Psalm 105

¹ Oh 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,

⁹ the 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.

²⁰ The 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.

²⁷ They 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.

³⁸ Egypt 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.

⁴⁰ They 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!

source