Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 105:19

19. Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him .

Till which time, his eminent Prudence, and Innocency, and Piety gave him no relief.

Either, 1. Iosephs word, or his Prophecie concerning the chief Butler and Baker; which is said to come when it was fulfilled, as that word is used Iudg. 13. 12, 17. Ezek. 24. 24. and elsewhere. But the event confutes this; for Ioseph was not delivered at that time, but two years after it, Gen. 41. 1. Or rather 2. the word of the Lord, as it follows; the Pronoun Relative being here put before the Substantive to which it belongs, as it is also Exod. 2. 6. Iob 33. 20. Prov. 5. 22. & 14. 13. He seems to speak of that word or revelation which came first to Pharaoh in a Dream, Gen. 41. 1, 2, &c. and then to Ioseph concerning the interpretation of it, v. 15, 16. For the word of the Lord is said to come, not only when it comes to pass, but also and most commonly when it is first revealed, as Ier. 7. 1. & 11. 1. & 18. 1. and God is said to come when he doth reveal it, as Gen. 20. 3. & 31. 24.

Either, 1. tried his sincerity and constancy. But that was not done by Gods word, but by his rod. Or rather, 2. discovered him, to wit, unto Pharaoh and his Courtiers, how innocent, and holy, and knowing a person he was; or purged him from those calumnies which were cast upon him, and so prepared the way for his release, which here follows v. 20. This Verse may well be rendred thus, Until the time that his word came, even the word of the Lord, which tried him: such Ellipses being most [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] Hebrew Text.