Psalm 105

¹O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name,

make known his deeds among the peoples.

²Sing to him, sing praises to him;

tell of all his wonderful 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 wonderful works he has done,

his miracles, and the judgments he has uttered,

⁶O offspring of his servant Abraham,

children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷He is the Lord our God;

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,

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 strangers 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, “Do not touch my anointed ones;

do my prophets no harm.”

¹⁶When he summoned famine against the land,

and broke every staff 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 kept testing him.

²⁰The 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 instruct his officials at his pleasure,

and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³Then Israel came to Egypt;

Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.

²⁴And the Lord made his people very fruitful,

and made them stronger than their foes,

²⁵whose hearts he then turned to hate his people,

to deal craftily with his servants.

²⁶He sent his servant Moses,

and Aaron whom he had chosen.

²⁷They performed his signs among them,

and miracles in the land of Ham.

²⁸He sent darkness, and made the land dark;

they rebelled 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 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,

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,

the first issue of all their strength.

³⁷Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,

and there was no one among their tribes who stumbled.

³⁸Egypt 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.

⁴⁰They asked, and he brought quails,

and gave them food 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.

⁴⁴He gave them the lands of the nations,

and they took possession of the wealth of the peoples,

⁴⁵that they might keep his statutes

and observe his laws.

Praise the Lord!