Psa 105:9-12 | JFB | STEP | 8-11. The covenant was often ratified. word-- answering to "covenant" [Psa 105:9] in the parallel clause, namely, the word of promise, which, according to , He set forth for an inviolable law. commanded-- or, "ordained" ( ). to a thousand generations-- perpetually. A verbal allusion to (compare ).

‏ Psalms 105:9-12

8-11. The covenant was often ratified.

word--answering to "covenant" [Psa 105:9] in the parallel clause, namely, the word of promise, which, according to Psa 105:10, He set forth for an inviolable law.

commanded--or, "ordained" (Psa 68:28).

to a thousand generations--perpetually. A verbal allusion to De 7:9 (compare Ex 20:6).

12-15. few ... in number--alluding to Jacob's words (Ge 34:30), "I being few in number."

yea, very few--literally, "as a few," that is, like fewness itself (compare Is 1:9).

strangers--sojourners in the land of their future inheritance, as in a strange country (He 11:9).