Psalm 105

Tell of All His Wonderful Works

1  Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name;
make known his deeds among the peoples!
2  Sing to him, sing praises to him;
tell of all his wondrous works!
3  Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
4  Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his presence continually!
5  Remember the wondrous works that he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,
6  O offspring of Abraham, his servant,
children of Jacob, his chosen ones!

7  He is the Lord our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.
8  He remembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
9  the covenant that he made with Abraham,
his sworn promise to Isaac,
10  which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11  saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan
as your portion for an inheritance."

12  When they were few in number,
of little account, and sojourners in it,
13  wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
14  he allowed no one to oppress them;
he rebuked kings on their account,
15  saying, "Touch not my anointed ones,
do my prophets no harm!"

16  When he summoned a famine on the land
and broke all supplyt of bread,
17  he had sent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18  His feet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron;
19  until what he had said came to pass,
the word of the Lord tested him.
20  The king sent and released him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free;
21  he made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions,
22  to bindt his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom.

23  Then Israel came to Egypt;
Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24  And the Lord made his people very fruitful
and made them stronger than their foes.
25  He turned their hearts to hate his people,
to deal craftily with his servants.

26  He sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27  They performed his signs among them
and miracles in the land of Ham.
28  He sent darkness, and made the land dark;
they did not rebelt against his words.
29  He turned their waters into blood
and caused their fish to die.
30  Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the chambers of their kings.
31  He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
and gnats throughout their country.
32  He gave them hail for rain,
and fiery lightning bolts through their land.
33  He struck down their vines and fig trees,
and shattered the trees of their country.
34  He spoke, and the locusts came,
young locusts without number,
35  which devoured all the vegetation in their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36  He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of all their strength.

37  Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold,
and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
38  Egypt was glad when they departed,
for dread of them had fallen upon it.

39  He spread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.
40  They asked, and he brought quail,
and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.
41  He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed through the desert like a river.
42  For he remembered his holy promise,
and Abraham, his servant.

43  So he brought his people out with joy,
his chosen ones with singing.
44  And he gave them the lands of the nations,
and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,
45  that they might keep his statutes
and observe his laws.
Praise the Lord!

Psalms 105

The Lord can be trusted

1 Praise the Lord
and pray in his name!
Tell everyone
what he has done.

2 Sing praises to the Lord!
Tell about his miracles.

3 Celebrate and worship
his holy name
with all your heart.

4 Trust the Lord
and his mighty power.

5 Remember his miracles
and all his wonders
and his fair decisions.

6 You belong to the family
of Abraham, his servant;
you are his chosen ones,
the descendants of Jacob.

7 The Lord is our God,
bringing justice
everywhere on earth.

8 He will never forget
his agreement or his promises,
not in thousands of years.

9-10 God made an eternal promisett
to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

11 when he said, “I'll give you
the land of Canaan.”

12 At the time there were
only a few of us,
and we were homeless.

13 We wandered from nation
to nation, from one country
to another.

14 God did not let anyonet
ill-treat our people.
Instead he protected us
by punishing rulers

15 and telling them,
“Don't touch my chosen leaders
or harm my prophets!”

16 God kept crops from growingt
until food was scarce
everywhere in the land.

17 But he had already sent Joseph,t
sold as a slave into Egypt,

18 with chains of iront
around his legs and neck.

19 Joseph remained a slave
until his own words
had come true,
and the Lord had finished
testing him.

20 Then the king of Egyptt
set Joseph free

21 and put him in charget
of everything he owned.

22 Joseph was in command
of the officials,
and he taught the leaders
how to use wisdom.

23 Jacob and his familyt
came and settled in Egypt
as foreigners.

24 They were the Lord's people,t
so he let them grow stronger
than their enemies.

25 They served the Lord,
and he made the Egyptians plan
hateful things against them.

26 God sent his servant Moses.t
He also chose and sent Aaron

27 to his people in Egypt,
and they worked miracles
and wonders there.

28 Moses and Aaron obeyed God,t
and he sent darkness
to cover Egypt.

29 God turned their riverst
into streams of blood,
and the fish all died.

30 Frogs were everywhere,t
even in the royal palace.

31 When God gave the command,t
flies and gnats
swarmed all around.

32 In place of rain,t
God sent hailstones
and flashes of lightning.

33 He destroyed their grapevines
and their fig trees,
and he made splinters
of all the other trees.

34 God gave the command,t
and more grasshoppers came
than could be counted.

35 They ate every green plant
and all the crops that grew
in the land of Egypt.

36 Then God took the lifet
of every firstborn son.

37 When God led Israel from Egypt,t
they took silver and gold,
and no one was left behind.

38 The Egyptians were afraid
and gladly let them go.

39 God hid them under a cloudt
and guided them by fire
during the night.

40 When they asked for food,t
he sent more birds
than they could eat.

41 God even split open a rock,t
and streams of water
gushed into the desert.

42 God never forgot
his sacred promise
to his servant Abraham.

43 When the Lord rescued
his chosen people from Egypt,
they celebrated with songs.

44 The Lord gave them the landt
and everything else
the nations had worked for.

45 He did this so that his people
would obey all his laws.
Shout praises to the Lord!