Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. 30. Their land &c.] R.V. Their land swarmed with frogs. The second plague, Exo 8:1 ff. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Their land; their country; for otherwise they were produced by their rivers, Exo 8:3. In the chambers; which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:30”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:29
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. 29. After mentioning the crucial plague of the darkness, the Psalmist refers briefly to the other plagues, omitting however the fifth and sixth, and inverting the order of the third and fourth. he turned &c.] The first plague, Exo 7:14 ff., Exo 7:21. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:29”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:28
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. 28. It is difficult to say why the ninth plague (Exo 10:21 ff.) is placed first here. Possibly, like the fifth and sixth, it was not originally mentioned, and the verse was the marginal gloss of a reader who noticed the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:28”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:27
They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. 27. They shewed &c.] Moses and Aaron. But the parallel passages in Psa 78:43; Exo 10:2 (cp. Jer 32:20) make it probable that we should follow most of the Ancient Versions (LXX, Aq. Symm. Syr. Jer.) in reading the singular, He set; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:27”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:26
He sent Moses his servant; [and] Aaron whom he had chosen. 26. Moses his servant ] Exo 14:31, and often. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges He sent Moses his servant – He sent Moses to be his servant in delivering his people; that is, to accomplish the work which he had designed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:26”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:25
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtlely with his servants. 25. He turned their heart ] The rendering of the Targ., followed in P.B.V., Whose heart turned, is grammatically possible, but A.V. is no doubt right. The Psalmist does not shrink from attributing the hostility of the Egyptians to God’s agency, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:25”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:24
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. 24. And he made his people exceeding fruitful, And made them mightier than their adversaries. Jehovah is the subject of the sentence. The A.V. fails to bring out the connexion of the verse with Exo 1:7, “The children of Israel were fruitful … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:24”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:23
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. 23. Israel also ] So Israel; the great ancestor of the nation is still meant. the land of Ham ] Cp. Psa 105:27; Psa 78:51. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Israel also came into Egypt – Another name for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:23”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:22
To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. To bind his princes at pleasure – Giving him absolute power. The power here referred to was that which was always claimed in despotic governments, and was, and is still, actually practiced in Oriental nations. Literally, to bind his princes by his soul; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:22”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:21
He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: 21, 22. See Gen 41:39-44. Joseph, who so lately was ‘bound in prison,’ is invested with authority to imprison even princes, and in virtue of his wisdom is made the director of Pharaoh’s counsellors. P.B.V. that he might inform (i.e. instruct) his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 105:21”