Maranatha Baptist Church
Psalm 105
  • Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing

      • Matthew 6:1ESV

      • Matthew 6:2-3ESV

      • Matthew 6:4-5ESV

      • Matthew 6:6-7ESV

      • Matthew 6:8-12ESV

      • Matthew 6:13-15ESV

  • How Great Thou Art
  • It Is Well With My Soul

      • Psalms 105:1-4ESV

      • Psalms 105:5-8ESV

      • Psalms 105:9-12ESV

      • Psalms 105:13-17ESV

      • Psalms 105:18-22ESV

      • Psalms 105:23-26ESV

      • Psalms 105:27-30ESV

      • Psalms 105:31-34ESV

      • Psalms 105:35-38ESV

      • Psalms 105:39-42ESV

      • Psalms 105:43-45ESV

  • The first 15 verses of our Psalm this morning are also found in 1 Chronicles 16:8-22. This is the song David sings as the Ark of the Covenant has returned to Jerusalem and then the ark is placed in the tent of meeting. 1 Chronicles 16 also includes parts of Psalm 96 and Psalm 106. While this doesn’t necessarily mean that David wrote those psalms it shows us how these Psalms - and the reminder of what God has done influenced David and the worship of the people. And while I was thinking about that this week, I realized that the Books of 1st and 2nd Chronicles helps us to understand this Psalm.
    However, to do that I need to explain the Chronicles.
    1st and 2nd Chronicles are two of the history books. And I imagine many people have a tough time reading those two books. Normally, the case happens that people go through a reading plan. And if you’re going in order and you just finished 1st and 2nd Samuel and 1st and 2nd Kings, when you get to Chronicles you think - wait… I just read this - and it can be easy to miss the intent of the book - because you think you are watching a rerun.
    But Chronicles has a very different intent than Samuel or Kings.
    Where 1st and 2nd Samuel were written to tell the story of how Israel got a king, how David became king, and the promise for David’s offspring to reign forever.
    1st and 2nd Kings, as the name suggests gives us the stories of the Kings, the split of the kingdom in two, and the collapse of both kingdoms.
    The Chronicles books while covering many of the same events, is doing so from a different perspective. One easy way to see this is to consider the Hebrew order of the Old Testament. The Book of Chronicles (just one) comes at the end. Because they were likely the last books written.
    Chronicles, thus is a remnant of Israel with no king and under Persian rule answers the question how did we get here? How did we have a kingdom and lose it? And how will God keep his promises. By looking back at history, the people of God are reminded of the faithfulness of God. That is what this Psalm is doing. Especially since the arrangement for book 4 of the Psalms came from around the same time as when the Chronicles were written.
    Psalms 104, 105 and 106 are all alike.
    Thematically, they all are a reminder of what God has done in history. That he might be praised. And that his people would be comforted by his sovereignty and his faithfulness.
    These Psalms all end with hallelujah.
    Last week, Psalm 104 walked through Genesis 1 and praised God for every aspect of creation. Psalm 105 covers much of the book of Genesis and the first half of Exodus. Ps 106 will pick up from there.
    The psalm opens with the call to worship God
    Psalm 105:1–3 ESV
    1 Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! 2 Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works! 3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
    There is a repeated command in this opening stanza for the people of God to bring their praised to God.
    Verses 5-6 gives us the purpose for why this Psalm is being written.
    Psalm 105:5–6 ESV
    5 Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered, 6 O offspring of Abraham, his servant, children of Jacob, his chosen ones!
    This Psalm is written so that God’s people might remember his faithfulness.
    Specifically, that they would remember God’s wondrous works.
    His mighty miracles.
    and His righteous judgments.
    And each of these things are demonstrated in God’s actions to the different generations recorded in this text.
    And this understanding of this Psalm shows us how reading the Bible is dramatically different than reading a history textbook. One of the main reasons people study history is to learn from the mistakes of the past. The old adage is “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
    And while there certainly are principles to learn from the Scriptures. Our main purpose to study the Bible is to learn about the character of God that we might glorify him and enjoy him forever.
    In the basic outline of this Psalm we read of:
    Verses 8-15 - God’s Faithfulness to Abraham
    Verses 16-22 - God’s Faithfulness to Joseph
    Verses 23-38 - God’s Faithfulness in Egypt
    Verses 39-41 - God’s Faithfulness in the Wilderness

