NOTES for Psa 105
The psalm sums up the people's historical journey, and immersing ourselves in the centuries helps us understand the meaning of the people's relationship with God. Remembering days gone by, how the Lord revealed Himself to people, and the time of the Exodus from Egypt also helps us understand the meaning of events that happened quite recently or are happening now. But should we constantly turn our thoughts to the past when the world is always changing and new situations seem unlike the old ones? Are we replacing a fresh view of problems with stereotypes?
No, there can be no contradiction between reason and experience. The experience of the past often points precisely to the need for unconventional, unprecedented decisions. And that same experience allows us to discern, in the vague outline of something that seems new and attractive, yet another transformation of what has long been thoroughly familiar...