Psalms 105

1Praise GOD;call on this name;proclaim God’s deeds among the peoples.

2Sing out praises;speak of all those wondrous acts.

3Exult in this holy name;let all who seek GOD rejoice.

4Turn to GOD, to divine might; seek God’s presence constantly.

5Remember the wonders that have been done,the portents, and judgments pronounced,

6O offspring of Abraham, God’s servant,O descendants of Jacob, the chosen ones.

7The ETERNAL is our God,whose judgments are throughout the earth.

8[God] is ever mindful of the covenant,the promise given for a thousand generations,

9that was made with Abraham,sworn to Isaac,

10and confirmed in a decree for Jacob,for Israel, as an eternal covenant,

11saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaanas your allotted heritage.”

12They were then few in number,a mere handful, sojourning there,

13wandering from nation to nation,from one kingdom to another.

14None were allowed to oppress them;kings were reproved on their account,

15“Do not touch My anointed ones;do not harm My prophets.”

16A famine was called down on the land,destroying every staff of bread.

17[God] sent ahead of them an agent—Joseph, sold into slavery.

18His feet were subjected to fetters;an iron collar was put on his neck.

19Until his prediction came true GOD’s decree purged him.

20The king sent to have him freed;the ruler of nations released him.

21He made him the lord of his household,empowered him over all his possessions,

22to discipline his princes at will,to teach his elders wisdom.

23Then Israel came to Egypt;Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

24[God] made that people very fruitful,more numerous than their foes,

25then changed the heart [of the Egyptians] to hate this people,to plot against God’s servants.

26Moses—God’s servant—was sent,and Aaron, who had been chosen.

27They performed God’s signs among them,and wonders, against the land of Ham.

28[God] sent darkness; it was very dark;did they not defy God’s word?

29Their waters were turned into bloodand their fish were killed.

30Their land teemed with frogs,even the rooms of their king.

31Swarms of insects came at God’s command,lice, throughout their country.

32They were given hail for rain,and flaming fire in their land.

33Their vines and fig trees were struck,the trees of their country broken down.

34Locusts came at God’s command,grasshoppers without number.

35They devoured every green thing in the land;they consumed the produce of the soil.

36[God] struck down every [male] first-born in the land,the first fruit of their vigor.

37Israel was led out with silver and gold;none among their tribes faltered.

38Egypt rejoiced when they left,for dread of Israel had fallen upon them.

39[God] spread a cloud for a cover,and fire to light up the night.

40They asked, and were brought quail,and were satisfied with food from heaven.

41[God] opened a rock so that water gushed forth;it flowed as a stream in the parched land.

42Mindful of the sacred promiseto Abraham—God’s servant,

43The people were led out in gladness,God’s chosen ones with joyous song.

44They were given the lands of nations;they inherited the wealth of peoples,

45that they might keep God’s lawsand observe God’s teachings.Hallelujah.