Psalm 105–106

Psalm 105

God’s Faithfulness to His People

¹Give thanks to Yahweh, call on His name;

proclaim His deeds among the peoples. ^q

²Sing to Him, sing praise to Him;

tell about all His wonderful works! ^r

³Honor His holy name;

let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. ^s

⁴Search for the Lord and for His strength;

seek His face always. ^t

⁵Remember the wonderful works He has done,

His wonders, and the judgments He has pronounced, ^uv

⁶you offspring of Abraham His servant,

Jacob’s descendants—His chosen ones. ^w

⁷He is the Lord our God;

His judgments govern the whole earth. ^x

⁸He remembers His covenant forever,

the promise He ordained

for a thousand generations ^y—

⁹the covenant He made with Abraham,

swore ^zto Isaac, ^a

¹⁰and confirmed to Jacob as a decree

and to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ^b

¹¹“I will give the land of Canaan to you

as your inherited portion.” ^c

¹²When they were few in number,

very few indeed,

and temporary residents in Canaan, ^d

¹³wandering from nation to nation

and from one kingdom to another, ^e

¹⁴He allowed no one to oppress them;

He rebuked kings on their behalf: ^f

¹⁵“Do not touch My anointed ones, ^g

or harm My prophets.” ^h

¹⁶He called down famine against the land

and destroyed the entire food supply. ⁱ

¹⁷He had sent a man ahead of them—

Joseph, who was sold as a slave. ^j

¹⁸They hurt his feet with shackles;

his neck was put in an iron collar. ^k

¹⁹Until the time his prediction came true,

the word of the Lord tested him. ^l

²⁰The king sent for him and released him;

the ruler of peoples set him free. ^m

²¹He made him master of his household,

ruler over all his possessions ⁿ—

²²binding ^ohis officials at will

and instructing his elders. ^p

²³Then Israel went to Egypt;

Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham. ^qr

²⁴The Lord ^smade His people very fruitful;

He made them more numerous than their foes, ^t

²⁵whose hearts He turned to hate His people

and to deal deceptively with His servants. ^u

²⁶He sent Moses His servant,

and Aaron, whom He had chosen. ^v

²⁷They performed His miraculous signs among them,

and wonders in the land of Ham. ^wx

²⁸He sent darkness, and it became dark—

for did they not defy ^yHis commands? ^z

²⁹He turned their water into blood

and caused their fish to die. ^a

³⁰Their land was overrun with frogs,

even in their royal chambers. ^b

³¹He spoke, and insects came ^c—

gnats throughout their country. ^d

³²He gave them hail for rain,

and lightning throughout their land. ^e

³³He struck their vines and fig trees

and shattered the trees of their territory. ^f

³⁴He spoke, and locusts came—

young locusts without number.

³⁵They devoured all the vegetation in their land

and consumed the produce of their land. ^g

³⁶He struck all the firstborn in their land,

all their first progeny. ^h

³⁷Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold,

and no one among His tribes stumbled. ⁱ

³⁸Egypt was glad when they left,

for the dread of Israel ^jhad fallen on them. ^k

³⁹He spread a cloud as a covering

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

⁴⁰They asked, and He brought quail

and satisfied them with bread from heaven. ^m

⁴¹He opened a rock, and water gushed out;

it flowed like a stream in the desert. ⁿ

⁴²For He remembered His holy promise

to Abraham His servant. ^o

⁴³He brought His people out with rejoicing,

His chosen ones with shouts of joy. ^p

⁴⁴He gave them the lands of the nations,

and they inherited

what other peoples had worked for. ^q

⁴⁵All this happened

so that they might keep His statutes

and obey His instructions. ^r

Hallelujah!

Psalm 106

Israel’s Unfaithfulness to God

¹Hallelujah!

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;

His faithful love endures forever. ^s

²Who can declare the Lord’s mighty acts

or proclaim all the praise due Him? ^t

³How happy are those who uphold justice,

who practice righteousness at all times. ^u

⁴Remember me, Lord,

when You show favor to Your people. ^v

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. ^w

⁶Both we and our fathers have sinned;

we have done wrong and have acted wickedly. ^x

⁷Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp

the significance of Your wonderful works

or remember Your many acts of faithful love;

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

⁸Yet He saved them because of His name,

to make His power known. ^z

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

He led them through the depths as through a desert. ^a

¹⁰He saved them from the hand of the adversary;

He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. ^b

¹¹Water covered their foes;

not one of them remained. ^c

¹²Then they believed His promises

and sang His praise. ^d

¹³They soon forgot His works

and would not wait for His counsel. ^e

¹⁴They were seized with craving in the wilderness

and tested God in the desert. ^f

¹⁵He gave them what they asked for,

but sent a wasting disease among them. ^g

¹⁶In the camp they were envious of Moses

and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one. ^h

¹⁷The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;

it covered the assembly of Abiram. ⁱ

¹⁸Fire blazed throughout their assembly;

flames consumed the wicked. ^j

¹⁹At Horeb they made a calf

and worshiped the cast metal image. ^k

²⁰They exchanged their glory ^lm

for the image of a grass-eating ox. ⁿ

²¹They forgot God their Savior,

who did great things in Egypt, ^o

²²wonderful works in the land of Ham, ^p

awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea. ^q

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. ^r

²⁴They despised the pleasant land

and did not believe His promise. ^s

²⁵They grumbled in their tents

and did not listen to the Lord’s voice. ^t

²⁶So He raised His hand against them with an oath

that He would make them fall in the desert ^u

²⁷and would disperse their descendants ^v

among the nations,

scattering them throughout the lands. ^w

²⁸They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor

and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods. ^xy

²⁹They provoked the Lord with their deeds,

and a plague broke out against them. ^z

³⁰But Phinehas stood up and intervened,

and the plague was stopped. ^a

³¹It was credited to him as righteousness

throughout all generations to come. ^b

³²They angered the Lord at the waters of Meribah,

and Moses suffered ^cbecause of them; ^d

³³for they embittered his spirit, ^e

and he spoke rashly with his lips. ^f

³⁴They did not destroy the peoples

as the Lord had commanded them ^g

³⁵but mingled with the nations

and adopted their ways. ^h

³⁶They served their idols,

which became a snare to them. ⁱ

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

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. ^k

³⁹They defiled themselves by their actions

and prostituted themselves by their deeds. ^l

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

and He abhorred His own inheritance. ^m

⁴¹He handed them over to the nations;

those who hated them ruled them. ⁿ

⁴²Their enemies oppressed them,

and they were subdued under their power. ^o

⁴³He rescued them many times,

but they continued to rebel deliberately

and were beaten down by their sin. ^p

⁴⁴When He heard their cry,

He took note of their distress, ^q

⁴⁵remembered His covenant with them,

and relented according to the riches

of His faithful love. ^r

⁴⁶He caused them to be pitied

before all their captors. ^s

⁴⁷Save us, Yahweh our God,

and gather us from the nations,

so that we may give thanks to Your holy name

and rejoice in Your praise. ^t

⁴⁸May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised

from everlasting to everlasting. ^u

Let all the people say, “Amen!”

Hallelujah! ^v