Common misinterpretations of Psalm 105:28 include assuming 'they rebelled not against his word' refers to the Egyptians submitting to God during the darkness, when it actually describes Israel's obedience; treating the verse as a universal promise that faithfulness prevents all forms of personal or spiritual darkness in life, ignoring its specific historical context in the plagues; or allegorizing it to endorse God causing literal modern eclipses or blackouts as punishment without regard for the Exodus account in Exodus 10, thus distorting its purpose as praise for God's redemptive acts.
Psalms 105:28
King James Version (1769)
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
Psalm 105:28 recounts God's ninth plague on Egypt, where He sovereignly commanded darkness to envelop the land as a demonstration of His supreme authority over creation and judgment against Pharaoh's defiance, while His people Israel faithfully obeyed His word, remaining in light and protected, illustrating the divine contrast between rebellion leading to judgment and obedience bringing deliverance in the Exodus narrative.