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Pentecost Season · Proper 12 · Year A

Psalm 105:1-11, 45b or Psalm 128

Remember God's Covenant Wonders

July 26, 2026

Abraham's Vision: the smoking furnace and the flaming torch, Unknown French/Netherlandish illuminator
Abraham's Vision: the smoking furnace and the flaming torch, Unknown French/Netherlandish illuminator, 14th centuryMuseum Meermanno | Huis van het Boek, The Hague, MMW 10 B 23, fol. 22r (CC0)
The night God cut the covenant: a smoking furnace and a torch of fire passing between the halves of the offering.The psalm remembers the covenant he made with Abraham, and this is the hour it was made.Unknown French/Netherlandish illuminatorA manuscript painter whose name is lost, working in a Bible made to be read aloud.Museum Meermanno | Huis van het Boek, The Hague, MMW 10 B 23, fol. 22r (CC0)Museum Meermanno, The Hague.Museum Meermanno | Huis van het Boek, The Hague, MMW 10 B 23, fol. 22r (CC0)
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMt. 13:31-33, 44-52Mt 13:31-33, 44-52
EpistleRom. 8:26-39Rom 8:26-39
Old TestamentGen. 29:15-28Gn 29:15-28Alt. OT1 Kings 3:5-121 Kgs 3:5-12
PsalterPs. 105:1-11, 45bPs 105:1-11, 45b orPs. 128Ps 128Alt. PsalmPs. 119:129-136Ps 119:129-136

Overview & Insights

"He is mindful of his covenant forever, of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations." (Psalm 105:8)

A hymn calling Israel to give thanks and remember the Lord's wonderful deeds, recalling the covenant he made with Abraham to give the land as an everlasting inheritance.

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Commentary

Enduring Word: Psalm 105Enduring Word: Ps 105 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the psalm of covenant remembrance.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Psalm 105:1BibleHub: Commentaries on Ps 105:1 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries on the call to give thanks and remember.

Background & Word Study

Sefaria: Psalms 105 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Ps 105 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and Jewish commentary on the psalm.

BibleHub: Psalm 105 InterlinearBibleHub: Ps 105 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the psalm.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Psalm 105Catena: Ps 105 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Psalm 105.

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