Psalm 105

PSALM 105

¹O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name,

make known his deeds among the peoples!

²Sing to him, sing praises to him,

tell of all his wonderful works!

³Glory in his holy name;

let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

⁴Seek the Lord and his strength,

seek his presence continually!

⁵Remember the wonderful works that he has done,

his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,

⁶O offspring of Abraham his servant,

sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!

⁷He is the Lord our God;

his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸He is mindful of his covenant for ever,

of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,

⁹the covenant which he made with Abraham,

his sworn promise to Isaac,

¹⁰which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,

to Israel as an everlasting covenant,

¹¹saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan

as your portion for an inheritance.”

¹²When they were few in number,

of little account, and sojourners in it,

¹³wandering from nation to nation,

from one kingdom to another people,

¹⁴he allowed no one to oppress them;

he rebuked kings on their account,

¹⁵saying, “Touch not my anointed ones,

do my prophets no harm!”

¹⁶When he summoned a famine on the land,

and broke every staff of bread,

¹⁷he had sent a man ahead of them,

Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

¹⁸His feet were hurt with fetters,

his neck was put in a collar of iron;

¹⁹until what he had said came to pass

the word of the Lord tested him.

²⁰The king sent and released him,

the ruler of the peoples set him free;

²¹he made him lord of his house,

and ruler of all his possessions,

²²to instruct his princes at his pleasure,

and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³Then Israel came to Egypt;

Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

²⁴And the Lord made his people very fruitful,

and made them stronger than their foes.

²⁵He turned their hearts to hate his people,

to deal craftily with his servants.

²⁶He sent Moses his servant,

and Aaron whom he had chosen.

²⁷They wrought his signs among them,

and miracles in the land of Ham.

²⁸He sent darkness, and made the land dark;

they rebelled against his words.

²⁹He turned their waters into blood,

and caused their fish to die.

³⁰Their land swarmed with frogs,

even in the chambers of their kings.

³¹He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,

and gnats throughout their country.

³²He gave them hail for rain,

and lightning that flashed through their land.

³³He smote their vines and fig trees,

and shattered the trees of their country.

³⁴He spoke, and the locusts came,

and young locusts without number;

³⁵which devoured all the vegetation in their land,

and ate up the fruit of their ground.

³⁶He smote all the first-born in their land,

the first issue of all their strength.

³⁷Then he led forth Israel with silver and gold,

and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.

³⁸Egypt was glad when they departed,

for dread of them had fallen upon it.

³⁹He spread a cloud for a covering,

and fire to give light by night.

⁴⁰They asked, and he brought quails,

and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.

⁴¹He opened the rock, and water gushed forth;

it flowed through the desert like a river.

⁴²For he remembered his holy promise,

and Abraham his servant.

⁴³So he led forth his people with joy,

his chosen ones with singing.

⁴⁴And he gave them the lands of the nations;

and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,

⁴⁵to the end that they should keep his statutes,

and observe his laws.

Praise the Lord!