01/20/2021 – Day 249 – continued- Psalm 105 – 107
Sorry, I forgot Matthew Henry’s verbatim summary commentary on the first two chapters of our reading:
Psalm 105:
“This is a long psalm; the general scope is the same with most of the psalms , to set forth the glory of God, but the subject-matter is particular. Every time we come to the throne of grace we may, if we please, furnish ourselves out of the word of God with new songs. In the foregoing psalm we are taught to praise God for his wondrous works of common providence with reference to the world in general. In this we are directed to praise God for his special favours to the church. We find the first eleven verses of this psalm in the beginning of that psalm which David delivered to Asaph to be used (as it should seem) in the daily service of the sanctuary when the ark was fixed in the place he prepared for it, 1 Chronicles 16:7. David by it designed to instruct his people in the obligations they lay under to adhere faithfully to their holy religion. Here is the preface (ver. 1-7) and the history itself in several articles. I. God’s covenant with the patriarches, ver 8-11. II. His care of them while they were strangers, ver 12-15. III. His raising up Joseph to be the shepherd and stone of Israel, ver 16-22. IV. The increase of Israel in Egypt and their deliverance out of Egypt, verses 23 – 38. V. The care he took of them in the wilderness and their settlement in Canaan, ver 39-45.”
Psalm 106:
“We must give glory to God by making confession, not only of his goodness, but our own badness. The foregoing psalm was a history of God’s goodness to Israel; this is a history of theire rebellions and provocations, and yet it begins and ends with Hallelujah; for even sorrow for sin must not put us out of tune for praising God. In this psalm, we have 1. The preface to the narrative , speaking honour to God (ver. 1, 2). The comfort to the saints (ver. 3) and the desire of the faithful towards towards God’s favour (ver 4,5) , II. The narrative itself of the sins of Israel, aggravated by the by great things that God did for them, an account of which is intermixed. Their provocations at the Red Sea (ver 6 – 12), lusting (ver. 13-15), mutinying (ver 16-18), worshipping themselves to Baal-peor (ver. 28-31), quarrelling with Moses (vr 32,33), incorporating themselves with the nations of Canaan, v34 -39. To his is added an account how God had rebuked them for their sins, and yet saved them from ruin, ver. 40-46. III. The conclusion of this psalm with prayer and praise, ver. 47,48.
Soli Deo Gloria!