Psalms 105
New International Version - Psalms 105 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150 105:1 Give thanks to the Lord , call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. 105:2 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. 105:3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. 105:4 Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. 105:5 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced, 105:6 O descendants of Abraham his servant, O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones. 105:7 He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 105:8 He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations, 105:9 the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac. 105:10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: 105:11 'To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.' 105:12 When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it, 105:13 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. 105:14 He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings: 105:15 'Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.' 105:16 He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food; 105:17 and he sent a man before them- Joseph, sold as a slave. 105:18 They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons, 105:19 till what he foretold came to pass, till 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 master of his household, ruler over all he possessed, 105:22 to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom. 105:23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham. 105:24 The Lord made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes, 105:25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants. 105:26 He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. 105:27 They performed his miraculous signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham. 105:28 He sent darkness and made the land dark- for had they not rebelled against his words? 105:29 He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die. 105:30 Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers. 105:31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country. 105:32 He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land; 105:33 he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country. 105:34 He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number; 105:35 they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil. 105:36 Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood. 105:37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered. 105:38 Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them. 105:39 He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night. 105:40 They asked, and he brought them quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 105:41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; like a river it flowed in the desert. 105:42 For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham. 105:43 He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy; 105:44 he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for- 105:45 that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the Lord.