Psalms 105

Psalm 105

God’s Faithfulness to Israel

1O give thanks to the Lord ; call on his name;[#1 Chr 16.8; Ps 145.12]

make known his deeds among the peoples.

2Sing to him, sing praises to him;[#Ps 77.12]

tell of all his wonderful works.

3Glory in his holy name;[#Ps 33.21]

let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

4Seek the Lord and his strength;[#Ps 27.8]

seek his presence continually.

5Remember the wonderful works he has done,[#Ps 77.11]

his miracles and the judgments he has uttered,

6O offspring of his servant Abraham,[#105.6 Or Israel]

children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

7He is the Lord our God;[#Isa 26.9]

his judgments are in all the earth.

8He is mindful of his covenant forever,

of the word that he commanded for a thousand generations,

9the covenant that he made with Abraham,[#Gen 17.2]

his sworn promise to Isaac,

10which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,[#Gen 28.13–15]

to Israel as an everlasting covenant,

11saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan[#Gen 13.15; 15.18]

as your portion for an inheritance.”

12When they were few in number,[#Gen 34.30; Heb 11.9]

of little account and strangers in it,

13wandering from nation to nation,

from one kingdom to another people,

14he allowed no one to oppress them;[#Gen 12.17; 35.5]

he rebuked kings on their account,

15saying, “Do not touch my anointed ones;

do my prophets no harm.”

16When he summoned famine against the land[#Lev 26.26; Isa 3.1; Ezek 4.16]

and cut off every supply of bread,

17he had sent a man ahead of them,[#Gen 37.28, 36; 45.5]

Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.

18His feet were hurt with fetters;[#Gen 39.20]

his neck was put in a collar of iron;

19until what he had said came to pass,[#Gen 40.20, 21]

the word of the Lord kept testing him.

20The king sent and released him;[#Gen 41.14]

the ruler of the peoples set him free.

21He made him lord of his house[#Gen 41.40]

and ruler of all his possessions,

22to instruct his officials at his pleasure[#105.22 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb to bind]

and to teach his elders wisdom.

23Then Israel came to Egypt;[#Gen 46.6; Acts 13.17]

Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.

24And the Lord made his people very fruitful[#Ex 1.7]

and made them stronger than their foes,

25whose hearts he then turned to hate his people,[#Ex 1.8, 10]

to deal craftily with his servants.

26He sent his servant Moses[#Ex 3.10; Num 16.5]

and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

27They performed his signs among them[#Ex 7—12; Ps 78.43]

and miracles in the land of Ham.

28He sent darkness and made the land dark;[#Ex 10.22; Ps 99.7]

they rebelled against his words.

29He turned their waters into blood[#Ex 7.20]

and caused their fish to die.

30Their land swarmed with frogs,[#Ex 8.6]

even in the chambers of their kings.

31He spoke, and there came swarms of flies[#Ex 8.16, 21]

and gnats throughout their country.

32He gave them hail for rain[#Ex 9.23]

and lightning that flashed through their land.

33He struck their vines and fig trees

and shattered the trees of their country.

34He spoke, and the locusts came,[#Ex 10.4; Ps 78.46]

and young locusts without number;

35they devoured all the vegetation in their land

and ate up the fruit of their ground.

36He struck down all the firstborn in their land,[#Ex 12.29; Ps 78.51]

the first issue of all their strength.

37Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,[#Ex 12.35; #105.37 Heb them]

and there was no one among their tribes who stumbled.

38Egypt was glad when they departed,[#Ex 12.33]

for dread of them had fallen upon it.

39He spread a cloud for a covering[#Ex 13.21]

and fire to give light by night.

40They asked, and he brought quails[#Ex 16.12ff; Ps 78.24ff]

and gave them food from heaven in abundance.

41He opened the rock, and water gushed out;[#Ex 17.6; 1 Cor 10.4]

it flowed through the desert like a river.

42For he remembered his holy promise[#v 8]

and Abraham, his servant.

43So he brought his people out with joy,

his chosen ones with singing.

44He gave them the lands of the nations,[#Josh 13.7]

and they took possession of the wealth of the peoples,

45that they might keep his statutes[#Deut 6.21–25]

and observe his laws.

Praise the Lord !

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