Psalms105

¹Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name ; make known his deeds among the peoples !

²Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous 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 wondrous works that he has done , his miracles , and the judgments he uttered ,

⁶O offspring of Abraham , his servant , children of Jacob , his chosen ones !

⁷He is the Lord our God ; his judgments are in all the earth .

⁸He remembers his covenant forever , the word that he commanded , for a thousand generations ,

⁹the covenant that 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 all supply 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 bind 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 performed his signs among them and miracles in the land of Ham .

²⁸He sent darkness , and made the land dark ; they did not rebel 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 fiery lightning bolts through their land .

³³He struck down their vines and fig trees , and shattered the trees of their country .

³⁴He spoke , and the locusts came , young locusts without number ,

³⁵which devoured all the vegetation in their land and ate up the fruit of their ground .

³⁶He struck down all the firstborn in their land , the firstfruits of all their strength .

³⁷Then he brought out 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 quail , and gave them bread from heaven in abundance .

⁴¹He opened the rock , and water gushed out ; it flowed through the desert like a river .

⁴²For he remembered his holy promise , and Abraham , his servant .

⁴³So he brought his people out 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,

⁴⁵that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws . Praise the Lord!