    God’s Faithfulness to Abraham

    The first section v 8-15 cover Genesis 12 to Genesis 36. It reminds those reading the Psalm that God is faithful to the promises that he has promised Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. One major focus being the promise of land.
    Psalm 105:8–11 ESV
    8 He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations, 9 the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac, 10 which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant, 11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance.”
    Abraham is given the promise of the land in Genesis 13, 15, and 17. Isaac is given the same promise in Genesis 26. Jacob is given the same promise in Genesis 28.
    In verse 12, is a summary of the small number of people in Abraham’s family. The Psalmist gives a summary of Abraham’s wanderings as he moves from nation to nation, it shows how God had protected Abraham, and his children through their wanderings.
    Psalm 105:14–15 ESV
    14 he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account, 15 saying, “Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!”
    Especially, as Abraham’s foolishness at times put himself, and Sarah in danger.
    Remember how in Genesis 12, (pre-name change) Abram travels to Egypt because of a famine. He fears that the Egyptians will see that his wife is beautiful and respond by killing him - so he lies about their relationship and says that they are relatives. And in response to this because they thought she was single, they bring her to Pharaoh.
    So Pharaoh takes Sarai as his wife. But God afflicts Pharaoh to keep him from taking Sarai as his wife. So God protects Abraham and his family.
    And even though Pharaoh eventually comes to Abraham asking “What is wrong with you? Why would you not just tell me she is your wife?!” Abraham does it again with Abimelech in Genesis 20. New name, same tricks.
    The language of verse 15 is very close to language that is used in Genesis 20:6-7.
    Psalm 105:15 ESV
    15 saying, “Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!”
    God protects Abraham and Sarah (and Abimelech), when he appears to Abimelech in a dream exposing the whole plot - and telling him to return Sarah to her husband.
    If this wasn’t weird enough, (Like father like son) Isaac does the exact same thing to Abimelech in Genesis 26.
    (Marriage tip: men, don’t do this.)
    And this is God protecting Abraham and his wife, and insuring that God will be faithful to the promise that he just made Abraham. God promises that Abraham and Sarah will have a child. But if someone else steals Sarah that doesn’t happen. So God intervenes.
    God demonstrates his divine protection and provision to accomplish his purposes among his people. This is a major theme for this Psalm. It can be noticed by seeing how God’s sovereign hand is shown to be over all occurs in this Psalm. Take note of how the Psalmist speaks of God’s actions.
    Especially, as we look at:

    God’s Faithfulness to Joseph

    Verse 16 writes that God summons the famine on the land that sets about the whole chain of events in Genesis 37-50.
    Psalm 105:16 ESV
    16 When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread,
    It because of the dreams that Joseph has in Gen 37 - dreams of his brothers bowing down to him that his brothers sell him into slavery. But the dreams show the result of them selling him into slavery. But they bow down to him because they sold him into slavery - and God’s sovereign hand leads him for being a slave. In Joseph’s life, God carefully orchestrates everything that happens to get Joseph and his family exactly where he wants them.
    Psalm 105:17 ESV
    17 he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
    to being in prison because Potiphar’s wife tried to seduce him and then lied about what happened. verse 18…
    Psalm 105:18–19 ESV
    18 His feet were hurt with fetters; his neck was put in a collar of iron; 19 until what he had said came to pass, the word of the Lord tested him.
    Until the results of the two prisoner’s dreams that Joseph interpreted in Gen 40 came to pass. Joseph seems to be forgotten in prison - until Pharaoh, the king sent for him. Through the interpreting of dreams Joseph becomes lord of his house in Genesis 41. This sets the stage for Joseph’s brothers to come to him in Egypt to receive food. But it brings about the chain of events that leads to Israel being ensalved for 400 years… which God had told Abraham about in Genesis 15:13.
    Whether you are reading the book of Exodus or looking at Psalm 105, you cannot read the account of Israel coming out of slavery without seeing God’s fingerprints all over it.

