Psalms 105:37

Psa 105:37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and [there was] not one feeble [person] among their tribes.

Ver. 37. He brought them forth also with silver and gold] Which they had dearly earned in Egypt, but could not get, till God, the right owner of all, set them in a course, Exo 12:35-36, dispensing with his own law.

There was not one feeble person] But all able and fit for their journey, Viatico et firma valetudine instructi.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Psa 105:37-39. He brought them forth also with silver and gold — Laden with the spoils of their enemies, which God, who is the absolute lord of all property, empowered them to ask and receive of them, and thereby, as a righteous judge, awarded them “the wages due to their great labours, the Egyptians being now willing and ready to furnish them with any thing required in order to dismiss them,” Exo 12:33. There was not one feeble person among them — Diseased or unable for his journey, although it was to be performed on foot; which, in so vast a body, and in a time of such mortality as it had been in Egypt, and among a people which had been so long and so dreadfully oppressed as the Israelites had been, was wonderful. Egypt was glad when they departed — For God had so wonderfully owned them, and pleaded their cause, that the fear of Israel fell upon them, and they owned themselves baffled and overcome. He spread a cloud for a covering — To protect them from the heat of the sun, which, in that hot and open country, would otherwise have been intolerable to them, especially in so long a journey: see on Psa 88:14.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

37. (Psa 105:37) And he brought them out with silver and with gold, and there was not in his tribes a totterer (or stumbler). The first clause relates to the spoiling of the Egyptians, Exo 12:35-36. The last word denotes a person unfit for military service. Compare Isa 5:27.

Joseph Addison Alexander, The Psalms Translated and Explained (1850) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

105:37-45 The Exodus and the conquest of Canaan fulfilled God’s promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (105:9-10). Unlike Ps 78, the poet recites the Lord’s goodness without commenting on Israel’s history of rebellion (cp. Ps 106).

105:37 not one . . . stumbled: The Lord protected all of his people (cp. 9:3).

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When their enemies felt God’s plagues his children by his providence were exempted.

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37. And he brought them forth with silver and gold The prophet, on the other hand, celebrates the grace of God which preserved the chosen people untouched and safe from all these plagues. If both parties had been indiscriminately afflicted with them, the hand of God would not have been so signally manifest. But now when the Israelites, amidst so many calamities, experienced an entire exemption from harm, this difference exhibits to us, as in a picture, God’s fatherly care about his own people. For this reason, it is stated, Nor was there a feeble person, or one who stumbled; for the verb כשל, kashal, has both these meanings. But I prefer taking it simply in this sense, That whilst Egypt was hastening to destruction, the people of God were vigorous, and free from every malady. When it is said, He brought them forth, and when it is afterwards added, in his tribes, there is a change of the number, which is quite common in the Hebrew language. Some refer the word his to God; but this I am afraid is too forced.

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(37) Feeble person.—Literally, stumbling. (Comp. Isa_5:27 : “None shall be weary or stumble among them,” i.e., none unfit for the march and military duty.)

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37. So he brought them forth with silver and gold:

And there was none that stumbled among his tribes.

Israel marched out like a victorious army, with spoils which were virtually the reward of their long compulsory service (Exo_12:35-36); like a host of warriors in which none are faint or weary (Isa_5:27).

his tribes] Jehovah’s tribes (Psa_122:4) rather than Israel’s (Num_24:2).

37–45. The Exodus, the miracles of the wilderness, and the settlement in Canaan.

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Egypt was glad when they departed,.... The Egyptians, as the Targum; they were glad when the Israelites were gone, for whose sake they had been so much and so long plagued. So wicked men are glad to be rid of the company of good men, which is very disagreeable to them; so the Gergesenes were glad when Christ departed out of their coasts, which they requested he would. So the inhabitants of the earth will rejoice, be merry, and send gifts one to another, when the witnesses are slain, the two prophets that tormented them with their doctrines and religious lives.

For the fear of them fell upon them; their firstborn being slain, they looked upon themselves as dead men; and feared that, if the Israelites stayed, their lives must go next; and therefore being seized with a panic they were urgent upon them to depart; not out of any good will to them, but through fear of them, Exo 12:33.

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He brought them forth also with silver and gold - Which they had begged of the Egyptians. In Exo 12:35, it is said, in our translation, that they had “borrowed” this gold and silver, together with raiment, of the Egyptians. This is an unhappy translation, as our word “borrow” means to ask anything of another for the purpose of using it for a time, with an implied understanding that it shall be returned, if an article to be used - or that as much money shall be repaid, if it is money that is borrowed - and according to this there would have been dishonesty and fraud on the part of the Israelites in “borrowing” these things of the Egyptians, when not intending (as they evidently did not) to return them. The Hebrew word, however, in Exo 12:35 - שׁאל shâ'al - means merely to ask, “to demand, to require, to request, to perition, to beg.” The idea of an obligation to “return” the things, as in our word “borrow,” is not attached to the Hebrew word.

