Psalm 105
GOD’S FAITHFULNESS TO HIS PEOPLE
1 Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name;
proclaim his deeds among the peoples.ab
2 Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell about all his wondrous works!ac
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.ad
4 Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.ae
5 Remember the wondrous works he has done,
his wonders, and the judgments he has pronounced,A,a
6 you offspring of Abraham his servant,
Jacob’s descendants—his chosen ones.b
his judgments govern the whole earth.c
8 He remembers his covenant forever,
the promise he ordained
for a thousand generationsd—
9 the covenant he made with Abraham,
10 and confirmed to Jacob as a decree
and to Israel as a permanent covenant:f
11 “I will give the land of Canaan to you
as your inherited portion.”g
12 When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and resident aliens in Canaan,h
13 wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,i
14 he allowed no one to oppress them;
he rebuked kings on their behalf:j
15 “Do not touch my anointed ones,k
or harm my prophets.”l
16 He called down famine against the land
and destroyed the entire food supply.m
17 He had sent a man ahead of them—
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.n
18 They hurt his feet with shackles;
his neck was put in an iron collar.o
19 Until the time his prediction came true,
the word of the Lord tested him.p
20 The king sent for him and released him;
the ruler of peoples set him free.q
21 He made him master of his household,
ruler over all his possessionsr—
22 bindingC his officials at will
and instructing his elders.s
Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.* t
24 The LordE made his people very fruitful;
he made them more numerous than their foes,u
25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people
and to deal deceptively with his servants.v
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.w
27 They performed his miraculous signs among them
and wonders in the land of Ham.x
28 He sent darkness, and it became dark—
for did they not defy his commands?y
29 He turned their water into blood
and caused their fish to die.z
30 Their land was overrun with frogs,
even in their royal chambers.aa
31 He spoke, and insects cameab—
gnats throughout their country.ac
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and lightning throughout their land.ad
33 He struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered the trees of their territory.ae
34 He spoke, and locusts came—
young locusts without number.
35 They devoured all the vegetation in their land
and consumed the produce of their land.af
36 He struck all the firstborn in their land,
all their first progeny.ag
37 Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among his tribes stumbled.ah
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
for the dread of IsraelF had fallen on them.ai
39 He spread a cloud as a covering
and gave a fire to light up the night.aj
40 They asked, and he brought quail
and satisfied them with bread from heaven.ak
41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a stream in the desert.a
42 For he remembered his holy promise
to Abraham his servant.b
43 He brought his people out with rejoicing,
his chosen ones with shouts of joy.c
44 He gave them the lands of the nations,
and they inherited
what other peoples had worked for.d
so that they might keep his statutes
and obey his instructions.e
Hallelujah!