Psalm 105 Part 2 

 Previous psalms have focused on stirring one’s soul to bless the Lord. Now the author encouraged himself and others to ‘give thanks to the Lord.’ The pronoun ‘He/His’ is the master word in the whole psalm. Its constant repetition shows the one thought uppermost in the mind of the singer.  
The first six verses are full of exultation, and in their reiterated short clauses, are like the joyful cries of a herald bringing good tidings to Zion. “Call upon His name” “Make known His deeds among the peoples”, “talk of all His wondrous works!” “Sing to Him”, “Glory in His holy name.”    
God’s people are invited to not only ‘seek’ God Himself, but also His ‘strength’ (v4). This strength is given to God’s people as they seek Him, (c.f. Paul’s words in Eph6:10.) We are also admonished to remember (v5). How fitting that the fourth commandment (Ex 20:8-11) begins with the same word, remember, for what a marvellous work creation was! 

Before focusing on the works and promises God made for the people of Israel, David reminds us that God is over ‘all the earth’ (v7). His covenant focus on Israel does not take away from His interest and lordship over all His creation!  
God made a ‘forever’ covenant(v8) with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that was passed to the nation of Israel at Sinai. While the nation as a whole rejected their Messiah, the Christian church was founded on the Jewish remnant who remained faithful. All the early converts to Christianity were Jewish. Paul discusses this in Romans 11:5ff. 

Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist seems to have paraphrased vs8-11 as recorded in Luke1:72-75. As he ‘prophesied,’ he transferred the language of the old dispensation to the affairs of the new one. He uses these words to describe the redemption of Israel from Egypt to Christ’s redemption from sin. God promised the land to Abraham when he and his family were only a small group of people in the land of Canaan. Likewise, when we are as nothing, to us, who are heirs of the covenant comes the promise of everlasting life in the New Earth.