105 (H3). THE COMING KINGDOM. AS BASED ON THE PAST. (Introversion and Alternation.)

H3 U             1-7 Exhortation to praise (2nd person pl.).  
                  1. O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.  
                  2. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.  
                  3. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.  
                  4. Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.  
                  5. Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;  
                  6. O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.  
                  7. He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.  
    V           8-12 Basis of praise. The Covenant in promise.  
                  8. He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.  
                  9. Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;  
                  10. And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:  
                  11. Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:  
                  12. When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.  
      W i       13 Journeyings. History of Patriarchs.
                  13. When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;  
          k     14,15 Favour. History of Patriarchs.
                  14. He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;  
                  15. Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.  
            l   16 Affliction. History of Patriarchs.
                  16. Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.  
              m 17-22 Mission of deliverance. Joseph. History of Patriarchs.
                  17. He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:  
                  18. Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:  
                  19. Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.  
                  20. The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.  
                  21. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:  
                  22. To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.  
      W i       23 Journeyings. History of Nation.
                  23. Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.  
          k     24 Favour. History of Nation.
                  24. And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.  
            l   25 Affliction. History of Nation.
                  25. He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.  
              m 26-41 Mission of deliverance. Moses and Aaron. History of Nation.
                  26. He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.  
                  27. They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.  
                  28. He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.  
                  29. He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.  
                  30. Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.  
                  31. He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.  
                  32. He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.  
                  33. He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.  
                  34. He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,  
                  35. And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.  
                  36. He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.  
                  37. He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.  
                  38. Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.  
                  39. He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.  
                  40. The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.  
                  41. He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.  
    V           42-45∼ Basis of the praise. The Covenant in performance.  
                  42. For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.  
                  43. And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:  
                  44. And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;  
                  45∼. That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws.  
  U             ∼45 Exhortation to praise (2nd person pl.).  
                  ∼45. Praise ye the LORD.  

8-12 (V, above). COVENANT IN PROMISE.
42-45 (V, above). CONVENANT IN PERFORMANCE.

V n     8-10 The Covenant remembered.
          8. He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
          9. Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
          10. And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
    o   11 The Land given.
          11. Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
      p 12 The People described.
          12. When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
V n     42,43 The Covenant remembered.
          42. For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
          43. And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
    o   44 The Land possessed.
          44. And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
      p 45∼ The People described.
          45∼. That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws.

17-22 (m, above). THE MISSION OF JOSEPH.
26-41 (m, above). THE MISSION OF MOSES AND AARON. (Extended Alternation.)

m q     17 The sending of the Deliverer.
          17. He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
    r   18,19 Trail by the Word (Joseph).
          18. Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
          19. Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
      s 20-22 The deliverance.
          20. The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
          21. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
          22. To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
m q     26 The sending of the Deliverers.
          26. He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
    r   27-36 Trail by the Word (Egypt's).
          27. They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
          28. He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
          29. He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
          30. Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
          31. He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
          32. He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
          33. He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
          34. He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
          35. And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
          36. He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
      s 37-41 The deliverance.
          37. He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
          38. Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
          39. He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
          40. The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
          41. He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.