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1Oh 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!
4 Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his presence continually!
Comments:
The last two psalms we read focused on remembering what God
has done redemptively in the removal of our sin and sickness (103) and in his creation
of everything and his care for the creature (104). Here in Psalm 105, we are
called to remember what he has done in establishing his covenant with Abraham
and with the Patriarchs, and in the Exodus of Israel from Egypt. These were the
great cardinal events in the history of the nation of Israel, and yet it is very
clear from this psalm that the hero of the story was not Abraham the man of
faith, Joseph the long-suffering man of integrity, nor Moses the miracle-working law-giver.
The hero, the one who did it all, was and is Yahweh, the Lord. In this psalm, the pronoun “he” is
used of God and tied with an active verb 28 times—He made, he allowed, he
summoned, he sent, he spoke, he struck down, etc. Perhaps the action that I
like the most is found in verses 8 and 42,
“For
he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham, his servant.”
By
extension, he remembers us as well "to a thousand generations" (v.8), and we read this psalm and remember him more clearly.
So today, as we remember… perhaps we are a little more like God!
