Psalm 105

Common English Bible

Psalm 105

105 Give thanks to the Lord;
    call upon his name;
    make his deeds known to all people!
²Sing to God;
    sing praises to the Lord;
    dwell on all his wondrous works!
³Give praise to God’s holy name!
    Let the hearts rejoice of all those seeking the Lord!
⁴Pursue the Lord and his strength;
    seek his face always!
⁵Remember the wondrous works he has done,
    all his marvelous works, and the justice he declared—
⁶    you who are the offspring of Abraham, his servant,
        and the children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷The Lord—he is our God.
    His justice is everywhere throughout the whole world.
⁸God remembers his covenant forever,
    the word he commanded to a thousand generations,
⁹        which he made with Abraham,
        the solemn pledge he swore to Isaac.
¹⁰God set it up as binding law for Jacob,
    as an eternal covenant for Israel,
¹¹    promising, “I hereby give you the land of Canaan
    as your allotted inheritance.”

¹²When they were few in number—
        insignificant, just immigrants—
¹³        wandering from nation to nation,
        from one kingdom to the next,
¹⁴    God didn’t let anyone oppress them.
    God punished kings for their sake:
¹⁵    “Don’t touch my anointed ones;
    don’t harm my prophets!”

¹⁶When God called for a famine in the land,
    destroying every source of food,
¹⁷        he sent a man ahead of them,
            who was sold as a slave: it was Joseph.
¹⁸Joseph’s feet hurt in his shackles;
        his neck was in an iron collar,
¹⁹    until what he predicted actually happened,
        until what the Lord had said proved him true.^[a]
²⁰The king sent for Joseph and set him free;
    the ruler of many people released him.
²¹The king made Joseph master of his house and ruler over everything he owned,
²²    to make sure his princes acted according to his will,
    and to teach wisdom to his advisors.
²³That’s how Israel came to Egypt,
    how Jacob became an immigrant in the land of Ham.

²⁴God made his people very fruitful,
    more powerful than their enemies,
²⁵    whose hearts God changed so they hated his people
    and dealt shrewdly with his servants.
²⁶God sent Moses his servant
    and the one he chose, Aaron.
²⁷They put God’s signs on Egypt,^[b]
    his marvelous works on the land of Ham.
²⁸God sent darkness, and it became dark,
    but the Egyptians rejected his word.
²⁹God turned their waters into blood
    and killed their fish.
³⁰God made their land swarm with frogs^[c]—
    even in the bedrooms of their king!
³¹God spoke, and the insects came—
    gnats throughout their whole country!
³²God turned their rain into hail
    along with lightning flashes throughout their land.
³³God destroyed their vines and their fig trees;
    shattered the trees of their countryside.
³⁴God spoke, and the locusts came—
    countless grasshoppers came!
³⁵    They devoured all the plants in their land;
        they devoured the fruit of their soil.
³⁶God struck down all the oldest sons throughout their land;
    struck down their very pride and joy.
³⁷Then God brought Israel out, filled with silver and gold;
    not one of its tribes stumbled.
³⁸Egypt celebrated when they left,
    because the dread of Israel had come upon them.

³⁹God spread out clouds as a covering;
    gave lightning to provide light at night.
⁴⁰The people asked, and God brought quail;
    God filled them full with food from heaven.
⁴¹God opened the rock and out gushed water—
    flowing like a river through the desert!
⁴²Because God remembered his holy promise
    to Abraham his servant,
⁴³    God brought his people out with rejoicing,
    his chosen ones with songs of joy.
⁴⁴God gave them the lands of other nations;
    they inherited the wealth of many peoples—
⁴⁵        all so that they would keep his laws
        and observe his instructions.