Psalms 105
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Psalm 105
1Give thanks to the LORD;
call upon his name;
make his deeds known to all people!
2Sing to God;
sing praises to the Lord;
dwell on all his wondrous works!
3Give praise to God’s holy name!
Let the hearts rejoice of all those seeking the LORD!
4Pursue the LORD and his strength;
seek his face always!
5Remember the wondrous works he has done,
all his marvelous works, and the justice he declared—
6you who are the offspring of Abraham, his servant,
and the children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7The LORD—he is our God.
His justice is everywhere throughout the whole world.
8God remembers his covenant forever,
the word he commanded to a thousand generations,
9which he made with Abraham,
the solemn pledge he swore to Isaac.
10God set it up as binding law for Jacob,
as an eternal covenant for Israel,
11promising, “I hereby give you the land of Canaan
as your allotted inheritance.”
12When they were few in number—
insignificant, just immigrants—
13wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to the next,
14God didn’t let anyone oppress them.
God punished kings for their sake:
15“Don’t touch my anointed ones;
don’t harm my prophets!”
16When God called for a famine in the land,
destroying every source of food,
17he sent a man ahead of them,
who was sold as a slave: it was Joseph.
18Joseph’s feet hurt in his shackles;
his neck was in an iron collar,
19until what he predicted actually happened,
until what the LORD had said proved him true.#105.19 Heb uncertain
20The king sent for Joseph and set him free;
the ruler of many people released him.
21The king made Joseph master of his house and ruler over everything he owned,
22to make sure his princes acted according to his will,
and to teach wisdom to his advisors.
23That’s how Israel came to Egypt,
how Jacob became an immigrant in the land of Ham.
24God made his people very fruitful,
more powerful than their enemies,
25whose hearts God changed so they hated his people
and dealt shrewdly with his servants.
26God sent Moses his servant
and the one he chose, Aaron.
27They put God’s signs on Egypt,#105.27 Correction; MT they put on them the words of God’s signs
his marvelous works on the land of Ham.
28God sent darkness, and it became dark,
but the Egyptians rejected his word.
29God turned their waters into blood
and killed their fish.
30God made their land swarm with frogs#105.30 Correction; DSS (11QPsa) their land swarmed with frogs—
even in the bedrooms of their king!
31God spoke, and the insects came—
gnats throughout their whole country!
32God turned their rain into hail
along with lightning flashes throughout their land.
33God destroyed their vines and their fig trees;
shattered the trees of their countryside.
34God spoke, and the locusts came—
countless grasshoppers came!
35They devoured all the plants in their land;
they devoured the fruit of their soil.
36God struck down all the oldest sons throughout their land;
struck down their very pride and joy.
37Then God brought Israel out, filled with silver and gold;
not one of its tribes stumbled.
38Egypt celebrated when they left,
because the dread of Israel had come upon them.
39God spread out clouds as a covering;
gave lightning to provide light at night.
40The people asked, and God brought quail;
God filled them full with food from heaven.
41God opened the rock and out gushed water—
flowing like a river through the desert!
42Because God remembered his holy promise
to Abraham his servant,
43God brought his people out with rejoicing,
his chosen ones with songs of joy.
44God gave them the lands of other nations;
they inherited the wealth of many peoples—
45all so that they would keep his laws
and observe his instructions.
Praise the LORD!
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Psalm 105
105
Tell of All His Wondrous Works
1 #
Ps. 106:1; 1 Chr. 16:34; Isa. 12:4; For ver. 1-15, see 1 Chr. 16:8-22 Oh give thanks to the Lord; #Ps. 99:6; 116:13, 17; [Gen. 4:26] call upon his name;
#
Ps. 145:4, 5, 11, 12 make known his deeds among the peoples!
2Sing to him, sing praises to him;
#
Ps. 77:12
tell 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 #See Ps. 78:61 strength;
# [Ps. 27:8] seek his presence continually!
5Remember the #Ps. 77:11; See Ps. 72:18 wondrous works that he has done,
his miracles, and #Ex. 6:6; 7:4the judgments he uttered,
6O offspring of #ver. 42 Abraham, his servant,
children of Jacob, his #ver. 43; Ps. 106:5; [Ps. 135:4]chosen ones!
7He is the Lord our God;
his #Isa. 26:9judgments are in all the earth.