    God’s Faithfulness in in Egypt

    Genesis 15:13 ESV
    13 Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.
    verse 24 tells us that The Lord made his people very fruitful and stronger than their foes… Corresponding to Exodus 1:7, that says the same thing.
    Exodus 1:7 ESV
    7 But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
    This leads the Egyptians to hate to the Israelites, and enslave them, as Ex 1:10 tells us:
    Psalm 105:25 ESV
    25 He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
    But verse 25, credits God for turning their hearts to hate his people. It the same sort of idea of God hardening Pharaoh’s heart in the events of the Exodus.
    God is making all things work to accomplish his purpose of the salvation of his people.
    And we continue to see God’s sovereignly working as the the Psalmist retells the events of the Exodus.
    Verse 26 - HE sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
    Psalm 105:26 ESV
    26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
    and they performed HIS signs, verse 27.
    And then he will reference most of the 10 plagues. Though he mentions darkness on the land, the 9th plague from Exodus 10, first in verse 28:
    Psalm 105:28 ESV
    28 He sent darkness, and made the land dark; they did not rebel against his words.
    From there he goes back to the first plague of Exodus 7, where GOD turns the waters to blood and God caused their fish to die.
    Verse 29 - Plague 1: water to blood, fish die. Exodus 7:14-25
    Verse 30 - Plague 2: Frogs, Ex 8:1-15
    Verse 31 - Plagues 3 and 4: Flies and gnats, Ex 8:16-19 (flies), Gnats Ex 8:20-32)
    Verse 32-33 - Plague 7: Hail Ex 9:13-35
    Verse 34-35 - Plague 8: Locusts Ex 10:1-20
    Verse 36 - Plague 10: death of the first born. Ex 11, Ex 12:29-32 And in each of these it is that He spoke, and the flies and gnats came. He gave them hail for rain. He struck down their vines and fir trees… he spoke and the locusts came. He struck down all the firstborn in their land. It is God actively working in the plagues upon Egypt. YHWH is declaring war upon the false gods of Egypt to demonstrate that the God of the Israelites - but also to demonstrate his faithfulness. The promises that he made to Abraham in Genesis 15, and Jacob in Gen 46.
    The Psalmist, in this text, is STEEPED in the promises of God. He knows his Old Testament, and he sees God’s hand working in history, as God is working to accomplish his purposes, and to accomplish the good of his people. Even when that good is in slavery. Which is exactly what Joseph told his brothers in Genesis 50:20
    Genesis 50:20 ESV
    20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
    Then in verses 37 and 38, the Psalmist gets to their exit of Egypt.
    Psalm 105:37–38 ESV
    37 Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled. 38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for dread of them had fallen upon it.
    He does not exhaust the narrative, he leaves out the parting of red sea, and the arrive at Mt Sinai. But even without those events it is clear that God has demonstrated that he is faithful to his promises.
    But God does not just save them from slavery, he also provides for their needs.
    Which again was foretold in Gen 15. The Lord does not only provide for them by bringing them out of slavery, but he also helps them to establish themselves as a nation. He gives them laws, land and a food.
    This is true for the Christian as well. While faith in Jesus Christ, saves us from our sins - it does not only save us from our sins. He took the punishment for sin that sinners deserved by dying on the cross. But he also gives us his righteousness, so that we may be presented before the Father as Holy and blameless. Then he also gives us his Holy Spirit, who is working in us to make us more like Jesus. Though we were once slaves to sin, we have been bought with a price, Jesus’ blood, that we might be servants of God.
    He forgives us of our sins, but he also gives us our daily bread.
    And that same faithfulness carried Israel as they wandered through the desert for forty years.

