Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
turned their heart—God controls men's free acts (compare I Samuel 10:9). "When Saul had turned his back to go from (God's prophet) Samuel, God turned (Margin) him another heart" (see Exodus 1:8, etc.). Whatever evil the wicked man plots against God's people, God holds bound even his heart, so as not to lay a single plan except what God permits. Thus Isaiah (Isaiah 43:17) says it was God who brought forth the army of Pharaoh to pursue Israel to their own destruction (Exodus 4:21; Exodus 7:3).
Israel . . . and Jacob—that is, Jacob himself is meant, as Psalms 105:24 speaks of "his people." Still, he came with his whole house (Genesis 46:6-7).
sojourned— (Genesis 47:4).
land of Ham—or, Egypt (Psalms 78:51).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 105:25:
2 Samuel 24:1-4
Hosea 11:8
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