시편 Chapter 105

Translation: ESV

1

Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!

Key Message

Remembering God's saving history and making it known to all peoples is the mission of the worshiping community.

▸Psalm 105 is a historical psalm that reviews God's saving history revealed within Israel's history.

Psalm 105 is a historical psalm that reviews God's saving history revealed within Israel's history. It begins with three commands—give thanks, call upon his name, make known his deeds—showing that making known God's acts to the nations is the mission of worship.

Related Verses

Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
2

Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!

Key Message

The role of the worshiping community is to express and proclaim God's wondrous acts in various ways.

▸Through three modes of expression—singing, singing praises, and telling—God's wondrous works must be proclaimed.

3

Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!

Key Message

True joy is found in a life that seeks God, and glorying in his name is an expression of faith.

▸To 'glory in' the holy name is an expression of acknowledging God as the highest value of life.

8

He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,

Key Message

God remembers the covenant forever, and that remembrance is the driving force that moves saving history.

▸God's covenant is valid for a thousand generations, and God remembers it forever.

43

So he brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing.

Key Message

God's salvation is experienced as joy and gladness; those saved are those called out with joy.

▸The fact that Israel came out of Egypt with joy and singing shows that God's salvation is liberation from oppression and entry into new life.

44

And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the toil of the peoples,

Key Message

God's grace is giving as a gift what we have no right to receive, and this is the fulfillment of the covenant.

▸The conquest of Canaan was not Israel's military might but God's gift.

45

that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise the LORD!

Key Message

God's salvation is not for licentious freedom but for the holy life of following God's statutes.

▸The purpose of salvation is not freedom itself but a life of following God's statutes and laws.