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Adam Clarke


psa 105:0
An exhortation to praise God for his wondrous works, Psa 105:1-5; his goodness to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Psa 105:6-16; to Joseph in Egypt, Psa 105:17-22; to Israel in Egypt, Psa 105:23-25; to Moses in the same land, Psa 105:26; the plagues sent on the Egyptians, Psa 105:27-36; the deliverance of the Israelites out of Egypt, Psa 105:37, Psa 105:38; how he supported them in the wilderness, Psa 105:39-43; and brought them into Canaan, Psa 105:44, Psa 105:45.
We find several verses of this Psalm in 1 Chronicles 16, from which it is evident that David was the author of the principal part of it: but it was probably enlarged and sung at the restoration of the people from the Babylonish captivity. The hallelujah which terminates the preceding Psalm, is made the title of this by the Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Arabic: but it has no title either in the Hebrew or Chald:ee. The Syriac considers it a paraphrase on the words, "Fear not, Jacob, to go down into Egypt; and teach us spiritually not to fear when we are obliged to contend with devils; for God is our shield, and will fight for us." The Psalm is a history of God's dealings with Abraham and his posterity, till their settlement in the promised land. Psalms 105:1

John Gill

tPs 105::13
When they went from one nation to another,.... From Chald:ea to Mesopotamia; from thence to Canaan, and then into Egypt; and after that to Canaan again: which was the tour that Abraham took; and when in Canaan, and travelling from place to place there, might be said to go from nation to nation, since there were seven nations in that country. From one kingdom to another people; from the kingdom of Palestine or Canaan to Egypt, which was a strange people; and of another language, as appears by the use of an interpreter between them, Gen 42:23. So Isaac, Jacob, and his posterity, journeyed from one of these kingdoms to the other. Thus the children of God are pilgrims and strangers in this world; they are unsettled in it; they are travelling through it, and a troublesome journey they have of it; they are bound to another country, to which they belong; and their hearts are there beforehand; and they look upon this world as a strange place, and at best but as an inn; where they tarry but for a time, till they get to their own country, the better and heavenly one. Psalms 105:14