GodsWord - Psalms - 105

105:1  Give thanks to the LORD. Call on him. Make known among the nations what he has done.

105:2  Sing to him. Make music to praise him. Meditate on all the miracles he has performed.

105:3  Brag about his holy name. Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

105:4  Search for the LORD and his strength. Always seek his presence.

105:5  Remember the miracles he performed, the amazing things he did, and the judgments he pronounced,

105:6  you descendants of his servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.

105:7  He is the LORD our God. His judgments are pronounced throughout the earth.

105:8  He always remembers his promise, the word that he commanded for a thousand generations,

105:9  the promise that he made to Abraham, and his sworn oath to Isaac.

105:10  He confirmed it as a law for Jacob, as an everlasting promise to Israel,

105:11  by saying, "I will give you the land of Canaan. It is your share of the inheritance."

105:12  While the people of Israel were few in number, a small group of foreigners living in that land,

105:13  they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

105:14  He didn't permit anyone to oppress them. He warned kings about them:

105:15  "Do not touch my anointed ones or harm my prophets."

105:16  He brought famine to the land. He took away their food supply.

105:17  He sent a man ahead of them. He sent Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

105:18  They hurt his feet with shackles, and cut into his neck with an iron collar.

105:19  The LORD's promise tested him through fiery trials until his prediction came true.

105:20  The king sent someone to release him. The ruler of nations set him free.

105:21  He made Joseph the master of his palace and the ruler of all his possessions.

105:22  Joseph trained the king's officers the way he wanted and taught his respected leaders wisdom.

105:23  Then Israel came to Egypt. Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

105:24  The LORD made his people grow rapidly in number and stronger than their enemies.

105:25  He changed their minds so that they hated his people, and they dealt treacherously with his servants.

105:26  He sent his servant Moses, and he sent Aaron, whom he had chosen.

105:27  They displayed his miraculous signs among them and did amazing things in the land of Ham.

105:28  He sent darkness and made their land dark. They did not rebel against his orders.

105:29  He turned their water into blood and caused their fish to die.

105:30  He made their land swarm with frogs, even in the kings' bedrooms.

105:31  He spoke, and swarms of flies and gnats infested their whole territory.

105:32  He gave them hail and lightning instead of rain throughout their land.

105:33  He struck their grapevines and fig trees and smashed the trees in their territory.

105:34  He spoke, and countless locusts and grasshoppers came.

105:35  They devoured all the plants in the land. They devoured the crops in the fields.

105:36  He killed all the firstborn sons, the first ones born in the land when their fathers were young.

105:37  He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled.

105:38  The Egyptians were terrified of Israel, so they were glad when Israel left.

105:39  He spread out a cloud as a protective covering and a fire to light up the night.

105:40  The Israelites asked, and he brought them quail and filled them with bread from heaven.

105:41  He opened a rock, and water gushed and flowed like a river through the dry places.

105:42  He remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.

105:43  He brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with a song of joy.

105:44  He gave them the lands of other nations, and they inherited what others had worked for

105:45  so that they would obey his laws and follow his teachings. Hallelujah!