NETtext - Psalms - 105

105:1  Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations!

105:2  Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds!

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

105:4  Seek the LORD and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!

105:5  Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,

105:6  O children of Abraham, God's servant, you descendants of Jacob, God's chosen ones!

105:7  He is the LORD our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth.

105:8  He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations -

105:9  the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

105:10  He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,

105:11  saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance."

105:12  When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it,

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

105:14  He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake,

105:15  saying, "Don't touch my chosen ones! Don't harm my prophets!"

105:16  He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.

105:17  He sent a man ahead of them - Joseph was sold as a servant.

105:18  The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar,

105:19  until the time when his prediction came true. The LORD's word proved him right.

105:20  The king authorized his release; the ruler of nations set him free.

105:21  He put him in charge of his palace, and made him manager of all his property,

105:22  giving him authority to imprison his officials and to teach his advisers.

105:23  Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham.

105:24  The LORD made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their enemies.

105:25  He caused them to hate his people, and to mistreat his servants.

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

105:27  They executed his miraculous signs among them, and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham.

105:28  He made it dark; they did not disobey his orders.

105:29  He turned their water into blood, and killed their fish.

105:30  Their land was overrun by frogs, which even got into the rooms of their kings.

105:31  He ordered flies to come; gnats invaded their whole territory.

105:32  He sent hail along with the rain; there was lightning in their land.

105:33  He destroyed their vines and fig trees, and broke the trees throughout their territory.

105:34  He ordered locusts to come, innumerable grasshoppers.

105:35  They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields.

105:36  He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power.

105:37  He brought his people out enriched with silver and gold; none of his tribes stumbled.

105:38  Egypt was happy when they left, for they were afraid of them.

105:39  He spread out a cloud for a cover, and provided a fire to light up the night.

105:40  They asked for food, and he sent quails; he satisfied them with food from the sky.

105:41  He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions.

105:42  Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant.

105:43  When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy.

105:44  He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced,

105:45  so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the LORD!