Psalm 105
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105:1 Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name!
Make his doings known among the peoples.
105:2 Sing to him, sing praises to him!
Tell of all his marvelous works.
105:3 Glory in his holy name.
Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
105:4 Seek Yahweh and his strength.
Seek his face forever more.
105:5 Remember his marvelous works that he has done;
his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
105:6 you seed of Abraham, his servant,
you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
105:7 He is Yahweh, our God.
His judgments are in all the earth.
105:8 He has remembered his covenant forever,
the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
105:9 the covenant which he made with Abraham,
his oath to Isaac,
105:10 and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute;
to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
105:11 saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan,
the lot of your inheritance;"
105:12 when they were but a few men in number,
yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
105:13 They went about from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people.
105:14 He allowed no one to do them wrong.
Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
105:15 "Don't touch my anointed ones!
Do my prophets no harm!"
105:16 He called for a famine on the land.
He destroyed the food supplies.
105:17 He sent a man before them.
Joseph was sold for a slave.
105:18 They bruised his feet with shackles.
His neck was locked in irons,
105:19 until the time that his word happened,
and Yahweh's word proved him true.
105:20 The king sent and freed him;
even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
105:21 He made him lord of his house,
and ruler of all of his possessions;
105:22 to discipline his princes at his pleasure,
and to teach his elders wisdom.
105:23 Israel also came into Egypt.
Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
105:24 He increased his people greatly,
and made them stronger than their adversaries.
105:25 He turned their heart 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 miracles among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham.
105:28 He sent darkness, and made it dark.
They didn't rebel against his words.
105:29 He turned their waters into blood,
and killed their fish.
105:30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the chambers of their kings.
105:31 He spoke, and swarms of flies came,
and lice in all their borders.
105:32 He gave them hail for rain,
with lightning in their land.
105:33 He struck their vines and also their fig trees,
and shattered the trees of their country.
105:34 He spoke, and the locusts came,
and the grasshoppers, without number,
105:35 ate up every plant in their land;
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
105:36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land,
the first fruits of all their manhood.
105:37 He brought them forth with silver and gold.
There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed,
for the fear of them had fallen on them.
105:39 He spread a cloud for a covering,
fire to give light in the night.
105:40 They asked, and he brought quails,
and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
105:41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out.
They ran as a river in the dry places.
105:42 For he remembered his holy word,
and Abraham, his servant.
105:43 He brought forth his people with joy,
his chosen with singing.
105:44 He gave them the lands of the nations.
They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
105:45 that they might keep his statutes,
and observe his laws.
Praise Yah!