Psalms 105:42
40 They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
43 He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
44 He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
- KJV
- For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
- WEB
- For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
- ASV
- For he remembered his holy word, [And] Abraham his servant.
- DARBY
- For he remembered his holy word, [and] Abraham his servant;
- BLB
- For He remembered the word of His holiness to Abraham His servant.
- ÅB
- For han kom i hu sitt hellige ord, Abraham, sin tjener,
- OTB
- For Han husket Sin hellige pakt
Med Sin tjener Abraham; - B1930
- For han kom i hu sitt hellige ord, Abraham, sin tjener,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 2:24
So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Read in contextLuke 1:72–73
to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
Read in contextLuke 1:54–55
He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
Read in contextGenesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Read in contextMicah 7:20
You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
Read in contextGenesis 13:14–17
After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
Read in contextExodus 32:13
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
Read in contextPsalms 105:8–11
He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
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