Psa 105:8 | MHM | STEP | The Divine Promise to the Patriarchs; Providences Concerning the Patriarchs. This section teaches us to praise God by remembering what He did for His people in the past. We should look back at the beginnings of the church and thank God for His work, because we benefit from those early blessings. The psalmist finds reasons for praise in the stories from Genesis and Exodus, just as we can find even greater reasons in the stories of Jesus and the early church. Two main things are celebrated here: God’s promise to the patriarchs and His providential care for them as they waited for that promise to be fulfilled. v. 8-11 : God remembered His covenant forever—the promise He made to Abraham, confirmed to Isaac by His oath, and to Jacob as a law and an everlasting covenant (Psalms 105:8-10 ). He said, “Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance” (Psalms 105:11 ). This promise was powerful and permanent, given by God’s command and meant to last for a thousand generations. The patriarchs had a right to Canaan, not by ordinary means, but by God’s promise. Their descendants would receive it as an inheritance, just as believers today are promised eternal life through Jesus (1 John 2:25; Titus 1:2 ).

‏ Psalms 105:8

The Divine Promise to the Patriarchs; Providences Concerning the Patriarchs.

This section teaches us to praise God by remembering what He did for His people in the past. We should look back at the beginnings of the church and thank God for His work, because we benefit from those early blessings. The psalmist finds reasons for praise in the stories from Genesis and Exodus, just as we can find even greater reasons in the stories of Jesus and the early church. Two main things are celebrated here: God’s promise to the patriarchs and His providential care for them as they waited for that promise to be fulfilled.

v. 8-11: God remembered His covenant forever—the promise He made to Abraham, confirmed to Isaac by His oath, and to Jacob as a law and an everlasting covenant (Psalms 105:8-10 ^a). He said, “Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance” (Psalms 105:11 ^b). This promise was powerful and permanent, given by God’s command and meant to last for a thousand generations. The patriarchs had a right to Canaan, not by ordinary means, but by God’s promise. Their descendants would receive it as an inheritance, just as believers today are promised eternal life through Jesus (1 John 2:25; Titus 1:2 ^c).