Psalm 105–106

Psalm 105

GOD’S FAITHFULNESS TO HIS PEOPLE

¹Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name;

proclaim his deeds among the peoples.^ab

²Sing to him, sing praise to him;

tell about all his wondrous works!^ac

³Boast in his holy name;

let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.^ad

⁴Seek the Lord and his strength;

seek his face always.^ae

⁵Remember the wondrous works he has done,

his wonders, and the judgments he has pronounced,^Ca

⁶you offspring of Abraham his servant,

Jacob’s descendants—his chosen ones.^b

⁷He is the Lord our God;

his judgments govern the whole earth.^c

⁸He remembers his covenant forever,

the promise he ordained

for a thousand generations^d—

⁹the covenant he made with Abraham,

swore^D to Isaac,^e

¹⁰and 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

¹²When they were few in number,

very few indeed,

and resident aliens in Canaan,^h

¹³wandering from nation to nation

and from one kingdom to another,ⁱ

¹⁴he 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

¹⁶He called down famine against the land

and destroyed the entire food supply.^m

¹⁷He had sent a man ahead of them—

Joseph, who was sold as a slave.ⁿ

¹⁸They hurt his feet with shackles;

his neck was put in an iron collar.^o

¹⁹Until the time his prediction came true,

the word of the Lord tested him.^p

²⁰The king sent for him and released him;

the ruler of peoples set him free.^q

²¹He made him master of his household,

ruler over all his possessions^r—

²²binding^A his officials at will

and instructing his elders.^s

²³Then Israel went to Egypt;

Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.^t

²⁴The Lord^C made his people very fruitful;

he made them more numerous than their foes,^u

²⁵whose hearts he turned to hate his people

and to deal deceptively with his servants.^v

²⁶He sent Moses his servant,

and Aaron, whom he had chosen.^w

²⁷They performed his miraculous signs among them

and wonders in the land of Ham.^x

²⁸He sent darkness, and it became dark—

for did they not defy his commands?^y

²⁹He turned their water into blood

and caused their fish to die.^z

³⁰Their land was overrun with frogs,

even in their royal chambers.^aa

³¹He spoke, and insects came^ab—

gnats throughout their country.^ac

³²He gave them hail for rain,

and lightning throughout their land.^ad

³³He struck their vines and fig trees

and shattered the trees of their territory.^ae

³⁴He spoke, and locusts came—

young locusts without number.

³⁵They devoured all the vegetation in their land

and consumed the produce of their land.^af

³⁶He struck all the firstborn in their land,

all their first progeny.^ag

³⁷Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,

and no one among his tribes stumbled.^ah

³⁸Egypt was glad when they left,

for the dread of Israel^A had fallen on them.^ai

³⁹He spread a cloud as a covering

and gave a fire to light up the night.^aj

⁴⁰They asked, and he brought quail

and satisfied them with bread from heaven.^ak

⁴¹He opened a rock, and water gushed out;

it flowed like a stream in the desert.^a

⁴²For he remembered his holy promise

to Abraham his servant.^b

⁴³He brought his people out with rejoicing,

his chosen ones with shouts of joy.^c

⁴⁴He gave them the lands of the nations,

and they inherited

what other peoples had worked for.^d

⁴⁵All this happened

so that they might keep his statutes

and obey his instructions.^e

Hallelujah!

Psalm 106

ISRAEL’S UNFAITHFULNESS TO GOD

¹Hallelujah!

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

his faithful love endures forever.^f

²Who can declare the Lord’s mighty acts

or proclaim all the praise due him?^g

³How happy are those who uphold justice,

who practice righteousness at all times.^h

⁴Remember me, Lord,

when you show favor to your people.ⁱ

Come to me with your salvation

⁵so that I may enjoy the prosperity

of your chosen ones,

rejoice in the joy of your nation,

and boast about your heritage.^j

⁶Both we and our ancestors have sinned;

we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.^k

⁷Our ancestors in Egypt did not grasp

the significance of your wondrous works

or remember your many acts of faithful love;

instead, they rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.^l

⁸Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,

to make his power known.^m

⁹He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;

he led them through the depths as through a desert.ⁿ

¹⁰He saved them from the power of the adversary;

he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.^o

¹¹Water covered their foes;

not one of them remained.^p

¹²Then they believed his promises

and sang his praise.^q

¹³They soon forgot his works

and would not wait for his counsel.^r

¹⁴They were seized with craving in the wilderness

and tested God in the desert.^s

¹⁵He gave them what they asked for,

but sent a wasting disease among them.^t

¹⁶In the camp they were envious of Moses

and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.^u

¹⁷The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;

it covered the assembly of Abiram.^v

¹⁸Fire blazed throughout their assembly;

flames consumed the wicked.^w

¹⁹At Horeb they made a calf

and worshiped the cast metal image.^x

²⁰They exchanged their glory^AB

for the image of a grass-eating ox.^y

²¹They forgot God their Savior,

who did great things in Egypt,^z

²²wondrous works in the land of Ham,^C

awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.^aa

²³So he said he would have destroyed them—

if Moses his chosen one

had not stood before him in the breach

to turn his wrath away from destroying them.^ab

²⁴They despised the pleasant land

and did not believe his promise.^ac

²⁵They grumbled in their tents

and did not listen to the Lord.^ad

²⁶So he raised his hand against them with an oath

that he would make them fall in the desert^a

²⁷and would disperse their descendants^D

among the nations,

scattering them throughout the lands.^b

²⁸They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor

and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.^Ec

²⁹They angered the Lord with their deeds,

and a plague broke out against them.^d

³⁰But Phinehas stood up and intervened,

and the plague was stopped.^e

³¹It was credited to him as righteousness

throughout all generations to come.^f

³²They angered the Lord at the Waters of Meribah,

and Moses suffered^A because of them,^g

³³for they embittered his spirit,^B

and he spoke rashly with his lips.^h

³⁴They did not destroy the peoples

as the Lord had commanded themⁱ

³⁵but mingled with the nations

and adopted their ways.^j

³⁶They served their idols,

which became a snare to them.^k

³⁷They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.^l

³⁸They shed innocent blood—

the blood of their sons and daughters

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

so the land became polluted with blood.^m

³⁹They defiled themselves by their actions

and prostituted themselves by their deeds.ⁿ

⁴⁰Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people,

and he abhorred his own inheritance.^o

⁴¹He handed them over to the nations;

those who hated them ruled over them.^p

⁴²Their enemies oppressed them,

and they were subdued under their power.^q

⁴³He rescued them many times,

but they continued to rebel deliberately

and were beaten down by their iniquity.^r

⁴⁴When he heard their cry,

he took note of their distress,^s

⁴⁵remembered his covenant with them,

and relented according to the abundance

of his faithful love.^t

⁴⁶He caused them to be pitied

before all their captors.^u

⁴⁷Save us, Lord our God,

and gather us from the nations,

so that we may give thanks to your holy name

and rejoice in your praise.^v

⁴⁸Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting.^w

Let all the people say, “Amen!”

Hallelujah!^x