Children of Jacob; to whom he restrains the former more general expression, because these were the only branch of Abraham’s seed to whom the following covenant and blessings belong. read more
Either, 1. The fame of his judgments upon the Egyptians is spread over the face of the earth. Or, 2. God executes his judgments upon all nations and people; which may be here noted as a foil to magnify God’s grace to them who were the monuments of his mercy, when all the world besides them fell under his just severity. read more
He hath remembered, practically, so as to perform it; as that word is frequently used in Scripture. The word; the word of promise, or the covenant, as is explained both in the foregoing and following words. And so the word is taken Judges 13:12; Luke 1:38. Commanded, i.e. established, or ordained, or appointed, as this word is oft taken, as Psalms 68:28; Psalms 71:3; Psalms 133:3; Isaiah 13:3; Isaiah 23:11. To a thousand generations; to all generations; a certain number being put for an... read more
Wherewith he ratified the covenant with Isaac, Genesis 26:3. read more
For a law; either that it might be as firm and irrevocable, as a law; or that it might have the use and force of a law towards God, because God did hereby put himself under an obligation of making it good in regard of his own truth and righteousness. read more
The portion assigned to you by lot and the designation of Divine Providence. See Poole "Deuteronomy 32:9"; See Poole "Psalms 16:6". read more
A few men in number, Heb. men of number, i.e. few, who could easily be numbered, very few, as the next words explain it. read more
Both in Canaan, where there were seven nations, Deuteronomy 7:1, and in Egypt, &c. read more
Both verbally, and really, by his judgments. See Genesis 12:17; Genesis 20:3. read more
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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 105:5
Either, 1. The laws delivered from his mouth. Or rather, 2. The plagues or punishments (as this same word is used here, Psalms 105:7, and every where) which he brought upon Egypt by his mere word or command, as is oft noted in the history of them in Exodus. read more