Psalm 105:8-15

Tell of All His Wonderful Works

8 He e remembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for f a thousand generations,
 9 g the covenant that he made with Abraham,
his h sworn promise to Isaac,
 10 which he confirmed to i Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
 11 saying, j "To you I will give the land of Canaan
as k your portion for an inheritance."

12 When they were l few in number,
of little account, and m sojourners in it,
 13 wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
 14 he n allowed no one to oppress them;
he o rebuked kings on their account,
 15 saying, p "Touch not my anointed ones,
do my prophets no harm!"

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 105:42
    For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham, his servant.
    Psalms 106:45
    For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
    Psalms 111:5
    He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever.
    Luke 1:72
    To show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant.
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 7:9
    Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 17:2
    That I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.
    Genesis 22:15 - 18
    And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 26:3
    Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 28:13 - 14
    And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring.
    Genesis 35:11 - 12
    And God said to him, "I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 13:15
    For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.
    Genesis 15:18
    On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 78:55
    He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 34:30
    Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.
    Deuteronomy 7:7
    It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
    Deuteronomy 26:5
    And you shall make response before the Lord your God, 'A wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
  9. Cross References
    Hebrews 11:9
    By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 35:5
    And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 12:17
    But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
    Genesis 20:3
    But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife.
  12. Cross References
    Genesis 20:6 - 7
    Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.
    Genesis 26:11
    So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, "Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
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