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Psalm 105:44

He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,

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,
45that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise the LORD!
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The lands and labor Israel received belonged to other peoples, so this account of God’s gift carries the hard reality of their dispossession.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Deuteronomy 6:10It shall be, when the LORD your God brings you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you–a land with great …Both describe God giving Israel land containing the work of others, with Deuteronomy naming cities they did not build.
Joshua 24:13I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn’t …Both name land as God’s gift and describe Israel receiving the fruit of labor they had not done.
Psalm 78:55He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.Both credit God with giving Israel the nations’ land; Psalm 78 names the expulsion that accompanied their settlement.
Joshua 24:8“‘I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan. They fought with you, and I gave them into your hand. You possessed their land, …Both describe Israel possessing another people’s land through God’s action; Joshua names the fighting and destruction involved.
Psalm 44:2–3You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.Both credit God with Israel’s settlement in land occupied by other nations.
Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by …Both recount Israel receiving land; Joshua adds its division among the tribes and the end of war.
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.”God’s promise to give Abram land shares the language of gift and possession with Israel’s receipt of land here.
Numbers 26:53“To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.Both concern land received by Israel, with Numbers specifying how that land is to be divided as an inheritance.
Psalm 135:10–12He struck many nations, and killed mighty kings—Both recount God’s dealings with nations; Psalm 105 names land given, while Psalm 135 names kings killed.
Psalm 80:8You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.Both describe God establishing his people where nations had lived; Psalm 80 portrays that settlement as planting a vine.
Joshua 23:4Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even …Both concern the nations’ land becoming Israel’s possession, with Joshua describing its allotment to the tribes.
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Encouragement

God remembered his word to Abraham in giving Israel land; the next verse names the purpose of that gift: a people who keep his commands.

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