‏ Psalms 105Summary

Tell of All His Wonderful Works

1 ^aOh give thanks to the Lord; ^bcall upon his name;
^cmake known his deeds among the peoples!
2Sing to him, sing praises to him;
^dtell of all his wondrous works!
3Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
4Seek the Lord and his ^estrength;
^fseek his presence continually!
5Remember the ^gwondrous works that he has done,
his miracles, and ^hthe judgments he uttered,
6O offspring of ⁱAbraham, his servant,
children of Jacob, his ^jchosen ones!
7He is the Lord our God;
his ^kjudgments are in all the earth.
8He ^lremembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for ^ma thousand generations,
9 ⁿthe covenant that he made with Abraham,
his ^osworn promise to Isaac,
10which he confirmed to ^pJacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11saying, ^q“To you I will give the land of Canaan
as ^ryour portion for an inheritance.”
12When they were ^sfew in number,
of little account, and ^tsojourners in it,
13wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
14he ^uallowed no one to oppress them;
he ^vrebuked kings on their account,
15saying, ^w“Touch not my anointed ones,
do my prophets no harm!”
16When he ^xsummoned a famine on the land
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of bread,
17he had ^aasent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, who was ^absold as a slave.
18His ^acfeet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron;
19until ^adwhat he had said came to pass,
the word of the Lord ^aetested him.
20 ^afThe king sent and ^agreleased him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free;
21he ^ahmade him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions,
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his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom.
23Then ^ajIsrael came to Egypt;
Jacob ^aksojourned in ^althe land of Ham.
24And the Lord ^ammade his people very fruitful
and made them stronger than their foes.
25He ^anturned their hearts to hate his people,
to ^aodeal craftily with his servants.
26He ^apsent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, ^aqwhom he had chosen.
27 ^arThey performed his signs among them
and miracles in ^asthe land of Ham.
28He ^atsent darkness, and made the land dark;
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against his words.
29He turned their waters into blood
and ^awcaused their fish to die.
30Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in ^axthe chambers of their kings.
31He spoke, and there came ^ayswarms of flies,
^azand gnats throughout their country.
32He gave them hail for rain,
and fiery ^balightning bolts through their land.
33He struck down their vines and fig trees,
and ^bbshattered the trees of their country.
34He spoke, and the ^bclocusts came,
young locusts without number,
35which devoured all the vegetation in their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36He ^bdstruck down all the firstborn in their land,
^bethe firstfruits of all their strength.
37Then he brought out Israel with ^bfsilver and gold,
and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
38 ^bgEgypt was glad when they departed,
for ^bhdread of them had fallen upon it.
39He ^bispread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.
40 ^bjThey asked, and he ^bkbrought quail,
and gave them ^blbread from heaven in abundance.
41He opened the rock, and ^bmwater gushed out;
it flowed through ^bnthe desert like a river.
42For he ^boremembered his holy promise,
and ^bpAbraham, his servant.
43So he brought his people out with joy,
his ^bqchosen ones with ^brsinging.
44And he ^bsgave them the lands of the nations,
and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,
45that they might ^btkeep his statutes
and ^buobserve his laws.
^bvPraise the Lord!