Psalm 105

Psalm 105

1 Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim his greatness.
Let the whole world know what he has done.2 Sing to him; yes, sing his praises.
Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds.3 Exult in his holy name;
rejoice, you who worship the LORD.4 Search for the LORD and for his strength;
continually seek him.5 Remember the wonders he has performed,
his miracles, and the rulings he has given,6 you children of his servant Abraham,
you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.7 He is the LORD our God.
His justice is seen throughout the land.8 He always stands by his covenant—
the commitment he made to a thousand generations.9 This is the covenant he made with Abraham
and the oath he swore to Isaac.10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant:11 “I will give you the land of Canaan
as your special possession.”12 He said this when they were few in number,
a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.13 They wandered from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another.14 Yet he did not let anyone oppress them.
He warned kings on their behalf:15 “Do not touch my chosen people,
and do not hurt my prophets.”16 He called for a famine on the land of Canaan,
cutting off its food supply.17 Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them—
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.18 They bruised his feet with fetters
and placed his neck in an iron collar.19 Until the time came to fulfill his dreams,t
the LORD tested Joseph’s character.20 Then Pharaoh sent for him and set him free;
the ruler of the nation opened his prison door.21 Joseph was put in charge of all the king’s household;
he became ruler over all the king’s possessions.22 He could instruct the king’s aides as he pleased
and teach the king’s advisers.23 Then Israel arrived in Egypt;
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.24 And the LORD multiplied the people of Israel
until they became too mighty for their enemies.25 Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites,
and they plotted against the LORD’s servants.26 But the LORD sent his servant Moses,
along with Aaron, whom he had chosen.27 They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians,
and wonders in the land of Ham.28 The LORD blanketed Egypt in darkness,
for they had defied his commands to let his people go.29 He turned their water into blood,
poisoning all the fish.30 Then frogs overran the land
and even invaded the king’s bedrooms.31 When the LORD spoke, flies descended on the Egyptians,
and gnats swarmed across Egypt.32 He sent them hail instead of rain,
and lightning flashed over the land.33 He ruined their grapevines and fig trees
and shattered all the trees.34 He spoke, and hordes of locusts came—
young locusts beyond number.35 They ate up everything green in the land,
destroying all the crops in their fields.36 Then he killed the oldest son in each Egyptian home,
the pride and joy of each family.37 The LORD brought his people out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold;
and not one among the tribes of Israel even stumbled.38 Egypt was glad when they were gone,
for they feared them greatly.39 The LORD spread a cloud above them as a covering
and gave them a great fire to light the darkness.40 They asked for meat, and he sent them quail;
he satisfied their hunger with manna—bread from heaven.41 He split open a rock, and water gushed out
to form a river through the dry wasteland.42 For he remembered his sacred promise
to his servant Abraham.43 So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy,
his chosen ones with rejoicing.44 He gave his people the lands of pagan nations,
and they harvested crops that others had planted.45 All this happened so they would follow his decrees
and obey his instructions.
Praise the LORD!

PSALMS 105

The [Lord] Can Be Trusted

1  t 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.
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9 t God made an eternal promise

10  t 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  t God did not let anyone
mistreat our people.
Instead he protected us
by punishing rulers

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

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

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

18  t with chains of iron
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  t Then the king of Egypt
set Joseph free

21  t and put him in charge
of everything he owned.

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

23  t Jacob and his family
came and settled in Egypt
as foreigners.

24  t They were the [Lord]'s people,
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  t God sent his servant Moses.
He also chose and sent Aaron

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

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

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

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

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

32  t In place of rain,
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  t God gave the command,
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  t Then God took the life
of every first-born son.

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

38 The Egyptians were afraid
and gladly let them go.

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

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

41  t God even split open a rock,
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  t The Lord gave them the land
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]!