And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
The verse belongs to the recorded history of Israel, recalling the wilderness experience of being under the cloud and passing through the sea and eating the same spiritual meat and drinking the same spiritual drink from the spiritual Rock that followed them, which was Christ, when with many of them God was not well pleased and they were overthrown in the wilderness. Studying it together with the histories in Psalms 106 and 107 helps readers appreciate God's goodness, mercy, and love.
God gave Israel the lands and territory of the heathen and pagan nations, and they inherited and took possession of the fruit and labor of those peoples as a good inheritance. The gift was given because God remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant, fulfilling that promise, and He brought His people and chosen out of Egypt with joy and gladness. The gift followed God's judgment on the pride of Egypt through plague and death in every household, because Pharaoh despised enslaved Israel and refused to release God's firstborn son to serve Him. God had already called Israel His son and firstborn and undertaken their cause while they were still degraded, downtrodden, and bitterly oppressed by Egyptian power and cruelty, not waiting until their triumph at the Red Sea.
The good land was a refuge from their enemies prepared for them by providence when He rescued them from slavery and brought them to Himself. He gave the lands so that they might observe His statutes and keep His laws, worshiping no other god and exalting His name, since Israel could not serve God in Egypt and their deliverance enabled obedience, including keeping the Sabbath. The gift of the land was intended to lead the people to faithful obedience, but Israel's idolatry showed that this purpose had been forgotten.
The verse shows the goodness, mercy, and love of God in His dealings with Israel, and it is to be read carefully with Psalms 105, 106, and 107 so that all who claim to be children of God learn the necessity of appreciating that goodness, mercy, and love. The record holds a lesson of warning that the people of God in the last days especially need to study, and Psalm 105 is to be read at least once every week. The giving of the lands proves a care for His oppressed children that remains unchanged today.
The verse belongs to the recorded history of Israel, recalling the wilderness experience of being under the cloud and passing through the sea and eating the same spiritual meat and drinking the same spiritual drink from the spiritual Rock that followed them, which was Christ, when with many of them God was not well pleased and they were overthrown in the wilderness. Studying it together with the histories in Psalms 106 and 107 helps readers appreciate God's goodness, mercy, and love.
God gave Israel the lands and territory of the heathen and pagan nations, and they inherited and took possession of the fruit and labor of those peoples as a good inheritance. The gift was given because God remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant, fulfilling that promise, and He brought His people and chosen out of Egypt with joy and gladness. The gift followed God's judgment on the pride of Egypt through plague and death in every household, because Pharaoh despised enslaved Israel and refused to release God's firstborn son to serve Him. God had already called Israel His son and firstborn and undertaken their cause while they were still degraded, downtrodden, and bitterly oppressed by Egyptian power and cruelty, not waiting until their triumph at the Red Sea.
The good land was a refuge from their enemies prepared for them by providence when He rescued them from slavery and brought them to Himself. He gave the lands so that they might observe His statutes and keep His laws, worshiping no other god and exalting His name, since Israel could not serve God in Egypt and their deliverance enabled obedience, including keeping the Sabbath. The gift of the land was intended to lead the people to faithful obedience, but Israel's idolatry showed that this purpose had been forgotten.
The verse shows the goodness, mercy, and love of God in His dealings with Israel, and it is to be read carefully with Psalms 105, 106, and 107 so that all who claim to be children of God learn the necessity of appreciating that goodness, mercy, and love. The record holds a lesson of warning that the people of God in the last days especially need to study, and Psalm 105 is to be read at least once every week. The giving of the lands proves a care for His oppressed children that remains unchanged today.