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Psalm 105:42

For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.

40They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
42For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
43He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.
44He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
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Notice

“For” traces Israel’s food and water back to God’s holy word, giving trust a foundation in God’s remembrance of Abraham, his servant.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Exodus 2:24God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.Both passages name Abraham and describe God remembering, with Exodus identifying the covenant he remembered as he heard his people’s groaning.
Genesis 30:22God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.Both passages speak of God remembering a person by name, Abraham in the psalm and Rachel in Genesis.
Psalm 105:8He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,Both verses describe God remembering his word, with verse 8 naming his covenant and its reach across generations.
Luke 1:72–73to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,Both passages connect God’s remembrance with what is holy: his word in the psalm and his covenant in Luke.
Psalm 119:49Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.Both verses join God’s word with his servant: one recalls his remembrance, while the other asks for it.
Genesis 12:7The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” He built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.Genesis records God’s promise of land to Abram’s offspring; the psalm recalls God remembering his holy word and Abraham.
Luke 1:54–55He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,Both passages connect God’s remembrance with help for Israel, and both use the word servant.
Micah 7:20You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.Both passages name Abraham and connect God’s faithfulness toward him with words God spoke in the past.
Exodus 32:13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the …Exodus asks God to remember Abraham and his sworn promise; the psalm declares that God remembered his holy word and Abraham.
Genesis 13:14–17The LORD said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward …The supplied Genesis verse records God speaking to Abram; the psalm looks back on God’s holy word and his remembrance of Abraham.
Galatians 3:18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.Both passages connect Abraham with God’s word of promise, which Galatians identifies as the basis of his grant.
Genesis 15:7He said to Abram, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”Genesis records God’s declared purpose to give Abram land; the psalm remembers his holy word as it recounts Israel receiving land.
Where this verse fits

Waiting. doubt. gratitude.

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Encouragement

The God who supplied water in dry places remembered his holy word. His care for Israel was rooted in what he had spoken to Abraham.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).