Psalm 105:42
 Psalm 105:42 
New International Version (©2011)
For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.

New Living Translation (©2007)
For he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham.

English Standard Version (©2001)
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham, his servant.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
For He remembered His holy word With Abraham His servant;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Indeed, he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham.

NET Bible (©2006)
Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
Because he had remembered the word of his Holiness of Abraham his Servant,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

American King James Version
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

American Standard Version
For he remembered his holy word, And Abraham his servant.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.

Darby Bible Translation
For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham his servant;

English Revised Version
For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham his servant.

Webster's Bible Translation
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

World English Bible
For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.

Young's Literal Translation
For He hath remembered His holy word, With Abraham His servant,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 blessings with which we are blessed in Christ Jesus. Having redeemed us with his blood, restored our souls to holiness, and set us at liberty from Satan's bondage, he guides and guards us all the way. He satisfies our souls with the bread of heaven, and the water of life from the Rock of salvation, and will bring us safely to heaven. He redeems his servants from all iniquity, and purifies them unto himself, to be a peculiar people, zealous of good works.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 42. - For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham; i.e. his covenant with Abraham to bring his seed into the Holy Land. His servant (comp. ver. 6).


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For he remembered his holy promise,.... It was not owing to the goodness of this people, to their obedience to the divine will, to any worthiness or merit of theirs, that such signs and wonders were wrought for them in Egypt; and that they were brought out from thence in such a manner as they were; and were protected and so plentifully provided for in the wilderness; but it was owing to the grace and goodness of God, to his covenant and promise, which he sacredly and inviolably observed; the grace and covenant of God are the source and spring of all blessings of goodness; he is ever mindful of his covenant, and therefore sends meat to them that fear him, as he did to the Israelites, Psalm 111:5.

And Abraham his servant; or the promise he made to Abraham his servant; so the Targum,

"which "was" with Abraham his servant;''

that is, which holy word or promise was with Abraham, was spoken to him; and was with him, that he would give him and his seed the land of Canaan; and that though they should be afflicted long in Egypt, yet should come out from thence with great substance, Genesis 15:13, this he remembered, as he never forgets any promise of his, nor ever suffers his faithfulness to fail, nor his covenant to be broken. Hence it follows,


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

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 Ps 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."


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Tell of His Wonderful Works!
41He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. 42For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. 43And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: …

Luke 1:72 to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant,
Genesis 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.
Genesis 15:13 Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there.
Genesis 15:14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.
Exodus 2:24 God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.
Exodus 13:11 "After the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as he promised on oath to you and your ancestors,
Psalm 105:6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
Psalm 105:8 He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations,