Psalm 105–106

Psalm 105

105:1–15pp—1Ch 16:8–22

¹Give praise to the Lord,^s proclaim his name;^t

make known among the nations what he has done.

²Sing to him,^u sing praise to him;^v

tell of all his wonderful acts.^w

³Glory in his holy name;^x

let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

⁴Look to the Lord and his strength;

seek his face^y always.

⁵Remember the wonders^z he has done,

his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,^a

⁶you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,^b

his chosen^c ones, the children of Jacob.

⁷He is the Lord our God;

his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸He remembers his covenant^d forever,

the promise he made, for a thousand generations,

⁹the covenant he made with Abraham,^e

the oath he swore to Isaac.

¹⁰He confirmed it^f to Jacob as a decree,

to Israel as an everlasting covenant:^g

¹¹“To you I will give the land of Canaan^h

as the portion you will inherit.”ⁱ

¹²When they were but few in number,^j

few indeed, and strangers in it,^k

¹³they wandered from nation to nation,^l

from one kingdom to another.

¹⁴He allowed no one to oppress^m them;

for their sake he rebuked kings:ⁿ

¹⁵“Do not touch^o my anointed ones;

do my prophets^p no harm.”

¹⁶He called down famine^q on the land

and destroyed all their supplies of food;

¹⁷and he sent a man before them—

Joseph, sold as a slave.^r

¹⁸They bruised his feet with shackles,^s

his neck was put in irons,

¹⁹till what he foretold^t came to pass,

till the word^u of the Lord proved him true.

²⁰The king sent and released him,

the ruler of peoples set him free.^v

²¹He made him master of his household,

ruler over all he possessed,

²²to instruct his princes^w as he pleased

and teach his elders wisdom.^x

²³Then Israel entered Egypt;^y

Jacob resided^z as a foreigner in the land of Ham.^a

²⁴The Lord made his people very fruitful;

he made them too numerous^b for their foes,

²⁵whose hearts he turned^c to hate his people,

to conspire^d against his servants.

²⁶He sent Moses^e his servant,

and Aaron,^f whom he had chosen.^g

²⁷They performed^h his signsⁱ among them,

his wonders^j in the land of Ham.

²⁸He sent darkness^k and made the land dark—

for had they not rebelled against^l his words?

²⁹He turned their waters into blood,^m

causing their fish to die.ⁿ

³⁰Their land teemed with frogs,^o

which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.

³¹He spoke,^p and there came swarms of flies,^q

and gnats^r throughout their country.

³²He turned their rain into hail,^s

with lightning throughout their land;

³³he struck down their vines^t and fig trees^u

and shattered the trees of their country.

³⁴He spoke,^v and the locusts came,^w

grasshoppers^x without number;^y

³⁵they ate up every green thing in their land,

ate up the produce of their soil.

³⁶Then he struck down all the firstborn^z in their land,

the firstfruits of all their manhood.

³⁷He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,^a

and from among their tribes no one faltered.

³⁸Egypt was glad when they left,

because dread of Israel^b had fallen on them.

³⁹He spread out a cloud^c as a covering,

and a fire to give light at night.^d

⁴⁰They asked,^e and he brought them quail;^f

he fed them well with the bread of heaven.^g

⁴¹He opened the rock,^h and water gushed out;

it flowed like a river in the desert.

⁴²For he remembered his holy promiseⁱ

given to his servant Abraham.

⁴³He brought out his people with rejoicing,^j

his chosen ones with shouts of joy;

⁴⁴he gave them the lands of the nations,^k

and they fell heir to what others had toiled^l for—

⁴⁵that they might keep his precepts

and observe his laws.^m

Praise the Lord.^an

Psalm 106

106:1,47–48pp—1Ch 16:34–36

¹Praise the Lord.^ao

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;^p

his love endures forever.^q

²Who can proclaim the mighty acts^r of the Lord

or fully declare his praise?

³Blessed are those who act justly,^s

who always do what is right.^t

⁴Remember me,^u Lord, when you show favor^v to your people,

come to my aid^w when you save them,

⁵that I may enjoy the prosperity^x of your chosen ones,^y

that I may share in the joy^z of your nation

and join your inheritance^a in giving praise.

⁶We have sinned,^b even as our ancestors^c did;

we have done wrong and acted wickedly.^d

⁷When our ancestors were in Egypt,

they gave no thought^e to your miracles;

they did not remember^f your many kindnesses,

and they rebelled by the sea,^g the Red Sea.^b

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

to make his mighty power^j known.

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

he led them through^m the depths as through a desert.

¹⁰He saved themⁿ from the hand of the foe;^o

from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.^p

¹¹The waters covered^q their adversaries;

not one of them survived.

¹²Then they believed his promises

and sang his praise.^r

¹³But they soon forgot^s what he had done

and did not wait for his plan to unfold.^t

¹⁴In the desert^u they gave in to their craving;

in the wilderness^v they put God to the test.^w

¹⁵So he gave them^x what they asked for,

but sent a wasting disease^y among them.

¹⁶In the camp they grew envious^z of Moses

and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.

¹⁷The earth opened^a up and swallowed Dathan;^b

it buried the company of Abiram.^c

¹⁸Fire blazed^d among their followers;

a flame consumed the wicked.

¹⁹At Horeb they made a calf^e

and worshiped an idol cast from metal.

²⁰They exchanged their glorious God^f

for an image of a bull, which eats grass.

²¹They forgot the God^g who saved them,

who had done great things^h in Egypt,

²²miracles in the land of Hamⁱ

and awesome deeds^j by the Red Sea.

²³So he said he would destroy^k them—

had not Moses, his chosen one,

stood in the breach^l before him

to keep his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴Then they despised^m the pleasant land;ⁿ

they did not believe^o his promise.

²⁵They grumbled^p in their tents

and did not obey the Lord.

²⁶So he swore^q to them with uplifted hand

that he would make them fall in the wilderness,^r

²⁷make their descendants fall among the nations

and scatter^s them throughout the lands.

²⁸They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor^t

and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;

²⁹they aroused the Lord’s anger^u by their wicked deeds,^v

and a plague^w broke out among them.

³⁰But Phinehas^x stood up and intervened,

and the plague was checked.^y

³¹This was credited to him^z as righteousness

for endless generations^a to come.

³²By the waters of Meribah^b they angered the Lord,

and trouble came to Moses because of them;

³³for they rebelled^c against the Spirit^d of God,

and rash words came from Moses’ lips.^ce

³⁴They did not destroy^f the peoples

as the Lord had commanded^g them,

³⁵but they mingled^h with the nations

and adopted their customs.

³⁶They worshiped their idols,ⁱ

which became a snare^j to them.

³⁷They sacrificed their sons^k

and their daughters to false gods.^l

³⁸They shed innocent blood,

the blood of their sons^m and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,

and the land was desecrated by their blood.

³⁹They defiled themselvesⁿ by what they did;

by their deeds they prostituted^o themselves.

⁴⁰Therefore the Lord was angry^p with his people

and abhorred his inheritance.^q

⁴¹He gave them into the hands^r of the nations,

and their foes ruled over them.

⁴²Their enemies oppressed^s them

and subjected them to their power.

⁴³Many times he delivered them,^t

but they were bent on rebellion^u

and they wasted away in their sin.

⁴⁴Yet he took note of their distress

when he heard their cry;^v

⁴⁵for their sake he remembered his covenant^w

and out of his great love^x he relented.^y

⁴⁶He caused all who held them captive

to show them mercy.^z

⁴⁷Save us,^a Lord our God,

and gather us^b from the nations,

that we may give thanks^c to your holy name^d

and glory in your praise.

⁴⁸Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting.

Let all the people say, “Amen!”^e

Praise the Lord.