    God’s Faithfulness in the Wilderness

    He guided them by cloud and by fire.
    Psalm 105:39 ESV
    39 He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night.
    He gave them literally daily bread. They complained about not having food, so in Ex 16, the Lord makes bread rain down from heaven, in the morning and quail came upon the camp in the evening.
    Psalm 105:40–41 ESV
    40 They asked, and he brought quail, and gave them bread from heaven in abundance. 41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed through the desert like a river.
    In the next verse of our Psalm and the next chapter of Exodus - we further see how the Lord cared for them by giving them water from a rock. (Exodus 17:1-7)
    Though they complained, though they repeatedly accused Moses of having this strange plot to bing the people out in the wilderness just to kill them. God repeatedly shows them that he cares for them by providing for their needs.
    God remembered his holy promise to Abraham. (Ex 2:24)
    Psalm 105:42 ESV
    42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham, his servant.
    He didn’t just bring them out of Egypt so that they might die.
    But instead he brought them. He didn’t save them only to abandon them. And that is an important message for all Christians as well. God does not save you to leave you alone. He saves sinners, so that he might wash them clean, and give them an eternal hope.
    And the people of Israel head out into the wilderness singing songs of joy.
    Psalm 105:43–45 ESV
    43 So he brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing. 44 And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil, 45 that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise the Lord!
    Ex 15 is often known as the song of Moses. But it was sung by Moses and the people of Israel praising God for what he has done.
    And the Psalm concludes by recalling that God gave them land, and they took possession of that land. The last verse somewhat leads into next week’s Psalm, but it also reminds them of what went wrong. If we remember that this Psalm is placed in book 4 and arranged following exile then this draws forth the reminder that the people lost the land because they failed to keep the covenant stipulations from Deut 4, 28, 29, and Leviticus 26.
    God was faithful to provide for them, and to keep his word to Abraham. But he also kept his word to punish them when they were disobedient.
    God is always faithful to his character and his word - whether we like it or not. He is faithful to judge and punish sin.
    And in all of this history, while we look back at it and rejoiced in God’s faithfulness, we ought to remember that Jesus is better. Jude 5 tells us taht Jesus saved the people of the land of Egypt. Jesus tells the crown in John 6 that he is the True Bread from Heaven. And whoever eats of the bread of life will never hunger again. 1 Cor 10:4 states that Jesus is the rock that was struck. He is all satisfying - he gives us living water.
    Jesus is the fullest demonstration that God is faithful to his promises. Jesus is the yes and amen to all of God’s promises. (2 Cor 1:20).
    Jesus is the fulfillment to the promise that God made to Abraham in Genesis 12. In Christ all families of the earth are blessed.
    All of time from the Garden until the close of the last hour has been and is being carefully orchestrated by God so that Jesus might be glorified as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He is given the name above every other name.
    Remembering God’s faithfulness to his people throughout history. This should remind you of God’s faithfulness today. God does not forget his promises. He will not leave you nor forsake you. Jesus is the Good Shepherd of the sheep, and Jesus does not neglect his sheep.
    The Psalm starts with a call to praise. And it ends with the word Hallelujah. The life of a follower of Jesus should be marked by praising him.
    Psalm 105:1 ESV
    1 Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
    But that beginning call to praise is a significant application for our text for this morning. We are called to make known the deeds of God among the people.
    The Christian faith was never called to be a private faith. The Christian faith is not like a personal pizza.
    So as we go out this morning, let us go out singing the praises of what God has done in history, in salvation and in our own lives - and making his deeds known to the ends of the earth.

      • Psalm 105:1–3ESV

      • Psalm 105:5–6ESV

      • Psalm 105:8–11ESV

      • Psalm 105:14–15ESV

      • Psalm 105:15ESV

      • Psalm 105:16ESV

      • Psalm 105:17ESV

      • Psalm 105:18–19ESV

      • Genesis 15:13ESV

      • Exodus 1:7ESV

      • Psalm 105:25ESV

      • Psalm 105:26ESV

      • Psalm 105:28ESV

      • Genesis 50:20ESV

      • Psalm 105:37–38ESV

      • Psalm 105:39ESV

      • Psalm 105:40–41ESV

      • Psalm 105:42ESV

      • Psalm 105:43–45ESV

      • Psalm 105:1ESV

  • Praise Him Praise Him (Joyful Song)

      • Psalm 106ESV

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