Introduction: The first part of this Psalm was used by David when the ark was brought into Jerusalem in 1 Chronicles 16:7-22. It appears that David was the author and that He chose to use only part of the Psalm at that time or added to it at a latter date.
1. Calls to Worship God – List the elements of worship: vs.1-5
Vs.1 ________________ & _________& _______________
Vs.2 _____________________ & _____________________
Vs.3 _____________________ & _____________________
Vs.4 _____________________ & _____________________
Vs.5 _____________________
2. Reasons to Worship God – vs.6-8
Vs.7 _____________________ & _____________________
Vs.8 ____________________________________________
3. Lessons from Israel’s forefathers who Worshiped God –
Vs.9-13 – God’s covenant with his chosen people.
Vs.14-16 – God’s protection of His chosen people.
Vs.17-22 – God’s provision for His chosen people.
Vs.23-43 – God’s deliverance of His chosen people.
Vs.44-45 – God’s Inheritance for His chosen people.
Application: Vs. 5 – How good are you at remember what God has done in your life?
Malachi 3:16 “Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.”
“The first verses are full of joyful praise, and call upon the people to extol Jehovah, Ps 105:1-7; then the earliest days of the infant nation, are described, Ps 105:8-15; the going into Egypt, Ps 105:16-23, the coming forth from it with the Lord’s outstretched arm, Ps 105:24-38, the journeying through the wilderness and the entrance into Canaan.
We are now among the long Psalms, as at other times we have been among the short ones. These varying lengths of the sacred poems should teach us not to lay down any law either of brevity or prolixity in either prayer or praise. Short petitions and single verses of hymns are often the best for public occasions, but there are seasons when a whole night of wrestling or an entire day of psalm slinging will be none too long. The Spirit is ever free in his operations, and is not to be confined with, the rules of conventional propriety. The wind bloweth as it listeth, and at one time rushes in short and rapid sweep, while at another it continues to refresh the earth hour after hour with its reviving breath” (Treasury of David, C. H. Spurgeon).
Magnify! 