He also destroyed all the firstborn in their land, the first of all their strength. (Psalm 105:36) Many of the previous verses in this psalm recount the plagues God poured out upon Egypt. The final plague, the death of the first born, is the one that broke...

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they did not rebel against His word. (Psalm 105:28) The darkness that struck Egypt was much more than the mere absence of light; it was a tangible substance that completely immobilized people. The Bible says, “The...

He increased His people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies. He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants. (Psalm 105:24-25) It has been addressed in a previous devotion that, generally speaking, the people of God...

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions, to bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom. (Psalm 105:21-22) Still speaking of Joseph, the psalmist makes another important point. Not only was the son of Jacob released from...

The king sent and released him, the ruler of the people let him go free. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions. (Psalm 105:20-21) In the previous devotion, we highlighted the fact that when Joseph was released from prison, he was...

The king sent and released him, the ruler of the people let him go free. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions. (Psalm 105:20-21) Jewish commentary teaches that when Joseph was brought from prison and made Pharaoh’s viceroy, all the...

They hurt his feet with fetters, he was laid in irons. Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord tested him. (Psalm 105:18-19) The Bible tells us that, having been sold into slavery, Joseph was taken into the house of Potiphar as a...

He called for a famine in the land; He destroyed all the provision of bread. He sent a man before them — Joseph— who was sold as a slave. (Psalm 105:16-17) For the next several verses, the psalmist recounts the story of Joseph, specifically calling attention to the...

He rebuked kings for their sakes, saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.” (Psalm 105:14-15) Continuing in the notion that God does not allow the nations to harm His chosen servants, the psalmists “quotes” God as saying, “Do not...

When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people, He permitted no one to do them wrong. Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes. (Psalm 105:13-14) As mentioned in the previous devotion, though the land of Canaan was...

“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the allotment of your inheritance,” when they were few in number, indeed very few, and strangers in it. (Psalm 105:11-12) The Lord spoke these words — “To you I will give the land of Canaan” — individually, to each of the...

He remembers His covenant forever, the word which He commanded, for a thousand generations, the covenant which He made with Abraham. (Psalm 105:8-9) In the previous devotion, we spoke of the importance of covenant and how it is associated with blood thus...