Psalms 105

¹ Give thanks to the LORD, invoke his name; make known among the peoples his deeds!

² Sing praise, play music; proclaim all his wondrous deeds!

³ Glory in his holy name; rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!

⁴ Rely on the mighty LORD; constantly seek his face.

⁵ Recall the wondrous deeds he has done, his signs and his words of judgment,

⁶ You descendants of Abraham his servant, offspring of Jacob the chosen one!

⁷ The LORD is our God who rules the whole earth.

⁸ He remembers forever his covenant, the pact imposed for a thousand generations,

⁹ Which was made with Abraham, confirmed by oath to Isaac,

¹⁰ And ratified as binding for Jacob, an everlasting covenant for Israel:

¹¹ "To you I give the land of Canaan, your own allotted heritage."

¹² When they were few in number, a handful, and strangers there,

¹³ Wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another,

¹⁴ He let no one oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:

¹⁵ " Do not touch my anointed, to my prophets do no harm."

¹⁶ Then he called down a famine on the land, destroyed the grain that sustained them.

¹⁷ He had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, sold as a slave.

¹⁸ They shackled his feet with chains; collared his neck in iron,

¹⁹ Till his prediction came to pass, and the word of the LORD proved him true.

²⁰ The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.

²¹ He made him lord over his palace, ruler over all his possessions,

²² To instruct his princes by his word, to teach his elders wisdom.

²³ Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

²⁴ God greatly increased his people, made them too many for their foes.

²⁵ He turned their hearts to hate his people, to treat his servants unfairly.

²⁶ He sent his servant Moses, Aaron whom he had chosen.

²⁷ They worked his signs in Egypt and wonders in the land of Ham.

²⁸ He sent darkness and it grew dark, but they rebelled against his word.

²⁹ He turned their waters into blood and killed all their fish.

³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs, even the chambers of their kings.

³¹ He spoke and there came swarms of flies, gnats through all their country.

³² For rain he gave them hail, flashes of lightning throughout their land.

³³ He struck down their vines and fig trees, shattered the trees of their country.

³⁴ He spoke and the locusts came, grass hoppers without number.

³⁵ They devoured every plant in the land; they ravaged the crops of their fields.

³⁶ He struck down every firstborn in the land, the first fruits of all their vigor.

³⁷ He brought his people out, laden with silver and gold; no stragglers among the tribes.

³⁸ Egypt rejoiced when they left, for panic had seized them.

³⁹ He spread a cloud as a cover, and made a fire to light up the night.

⁴⁰ They asked and he brought them quail; with bread from heaven he filled them.

⁴¹ He split the rock and water gushed forth; it flowed through the desert like a river.

⁴² For he remembered his sacred word to Abraham his servant.

⁴³ He brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with shouts of triumph.

⁴⁴ He gave them the lands of the nations, the wealth of the peoples to own,

⁴⁵ That they might keep his laws and observe his teachings. Hallelujah!