8He #ver. 42; Ps. 106:45; 111:5; Luke 1:72 remembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for #Deut. 7:9a thousand generations,
9 #
Gen. 17:2; See Gen. 22:15-18 the covenant that he made with Abraham,
his #Gen. 26:3sworn promise to Isaac,
10which he confirmed to #Gen. 28:13, 14; 35:11, 12Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11saying, #Gen. 13:15; 15:18 “To you I will give the land of Canaan
as #Ps. 78:55your portion for an inheritance.”
12When they were #Gen. 34:30; Deut. 7:7; 26:5 few in number,
of little account, and #Heb. 11:9sojourners in it,
13wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
14he #[Gen. 35:5] allowed no one to oppress them;
he #Gen. 12:17; 20:3rebuked kings on their account,
15saying, #Gen. 20:6, 7; [Gen. 26:11]“Touch not my anointed ones,
do my prophets no harm!”
16When he #Gen. 41:54; [2 Kgs. 8:1; Hag. 1:11] summoned a famine on the land
and #Lev. 26:26; Isa. 3:1; Ezek. 4:16; [Ps. 104:15]broke all supply#105:16 Hebrew staff of bread,
17he had #Gen. 45:5; 50:20 sent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, who was #Gen. 37:28, 36; Acts 7:9sold as a slave.
18His #[Gen. 39:20]feet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron;
19until #Gen. 40:20, 21; 41:53, 54 what he had said came to pass,
the word of the Lord #[Judg. 7:4]tested him.
20 #
Gen. 41:14 The king sent and #Ps. 146:7released him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free;
21he #Gen. 41:40made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions,
22to bind#105:22 Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome instruct his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom.
23Then #Gen. 46:6; Acts 7:15 Israel came to Egypt;
Jacob #Acts 13:17 sojourned in #Ps. 106:22; [Ps. 78:51]the land of Ham.
24And the Lord #Ex. 1:7; Deut. 26:5made his people very fruitful
and made them stronger than their foes.
25He #[Ex. 9:12; Rom. 11:8]; See Ex. 1:8-14 turned their hearts to hate his people,
to #Ex. 1:10; Acts 7:19deal craftily with his servants.
26He #Ex. 3:10; 4:12 sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, #Num. 16:5; 17:5whom he had chosen.
27 # For ver. 27-36, see Ps. 78:43-51 They performed his signs among them
and miracles in #[See ver. 23 above]the land of Ham.
28He #Ex. 10:21-23 sent darkness, and made the land dark;
they #Ps. 99:7did not rebel#105:28 Septuagint, Syriac omit not against his words.
29He turned their waters into blood
and #Ex. 7:21caused their fish to die.
30Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in #Ex. 8:3the chambers of their kings.
31He spoke, and there came #Ex. 8:21 swarms of flies,
#
Ex. 8:16
and gnats throughout their country.
32He gave them hail for rain,
and fiery #Ex. 9:23lightning bolts through their land.
33He struck down their vines and fig trees,
and #Ex. 9:25shattered the trees of their country.
34He spoke, and the #See Ex. 10:12-15locusts came,
young locusts without number,
35which devoured all the vegetation in their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36He #See Ps. 78:51struck down all the firstborn in their land,
# See Ps. 78:51 the firstfruits of all their strength.
37Then he brought out Israel with #Ex. 12:35, 36silver and gold,
and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
38 #
Ex. 12:23 Egypt was glad when they departed,
for #Ex. 15:16dread of them had fallen upon it.
39He #[Job 36:20; Isa. 4:5]; See Ex. 13:21spread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.
40 #
Ps. 78:18, 27 They asked, and he #Ex. 16:13 brought quail,
and gave them #Ps. 78:24, 25; [John 6:31]bread from heaven in abundance.
41He opened the rock, and #See Ps. 78:15 water gushed out;
it flowed through #See Ps. 63:1the desert like a river.
42For he #ver. 8, 9; Ex. 2:24 remembered his holy promise,
and #[Gen. 15:14]; See ver. 6Abraham, his servant.
43So he brought his people out with joy,
his #[See ver. 42 above] chosen ones with #[Isa. 35:10]; See Ex. 15:1-21singing.
44And he #Josh. 24:13; [Ps. 78:55]gave them the lands of the nations,
and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,
45that they might #Deut. 4:1, 40 keep his statutes
and #Ps. 78:7 observe his laws.
# See Ps. 104:35 Praise the Lord!
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