Psalm 105

1 Oh, give thanks to the Lord!

The Eternal Faithfulness of the LordCall upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!

2 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; Talk of all His wondrous works!3 Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!4 Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face evermore!5 Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,6 O seed of Abraham His servant, You 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 which He commanded, for a thousand generations,9  The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,10 And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,11 Saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan As the allotment of your inheritance,12 When they were few in number, Indeed very few, and strangers in it.13 When they went from one nation to another, From one kingdom to another people,14 He permitted no one to do them wrong; Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,15  Saying, Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm.16 Moreover He called for a famine in the land; He destroyed all the provision of bread.17 He sent a man before them Joseph who was sold as a slave.18 They hurt his feet with fetters, He was laid in irons.19 Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the Lord tested him.20 The king sent and released him, The ruler of the people let him go free.21 He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his possessions,22 To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom.23 Israel also came into Egypt, And Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.24 He increased His people greatly, And made them stronger than their enemies.25 He turned their heart 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 wonders in the land of Ham.28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they did not rebel against His word.29 He turned their waters into blood, And killed their fish.30 Their land abounded with frogs, Even in the chambers of their kings.31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their territory.32 He gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in their land.33 He struck their vines also, and their fig trees, And splintered the trees of their territory.34 He spoke, and locusts came, Young locusts without number,35 And ate up all the vegetation in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.36 He also destroyed all the firstborn in their land, The first of all their strength.37 He also brought them out with silver and gold, And there was none feeble among His tribes.38 Egypt was glad when they departed, For the fear of them had fallen upon them.39 He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.40  The people asked, and He brought quail, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; It ran in the dry places like a river.42 For He remembered His holy promise, And Abraham His servant.43 He brought out His people with joy, His chosen ones with gladness.44 He gave them the lands of the Gentiles, And they inherited the labor of the nations,45 That they might observe His statutes And keep His laws. 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]!