And there was not one feeble person ... - literally, Not one who was lame; or, who halted, or staggered. This, of course, is not necessarily to be understood literally. It is a general description of the capability of the people for traveling, or for war.

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Feeble person; diseased or unable for his journey; which in so vast a body, and in a time of such mortality as it had been in Egypt, and in a people which had been so long and so dreadfully oppressed as the Israelites were, was wonderful; but they all journeyed on foot, Exo 12:37.

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Ver. 37. He brought them forth also with silver and gold. This they asked of the Egyptians, perhaps even demanded, and well they might, for they had been robbed and spoiled for many a day, and it was not meet that they should go forth empty handed. Glad were the Egyptians to hand over their jewels to propitiate a people who had such a terrible friend above; they needed no undue pressure, they feared them too much to deny them their requests. The Israelites were compelled to leave their houses and lands behind them, and it was but justice that they should be able to turn these into portable property.

And there was not one feeble person among their tribes a great marvel indeed. The number of their army was very great and yet there was not one in hospital, not one carried in an ambulance, or limping in the rear. Poverty and oppression had not enfeebled them. JEHOVAH ROPHI had healed them; they carried none of the diseases of Egypt with them, and felt none of the exhaustion which sore bondage produces. When God calls his people to a long journey he fits them for it; in the pilgrimage of life our strength shall be equal to our day. See the contrast between Egypt and Israelin Egypt one dead in every house, and among the Israelites not one so much as limping.

Ver. 37. There was not one feeble person among their tribes, when Israel came out of Egypt; there was while dwelling there: so there shall be no feeble saint go to heaven, but they shall be perfect when carried hence by the angels of God, though they complain of feebleness here. "There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; "Isa 65:20. As there is in all dying or departed persons a great shooting in their stature observed; so is there in the soul much more. The least infant shoots in the instant of dissolution to such a perfect knowledge of God, and such a measure of grace is not attainable here, that he is "as David; "and the tallest Christian comes to such a height, that he is "as an angel of God, "Zec 7:8. John Sheffield, in "The Rising Sun, "1654.

Ver. 37. There was not one feeble person among their tribes. They came out all in good health, and brought not with them any of the diseases of Egypt. Surely never was the like; that among so many thousands there was not one sick! so false was the representation which the Jews' enemies in after ages gave of the matter, that they were all sick of a leprosy, or some loathsome disease, and therefore the Egyptians thrust them out of their land. Matthew Henry.

Ver. 37. Feeble person. A totterer or stumbler. The word denotes a person unfit for military service. Joseph Addison Alexander.

Ver. 37 (first clause). Wealth found upon us after affliction.

Ver. 37 (second clause). A consummation to be desired. This was the direct result of the divine presence. The circumstances out of which it grew were hard labour, and persecution. It enabled them to leave Egypt, to journey far, to carry burdens, to fight enemies, etc.

Psalms 105:38*

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37. With silver and gold—God had promised Abraham (Gen_15:14) that his descendants should “come out of Egypt with great substance;” and again to Moses, “When ye go ye shall not go empty.”

Exo_3:21. The words “silver and gold” refer to Exo_11:2; Exo_12:35, where the Hebrew word is not “borrow,” but ask, require; and in Psa_105:36, where the word is rendered lent, the Hiphil form of the verb means, to suffer to ask; literally, to cause to ask, that is, to lend a willing ear to the asker, and to grant his request. “No proof can be brought that the word means to lend, as is commonly supposed. The word occurs again in 1Sa_1:28, and there it means to grant or give.”—Keil and Delitzsch.

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He brought them forth also with silver and gold. (Exo_12:35, Exo_12:36; comp. Exo_3:21, Exo_3:22) And there was not one feeble person among their tribes; literally, there was not one that stumbled among their tribes, or among his tribes. Probably there were many feeble persons, who were carried on beasts of burden, or in carts, or by their friends. But all those who walked had strength given to them, and did not stumble by the way. (comp. Isa_5:27)

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Feeble - Diseased or unable for his journey: which in so vast a body, and in a people who had been so dreadfully oppressed, was wonderful.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

He brought the Israelites out with silver and gold

When the Israelites left Egypt they took silver and gold with them. AT: "He brought the Isrealites out of Egypt with silver and gold in their possession" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)

none of his tribes stumbled on the way

No one was left behind. This can be stated positively AT: "all of his tribes was able to make the journey" (See: Double Negatives)

Egypt was glad

Here "Egypt" refers to the people who live in Egypt. AT: The people of Egypt were glad (See: Metonymy)

He spread a cloud for a covering

Here the psalmist describes Yahweh placing a cloud in the sky as if he were spreading out a garment. The cloud was a "covering" to protect them from the sun. AT: "He placed a cloud in the sky to protect them from the sun and heat" (See: Metaphor and Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)

made a fire to light up the night

Yahweh placed a pillar of fire in the sky to give light during the night. AT: "placed a fire it the sky to light up the night" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)

translationWords

Israel

silver

gold

tribe

Egypt

fear

fire

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