Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:7
He [is] the LORD our God: his judgments [are] in all the earth.
7. He, Jehovah, is our God] He stands in a special and peculiar relation to Israel the people of His choice: but He is no mere national Deity: His judgements are in all the earth; He exercises an universal rule over all nations as “the Judge of all the earth” (Gen 18:25).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
7 12. The theme of the Psalm. Jehovah has been true to the promise which He made to the patriarchs, to give them the land of Canaan.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
He is the Lord our God – His name is Yahweh – the true God; and this God is ours. See the notes at Psa 95:7.
His judgments are in all the earth – More properly in all the land; that is, in every part of the land he is honored as our God. His institutions are established here; his laws are obeyed here; his worship is celebrated here. No other God is worshipped here; everywhere he is acknowledged as the nations God.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Psa 105:7-15
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 privileges is only an example of what has been going on in the history of men in all times. All men are not alike endowed, nor alike distinguished in privilege. Some have more health, more beauty, more talent, more enjoyments, than others. Shall any find fault with this? Who art thou that repliest against God? We should, however, always remember that Gods sovereignty is not arbitrary power, not capricious impulse, but is evermore the free expression of His heart, and that heart is love.
II. His inviolable faithfulness (verse 8). Men fail to fulfil their promises from one of three reasons–either because they were insincere when they made the promise, or because they subsequently changed their minds, or because difficulties occurred which they never anticipated. None of these reasons can be ascribed to God.
III. His territorial proprietorship (verse 11). Let all landowners remember that the acres they call their own are only borrowed property, they are only tenants at will, or rather stewards, responsible for the use they make of every foot of ground.
IV. His compassionate superintendence. He watched over them.
1. When they were few (verse 12). How He watched over Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, only three! We lose individuals in the mass. To Him the individual is the object of interest, the individual is His offspring, representative, fountain of immeasurable influence. Unto that man will I look.
2. When they were wandering strangers (verse 13). Though unknown, ignored, it may be despised, the few wandered amongst ten thousand strangers, His eye was upon them, and His sympathies were with them.
3. When they were threatened (verses 14, 15). (Homilist.)
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Verse 7. He is the Lord our God] He is Jehovah, the self-existent and eternal God. He is our God, he is our portion; has taken us for his people, and makes us happy in his love.
The following abstract of the history of the Israelites presents but few difficulties. See Clarke on Ps 78:1, &c.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Either,
1. The fame of his judgments upon the Egyptians is spread over the face of the earth. Or,
2. God executes his judgments upon all nations and people; which may be here noted as a foil to magnify Gods grace to them who were the monuments of his mercy, when all the world besides them fell under his just severity.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
7. Rather, “He, Jehovah, isour God.” His title, “JEHOVAH,”implies that He, the unchangeable, self-existing Being, makes thingsto be, that is, fulfils His promises, and therefore will not forsakeHis people. Though specially of His people, He is God over all.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
He is the lord our God,…. Here begin the arguments to excite to praise and thankfulness; and the first is taken from what God is, and is to us; he is Jehovah, the Being of beings, a self-existent Being, the author of all beings, but receives his own from none; being undivided, independent, and self-sufficient, invariably and unchangeably the same, which is, and was, and is to come; and who has a sovereign power and authority over all creatures, whose name alone is Jehovah; nor is that name applicable or communicable to any created being; and yet this Jehovah is our God, our God in covenant, our God in Christ; our God that has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ; our God that has regenerated, adopted, and justified us; that supplies all our wants, and will be our God and our portion for ever; and therefore worthy of all praise, honour, and glory.
His judgments are all the earth: not his laws and statutes, his word and ordinances, or the revelation of his mind and will as faith and worship, which are sometimes meant by his judgments; for these were not in all the earth, were only known to the people of the Jews at this time, Ps 147:19, rather his judgments on the Egyptians, or his plagues upon them for refusing to let Israel go, the fame of which was spread throughout the world: and may take in all the judgments of God in other parts of the world, as on Sodom and Gomorrah, and especially the universal deluge, which destroyed the world of the ungodly; and by such judgments the Lord is known, Ps 9:16 and for these he is to be praised; as they are expressive of his holiness and justice; as he will be for his judgments on antichrist, when they are made manifest,
Re 15:4. This may also respect in general God’s government of the world, and his righteous judging in it; who is a God that judgeth in the earth, and governs it by his power and wisdom, and in righteousness; and this righteous Judge is our God.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The poet now begins himself to do that to which he encourages Israel. Jahve is Israel’s God: His righteous rule extends over the whole earth, whilst His people experience His inviolable faithfulness to His covenant. in Psa 105:7 is in apposition to , for the God who bears this name is as a matter of course the object of the song of praise. is the perfect of practically pledges certainty (cf. Psa 111:5, where we find instead the future of confident prospect). The chronicler has instead (lxx again something different: ); but the object is not the demanding but the promissory side of the covenant, so that consequently it is not Israel’s remembering but God’s that is spoken of. He remembers His covenant in all time to come, so that exile and want of independence as a state are only temporary, exceptional conditions. has its radical signification here, to establish, institute, Psa 111:9. (in which expression is a specifying accusative) is taken from Deu 7:9. And since is the covenant word of promise, it can be continued ; and Hag 2:5 (vid., Khler thereon) shows that is not joined to over Psa 105:8. , however, is a second object to (since with what belongs to it as an apposition is out of the question). It is the oath on Moriah (Gen 22:16) that is meant, which applied to Abraham and his seed. (chronicler ), as in Amo 7:9; Jer 33:26. To is appended ; the suffix, intended as neuter, points to what follows, viz., this, that Canaan shall be Israel’s hereditary land. From Abraham and Isaac we come to Jacob-Israel, who as being the father of the twelve is the twelve-tribe nation itself that is coming into existence; hence the plural can alternate with the singular in Psa 105:11. (chronicler, without the ) is an accusative of the object, and accusative of the predicate: the land of Canaan as the province of your own hereditary possession measured out with a measuring line (Psa 78:55).
