree with him, if we would tell these things
more, it would help people to better relate to God. Judgements of His
mouth, could be the Scriptures in the Bible that are printed in Red.
Jesus Christ is the written Word. He is, also, the spoken Word, as
well. God said, Let there be, and there was. This is the spoken Word.
His judgements are right, and true, and righteous. The startling
thing, to me, is how quickly the followers of Jesus forgot the
miracles and wonders that He did in their presence.
Psalms 105:6 "O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of
Jacob his chosen."
These are two different groups. The first mentioned here, the
seed, singular is the spiritual house of Abraham through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Galatians 3:29 "And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye
Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." The children,
plural, of Jacob His chosen are the physical house of Israel {Jacob}.
These are the Hebrews.
Psalms 105:7 "He [is] the LORD our God: his judgments [are] in
all the earth."
He is the God of both physical Israel and spiritual Israel. He is
not just the God of the Hebrews, He is the God of the Christians, as
well. God is the absolute authority in all the earth. Notice, the
possessive {our} in speaking of God. He is God of the masses, one at a
time.
Psalms 105:8 "He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word
[which] he commanded to a thousand generations."
Deuteronomy 7:9 "Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he [is]
God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that
love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;" This
goes a little farther than going to our grandchildren. The covenant,
spoken of in both of these verses, is the covenant God made with
faithful Abraham. All of the faithful will be blessed through this
covenant.
Psalms 105:9 "Which [covenant] he made with Abraham, and his oath
unto Isaac;"
Abraham had faith in God, and that was counted unto him as
righteousness. This promise came through Abraham's son of the promise,
Isaac. This was not a covenant through the flesh, but through the
Spirit. Abraham had a son Ishmael, but he was a son of the flesh. The
promise did not come through the flesh, but through the spirit.
Psalms 105:10 "And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, [and]
to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant:"
In our study on Leviticus we found that the 40 year wanderings in
the wilderness were the birthing of the law to a single nation. This
nation was the house of Jacob. We found that Jesus Christ ministered
40 days in the earth after He rose from the grave setting up the grace
of God through His church. The law was to the physical house of
Israel. The everlasting covenant came to all mankind through the seed
of Abraham, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Psalms 105:11 "Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan,
the lot of your inheritance:"
The physical house of Israel would receive the land of Canaan as
their promised land.
Psalms 105:12 "When they were [but] a few men in number; yea,
very few, and strangers in it."
This is speaking of the family of Jacob that went into the land
of Egypt. Seventy went into the land, not counting Joseph and his
family and God kept them alive while they were strangers in this land.
Psalms 105:13 "When they went from one nation to another, from
[one] kingdom to another people;"
God brought them out of Egypt with His mighty Hand through 10
plagues. Each country that they came up against God, won the battle
for them.
Psalms 105:14 "He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he
reproved kings for their sakes;"
After the incident at the Red Sea, the kings that they came in
contact with gave up to them. The kings were not afraid of the
Israelites, they were afraid of the God of the Israelites. Look at
this wonderful promise made to those who have ways that please God.
Proverbs 16:7 "When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his
enemies to be at peace with him."
Psalms 105:15 "[Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my
prophets no harm."
David believed so strongly that you were not to touch the
anointed of God, that he ran from Saul instead of killing him, because
God had anointed Saul king over Israel. Abraham was like a priest
before God. The very same thing came down through Isaac and Jacob.
These Israelites were the chosen of God. God fought their battles for
them. To come against them would be like coming against God. The
prophets of God were an anointed group of people. Again, to do them
harm, would bring the wrath of God down upon you.
Psalms 105:16 "Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he
brake the whole staff of bread."
The only thing that would have caused Jacob to take his family
into Egypt would be to save their lives. This is just what happened.
Famine was throughout the land, and the only food available was in
Egypt.
Psalms 105:17 "He sent a man before them, [even] Joseph, [who]
was sold for a servant:"
Joseph, the favorite son of Jacob, was sold into Egypt as a
slave by his brothers. He became a servant in Potiphar's house. Of
course, all of this happened to fulfill the prophecy that they would
be slaves in Egypt 400 years. God took the terrible act of Joseph's
brothers and turned it into a blessing for all of their people.
Psalms 105:18 "Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in
iron:"
We know this refers to the time Joseph spent in jail, after
Potiphar's wife lied about Joseph. He was in chains, but soon they
were removed. Joseph became the second in command in all of Egypt
after interpreting Pharaoh's dream.
Psalms 105:19 "Until the time that his word came: the word of the
LORD tried him."
Joseph was kept in prison, until one of his fellowprisoners told
the Pharaoh that Joseph could interpret dreams accurately.
Questions 105
1. Quote Psalms chapter 105 verse 1.
2. When were the first 15 verses of Psalm 105 sung?
3. We have not, because we ____ ___.
4. What did Jesus teach the disciples to do first in their prayers?
5. What does singing praise add to it?
6. What would be the only thing permissible to boast of?
7. I am weak, but He is _______.
8. When can we look upon His face?
9. What does verse 5 tell us to remember?
10. Instead of remembering the wonderful things God has done for us in
the past, what do many say?
11. What are the judgements of His mouth?
12. Who is the written and the spoken Word?
13. Who are the seed of Abraham?
14. Who are the children of Jacob, his chosen?
15. Quote Galatians chapter 3 verse 29.
16. What do these 2 have in common?
17. Who is the absolute Authority in the earth?
18. He is God of the masses ____ at a time.
19. Quote Deuteronomy chapter 7 verse 9.
20. Who had God made the covenant with?
21. Which son did the covenant oath come through?
22. And confirmed the same unto ______ far a ___.
23. And to _______ for an everlasting covenant.
24. What land was Israel's inheritance?
25. What is verse 12 speaking of, when it speaks of few in number?
26. How did God bring His people out of Egypt?
27. Why did the kings not fight Israel?
28. How did God get Jacob and his family to go to Egypt?
29. Who had God sent ahead to Egypt to prepare the way for Jacob and
his family?
30. How did Joseph get to Egypt?
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