Mazmur 105:9-10

105:9 the promise ¹  he made to Abraham,

the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

105:10 He gave it to Jacob as a decree,

to Israel as a lasting promise, ² 

Mazmur 105:17

105:17 He sent a man ahead of them ³  –

Joseph was sold as a servant.

[105:9]  ¹ tn Heb “which.”

[105:10]  ² tn Or “eternal covenant.”

[105:17]  ³ tn After the reference to the famine in v. 16, v. 17 flashes back to events that preceded the famine (see Gen 37).