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(7-11) First cause of praise; the ancient covenant.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
7. He is the Lord our God Having earnestly exhorted them to faithfulness and zeal in the service of God by a rapid glance at his works, and by their holy lineage, the psalmist now proceeds to extol the mighty acts of God, and his marvellous patience and fidelity through all the ages of their history, as their highest incentive to obedience and faithfulness. The mention of Abraham and Isaac (Psa 105:6) had already suggested the “covenant,” which he intimates in the “our God,” and expressly mentions Psa 105:8
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 105:7 He [is] the LORD our God: his judgments [are] in all the earth.
Ver. 7. He is the Lord ] Jehovah, the essentiator, the promise keeper, therefore praise him. He is also in covenant with us, and will we not do him this right?
His judgments are in all the earth
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Psa 105:7-10
Psa 105:7-10
“He is Jehovah our God;
His judgments are in all the earth.
He hath remembered his covenant forever,
The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
The covenant which he made with Abraham,
And his oath to Isaac,
And confirmed the same unto Jacob as a statute,
To Israel for an everlasting covenant.”
These verses begin the list of God’s wonderful works on behalf of Israel by citing the blessed covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the patriarchs of the Chosen People. It is not our purpose here to comment upon all the circumstances of the events mentioned in this historical summary. We have written detailed commentaries on the entire Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua; and anyone desiring to explore any of the things here mentioned will find our full comments under the verses cited in connection with each event. Regarding the covenant here mentioned, Genesis (Genesis 15; Genesis 21; Genesis 27) provides the details.
“The covenant” (Psa 105:8-9). “God was in covenant with Israel from the time of the forefathers, and that covenant was essentially a promise.
“And confirmed the same as a statute” (Psa 105:10). “That covenant was not only a promise, but a law.
“To Israel for an everlasting covenant” (Psa 105:10). There is no limitation upon the duration of God’s covenant with Israel. It is still in effect. Although the fleshly, or racial, Israel defected from the covenant, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, the New Israel, the True Vine, the Good Shepherd, now lives forever at the right hand of God; and “in Christ” all of the ancient covenant with Abraham is still valid. “If ye are Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise” (Gal 3:29).
E.M. Zerr:
Psa 105:7. See the comments at Psa 86:12 for explanation of Lord and God. Judgments are the verdicts or decisions of God, and they affect the conduct of all mankind.
Psa 105:8. God never forgets as we commonly use that word. The statement here means that he had respect unto his covenant and always kept his word with the children of men. We might inquire why speak of “keeping” a word that He had commanded? It is because the promises of God were made on condition of obedience to the commandments.
Psa 105:9-10. These verses should be grouped into one paragraph because of the unity of thought. When fairly considered, the passage throws much light on the subject of the length of the sojourn in Egypt. For detailed discussion of the matter see my comments at 1Ch 16:16-17.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
the Lord: Psa 95:7, Psa 100:3, Gen 17:7, Exo 20:2, Deu 26:17, Deu 26:18, Deu 29:10-15, Jos 24:15-24
judgments: Psa 48:10, Psa 48:11, Isa 26:9, Rev 15:4
Reciprocal: Mal 3:6 – therefore
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2. The record of God’s faithfulness to Israel 105:7-41
Fuente: Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)
God remembered His people (Psa 105:7, cf. Psa 105:42), so His people should remember Him (Psa 105:5). God had been faithful to the Abrahamic Covenant (Gen 12:1-3; Gen 12:7; Gen 15:18-21; Gen 22:15-18; Gen 28:13-15). He made this covenant with Abraham’s descendants as well as with him personally. A "thousand generations" means innumerable generations (cf. Exo 20:5-6). Note that the psalmist called this covenant an "everlasting covenant" (Psa 105:10). That is, it would abide in effect as long at the earth abides. Of the three promises in the covenant, the writer mentioned only the land promise here.