“ When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. ”
When they were but a few men in number - literally, “In their being people of number, very little.” That is, They could then be easily numbered, and they were so few that they could not take poss...
CV. Hebrew History from Abraham to Joshua. Psalms 105:1-6 . Introductory. An invitation to praise God. Psalms 105:7-11 . The covenant and promise of Canaan. Psalms 105:12-25 . Yahweh's ki...
they. Some codices, with Aram, and Syriac, read "ye": i.e. not the three Patriarchs, but the descendants of each one respectively. few men in number . men (Hebrew. methim. App-14. V) of number:...
12. When they were but very few in number The prophet here recounts the benefits which God had conferred upon the holy fathers from the commencement, to manifest that even long before the de...
When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. But a few men - When all appearances were against them, and nothing but the arm of God could have brought them through th...
When there were but a few men in number— It is literally men of number; so few as easily to be numbered; in opposition to what their posterity afterwards were, as the sand of the sea without num...
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. - He hath remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded - or 'ordained' as an...
This Ps. and the following one form a closely connected pair, and may be looked on as by the same author. From the closing vv. of Psalms 106 it appears that they were written after the first return...
Psalms 105:1-45 IT is a reasonable conjecture that the Hallelujah at the end of Psalms 104:1-35 , where it is superfluous, properly belongs to this psalm, which would then be assimilated to Psal...
the Lord's Covenant with Israel Psalms 105:1-15 This psalm and the next are a pair, probably composed during the Exile in Babylon. They are evidently derived in part from the old Tabernacle ser...
This and the following psalm are companions. They reveal the two sides of the relation between God and His people during a long period. This one sings the song of His faithfulness and power; while th...
The Psalmist, to awaken in his own heart a proper sense of God's goodness, and to stir up suitable and corresponding affections in himself and the Church towards the Lord, for such love, in these ver...
When they were but a few men in number ,.... Or "men of number" d, that might easily be numbered; see Genesis 34:30 , when this covenant, promise, and oath, were first made to Abraham, he was alone...
When they were [but] a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. Ver. 12. When they were but a few men in number ] Seventy souls at their going down into Egypt, which yet (say the Heb...
When they were but few in number Hebrew, מתי מספר, methee mispar, men of number , so few as easily to be numbered, in opposition to what their posterity afterward were, as the sand of the sea wit...
The Divine Promise to the Patriarchs; Providences Concerning the Patriarchs. 8 He hath remembered his covenant for e...
A few men in number, Heb. men of number , i.e. few, who could easily be numbered, very few, as the next words explain it.
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm,” says Perowne, “like the 78th and the 106th, has for its theme the early history of Israel, and God’s wonders wrought on behalf of the nation; but it differs from both thos...
This psalm, to Psalms 105:15 , is the same as 1 Chronicles 16:8 : whence it is evident that David was the author. It celebrates the dealings of God with Israel, from the call of Abraham to their se...
He is the Lord our God: His judgments are in all the earth. God in Jewish history, working for His people I. His absolute sovereignty (verse 9). The selection of Abraham to distinguished privil...
EXPOSITION This is sometimes called a "Hallelujah psalm," since it ends with that phrase. It is a song of praise to God for his dealings with his people, resembling in its general character Psa...
Thanksgiving for God's Benefits. After an exhortation to praise God, directed especially to the congregation of Israel, the psalmist offers his reasons for the admonition presented, in a summary o...
Acts 7:5 ; Deuteronomy 26:5 ; Deuteronomy 7:7 ; Ezekiel 33:24-33 ; Genesis 17:8 ; Genesis 23:4 ; Genesis 34:30 ; Hebrews 11:12 ; Hebrews 11:9 ; Isaiah 51:2