"Then HE sent a famine and ruined the crop that sustained the land; HE sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave; his feet in shackles, his neck in irons; till what HE foretold came to pass, and YAHWEH's word proved HIM true.
The king sent for him; set him free; the ruler of the peoples released him. He put him in charge of his household and made him ruler of all his possessions." - Psalm 105:16-21
Joseph Sold As A Slave By His Brothers
(The psalmist summarizes in this one psalm the goodness and the greatness of GOD, as he knew it from The Old Testament. He connects with his past to seek GOD's presence and praise HIM. We do not live in isolation from our material environment, nor do we from our historical past, and the historical books of the Scriptures, like the Creation, provide material for praise. We are the people whom GOD has redeemed, but in redeeming us, GOD was keeping the promise which HE made 'to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his seed.'
When praying with this psalm, we can unite our history to the history of salvation and remember that, while the covenant is a mandate, it is also the Word of GOD and therefore it is an eternal and holy covenant. If we are unfaithful, GOD is still faithful.)
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