【Psalms】Psalm 105 << Last Chapter Next Chapter >>

105:1 Give thanks to the LORD, invoke his name; make known among the peoples hisdeeds!

105:2 Sing praise, play music; proclaim all his wondrous deeds!

105:3 Glory in his holy name; rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!

105:4 Rely on the mighty LORD; constantly seek his face.

105:5 Recall the wondrous deeds he has done, his signs and his words of judgment,

105:6 You descendants of Abraham his servant, offspring of Jacob the chosen one!II

105:7 The LORD is our God who rules the whole earth.

105:8 He remembers forever his covenant, the pact imposed for a thousandgenerations,

105:9 Which was made with Abraham, confirmed by oath to Isaac,

105:10 And ratified as binding for Jacob, an everlasting covenant for Israel:

105:11 "To you I give the land of Canaan, your own allotted heritage."III

105:12 When they were few in number, a handful, and strangers there,

105:13 Wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another,

105:14 He let no one oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:

105:15 " Do not touch my anointed, to my prophets do no harm."IV

105:16 Then he called down a famine on the land, destroyed the grain that sustainedthem.

105:17 He had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, sold as a slave.

105:18 They shackled his feet with chains; collared his neck in iron,

105:19 Till his prediction came to pass, and the word of the LORD proved him true.

105:20 The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.

105:21 He made him lord over his palace, ruler over all his possessions,

105:22 To instruct his princes by his word, to teach his elders wisdom.V

105:23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

105:24 God greatly increased his people, made them too many for their foes.

105:25 He turned their hearts to hate his people, to treat his servants unfairly.

105:26 He sent his servant Moses, Aaron whom he had chosen.

105:27 They worked his signs in Egypt and wonders in the land of Ham.

105:28 He sent darkness and it grew dark, but they rebelled against his word.

105:29 He turned their waters into blood and killed all their fish.

105:30 Their land swarmed with frogs, even the chambers of their kings.

105:31 He spoke and there came swarms of flies, gnats through all their country.

105:32 For rain he gave them hail, flashes of lightning throughout their land.

105:33 He struck down their vines and fig trees, shattered the trees of theircountry.

105:34 He spoke and the locusts came, grass hoppers without number.

105:35 They devoured every plant in the land; they ravaged the crops of theirfields.

105:36 He struck down every firstborn in the land, the first fruits of all theirvigor.

105:37 He brought his people out, laden with silver and gold; no stragglers amongthe tribes.

105:38 Egypt rejoiced when they left, for panic had seized them.VI

105:39 He spread a cloud as a cover, and made a fire to light up the night.

105:40 They asked and he brought them quail; with bread from heaven he filled them.

105:41 He split the rock and water gushed forth; it flowed through the desert likea river.

105:42 For he remembered his sacred word to Abraham his servant.

105:43 He brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with shouts of triumph.

105:44 He gave them the lands of the nations, the wealth of the peoples to own,

105:45 That they might keep his laws and observe his teachings. Hallelujah!

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