Psalms 105

¹Psalms 105:1. Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.²Psalms 105:2. Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.³Psalms 105:3. Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.⁴Psalms 105:4. Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.⁵Psalms 105:5. Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,⁶Psalms 105:6. O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.⁷Psalms 105:7. He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.⁸Psalms 105:8. He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—⁹Psalms 105:9. the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.¹⁰Psalms 105:10. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:¹¹Psalms 105:11. “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”¹²Psalms 105:12. When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,¹³Psalms 105:13. they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.¹⁴Psalms 105:14. He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:¹⁵Psalms 105:15. “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”¹⁶Psalms 105:16. He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.¹⁷Psalms 105:17. He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave.¹⁸Psalms 105:18. They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,¹⁹Psalms 105:19. until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.²⁰Psalms 105:20. The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.²¹Psalms 105:21. He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,²²Psalms 105:22. to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.²³Psalms 105:23. Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.²⁴Psalms 105:24. And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,²⁵Psalms 105:25. whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.²⁶Psalms 105:26. He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.²⁷Psalms 105:27. They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.²⁸Psalms 105:28. He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.²⁹Psalms 105:29. He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.³⁰Psalms 105:30. Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.³¹Psalms 105:31. He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country.³²Psalms 105:32. He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.³³Psalms 105:33. He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.³⁴Psalms 105:34. He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.³⁵Psalms 105:35. They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.³⁶Psalms 105:36. Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.³⁷Psalms 105:37. He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.³⁸Psalms 105:38. Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.³⁹Psalms 105:39. He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.⁴⁰Psalms 105:40. They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.⁴¹Psalms 105:41. He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.⁴²Psalms 105:42. For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.⁴³Psalms 105:43. He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.⁴⁴Psalms 105:44. He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,⁴⁵Psalms 105:45. that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!