Psalm 105 Commentary
Give thanks. Call upon His name. Make known His deeds. Sing to Him. Talk of His wondrous works. Seek the LORD. Remember His marvelous works.
If religion is all about works, these would be the works!
But note the difference. Jesus is the object or the substance of the action verbs above. Remove “Him” from the above activities, and you have witchcraft!
We sing to Him. We don’t sing for money. We don’t sing for people or to the people.
One of the reasons we read scripture daily is to remember His works. What do we remember about the story of Abraham? Yes, the works of the LORD.
The psalmist zooms in on the LORD’s covenant with Abraham. The contract involved, on one part, Abraham’s obligation to walk before the LORD blamelessly. On the other hand, the LORD promised Abraham a piece of land.
The LORD God was to make Abraham’s name great.
The Ten Commandments, as given on Mount Sinai, are an expansion of the definition and description of what it means to walk blamelessly before the LORD.
The promise of land is a direct reference to the promise of restoring errant humanity back to the land we know as the Garden of Eden.
The earth is God’s workshop. He uses real people and real-life events as models for His grand plan for the salvation of humanity.
We have Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and Moses. It’s a list of God’s works. Of course, mortals provide the context in time and space. Remove the names of individuals, and you still have the wondrous works of the LORD God!
These aren’t random works. The purpose is stated. “That they might observe His statutes.” Verse 45.
So Israel is saved. The purpose isn’t their political freedom. “Political freedom could be part of the linen at childbirth, but it’s never the baby!
This psalm underlines the difference between the object and its shadow. It invites us to hold on to the object. Let’s sing to Him. We must remember the object!
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