Psalms 105 · Verse 42

Psalms 105:42

For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
Psalms 105:42, King James Version

Psalms 105:42 in other translations

BSBFor He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
WEBFor he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
ASVFor he remembered his holy word, And Abraham his servant.
YLTFor He hath remembered His holy word, With Abraham His servant,
DARBYFor he remembered his holy word, and Abraham his servant;
BBEFor he kept in mind his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
WebsterFor he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

What does Psalms 105:42 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 105:42-45
42-45. The reasons for these dealings: (1) God's faithfulness to His covenant, "His holy promise" of Canaan, is the fountain whence flowed so many acts of marvellous kindness to His people (compare Psa 105:8, 11). Ex 2:24 is the fundamental passage [Hengstenberg]. (2) That they might be obedient. The observance of God's commands by Abraham was the object of the covenant with him (Ge 18:19), as it was also the object of the covenant with Israel, that they might observe God's statutes. remembered ... and Abraham--or, "remembered His holy word (that is, covenant confirmed) with Abraham."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 105:24-45

As the believer commonly thrives best in his soul when under the cross; so the church also flourishes most in true holiness, and increases in number, while under persecution. Yet instruments shall be raised up for their deliverance, and plagues may be expected by persecutors. And see the special care God took of his people in the wilderness. All the benefits bestowed on Israel as a nation, were shadows of spiritual…

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Psalms 105:42 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
זָ֭כַרZa.kharhe rememberedH2142
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
דְּבַ֣רde.Var[the] word ofH1697
קָדְשׁ֑וֹka.de.Shoholiness hisH6944
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אַבְרָהָ֥ם'av.ra.HamAbrahamH85
עַבְדּֽוֹ\׃av.Doservant hisH5650

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Cross references for Psalms 105:42

  • Exodus 2:24

    And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

  • Luke 1:72-73

    To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

  • Luke 1:54-55

    He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

  • Genesis 12:7

    And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.

  • Micah 7:20

    Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

  • Genesis 13:14-17

    And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

  • Exodus 32:13

    Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

  • Psalms 105:8-11

    He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

  • Genesis 15:13-14

    And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

  • Deuteronomy 9:5

    Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Deuteronomy 9:27

    Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For he.
8-11; Ge 12:7; 13:14-17; 15:14; Ex 2:24; Lu 1:54,55,72,73
Abraham.
Ex 32:13; De 9:5,27; Mic 7:20

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Context

  • Psalms 105:41

    He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

  • Psalms 105:42

    For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

  • Psalms 105:43

    And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:

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Psalms 105:42 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque se acordó de su santa palabra, dada á Abraham su siervo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car il se souvint de sa parole sainte, et d’Abraham, son serviteur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn er gedachte seines heiligen Wortes, Abrahams, seines Knechtes;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et tribulaverunt eos inimici eorum, et humiliati sunt sub manibus eorum;