Psalms 105
105
God and his People
(1 Chr 16.8–22)
1Give thanks to the LORD, proclaim his greatness;
tell the nations what he has done.
2Sing praise to the LORD;
tell of the wonderful things he has done.
3Be glad that we belong to him;
let all who worship him rejoice.
4Go to the LORD for help;
and worship him continually.
5-6You descendants of Abraham, his servant;
you descendants of Jacob, the man he chose:
remember the miracles that God performed
and the judgements that he gave.
7The LORD is our God;
his commands are for all the world.
8He will keep his covenant for ever,
his promises for a thousand generations.
9 #
Gen 12.7; 17.8; 26.3 He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham
and his promise to Isaac.
10 #
Gen 28.13
The LORD made a covenant with Jacob,
one that will last for ever.
11“I will give you the land of Canaan,” he said.
“It will be your own possession.”
12God's people were few in number,
strangers in the land of Canaan.
13They wandered from country to country,
from one kingdom to another.
14 #
Gen 20.3–7
But God let no one oppress them;
to protect them, he warned the kings:
15“Don't harm my chosen servants;
do not touch my prophets.”
16 #
Gen 41.53–57
The LORD sent famine to their country
and took away all their food.
17 #
Gen 37.28; 45.5 But he sent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
18 #
Gen 39.20—40.23
His feet were kept in chains,
and an iron collar was round his neck,
19until what he had predicted came true.
The word of the LORD proved him right.
20 #
Gen 41.14
Then the king of Egypt had him released;
the ruler of nations set him free.
21 #
Gen 41.39–41
He put him in charge of his government
and made him ruler over all the land,
22with power over the king's officials
and authority to instruct his advisers.
23 #
Gen 46.6; 47.11 Then Jacob went to Egypt
and settled in that country.
24 #
Ex 1.7–14
The LORD gave many children to his people
and made them stronger than their enemies.
25He made the Egyptians hate his people
and treat his servants with deceit.
26 #
Ex 3.1—4.17
Then he sent his servant Moses,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27They did God's mighty acts
and performed miracles in Egypt.
28 #
Ex 10.21–23
God sent darkness on the country,
but the Egyptians did not obey#105.28 Some ancient translations did not obey; Hebrew obeyed. his command.
29 #
Ex 7.17–21
He turned their rivers into blood
and killed all their fish.
30 #
Ex 8.1–6
Their country was overrun with frogs,
even the palace was filled with them.
31 #
Ex 8.16–17, 20–24 God commanded, and flies and gnats
swarmed throughout the whole country.
32 #
Ex 9.22–25
He sent hail and lightning on their land
instead of rain;
33he destroyed their grapevines and fig trees
and broke down all the trees.
34 #
Ex 10.12–15
He commanded, and the locusts came,
countless millions of them;
35they ate all the plants in the land;
they ate all the crops.
36 #
Ex 12.29
He killed the firstborn sons
of all the families of Egypt.
37 #
Ex 12.33–36
Then he led the Israelites out;
they carried silver and gold,
and all of them were healthy and strong.
38The Egyptians were afraid of them
and were glad when they left.
39 #
Ex 13.21–22
God put a cloud over his people
and a fire at night to give them light.
40 #
Ex 16.2–15
They#105.40 Some ancient translations They; Hebrew He. asked, and he sent quails;
he gave them food from heaven to satisfy them.
41 #
Ex 17.1–7; Num 20.2–13 He opened a rock, and water gushed out,
flowing through the desert like a river.
42He remembered his sacred promise
to Abraham his servant.
43So he led his chosen people out,
and they sang and shouted for joy.
44 #
Josh 11.16–23
He gave them the lands of other peoples
and let them take over their fields,
45so that his people would obey his laws
and keep all his commands.
Praise the LORD!
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Good News Bible with Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha. Scripture taken from the Good News Bible (r) (Today's English Version Second Edition, UK/British Edition). Copyright © 1992 British & Foreign Bible Society. Used by permission.
Psalms 105
105
God’s Fidelity to the Promise
I
1Give thanks to the Lord, invoke his name;#1 Chr 16:8–22.
make known among the peoples his deeds!#Ps 18:50; 96:3; 145:5; Is 12:4–5.
2Sing praise to him, play music;
proclaim all his wondrous deeds!
3Glory in his holy name;
let hearts that seek the Lord rejoice!
4Seek out the Lord and his might;
constantly seek his face.#Ps 24:6; 27:8.
5Recall the wondrous deeds he has done,
his wonders and words of judgment,
6You descendants of Abraham his servant,
offspring of Jacob the chosen one!
II
7He the Lord, is our God
whose judgments reach through all the earth.
8He remembers forever his covenant,
the word he commanded for a thousand generations,
9Which he made with Abraham,
and swore to Isaac,#Gn 15:1ff; 26:3.
10And ratified in a statute for Jacob,
an everlasting covenant for Israel:
11“To you I give the land of Canaan,
your own allotted inheritance.”#Gn 12:7; 15:18.
III
12When they were few in number,#Dt 4:27; 26:5.
a handful, and strangers there,
13Wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
14He let no one oppress them;
for their sake he rebuked kings:#Kings: Pharaoh and Abimelech of Gerar, cf. Gn 12:17; 20:6–7.
15#My anointed ones…my prophets: the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were “anointed” in the sense of being consecrated and recipients of God’s revelation.“Do not touch my anointed ones,
to my prophets do no harm.”
IV
16Then he called down a famine on the land,
destroyed the grain that sustained them.#The grain that sustained them: lit., every “staff of bread.”#Gn 41:54, 57.
17He had sent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, sold as a slave.#Gn 37:28, 36; 45:5.
18They shackled his feet with chains;
collared his neck in iron,#Gn 39:20.
19Till his prediction came to pass,
and the word of the Lord proved him true.#Gn 40–41.
20The king sent and released him;
the ruler of peoples set him free.#Gn 41:14.
21He made him lord over his household,
ruler over all his possessions,#Gn 41:41–44.
22To instruct his princes as he desired,
to teach his elders wisdom.
V
23Then Israel entered Egypt;#Gn 46:1–47:12; Acts 7:15.
Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.#105:23, 27] The land of Ham: a synonym for Egypt, cf. Gn 10:6.
24God greatly increased his people,
made them more numerous than their foes.#Ex 1:7; Acts 7:17.
25He turned their hearts to hate his people,
to treat his servants deceitfully.#Ex 1:8–14.
26He sent his servant Moses,
and Aaron whom he had chosen.#Ex 3:10; 4:27.
27#This Psalm and Ps 78:43–51 have an account of the plagues differing in number or in order from Ex 7:14–12:30. Several versions of the exodus story were current.They worked his signs in Egypt#Ps 78:43–51; Ex 7–12.
and wonders in the land of Ham.
28He sent darkness and it grew dark,
but they rebelled against his word.
29He turned their waters into blood
and killed their fish.
30Their land swarmed with frogs,
even the chambers of their kings.
31He spoke and there came swarms of flies,
gnats through all their country.
32For rain he gave them hail,
flashes of lightning throughout their land.
33He struck down their vines and fig trees,
shattered the trees of their country.
34He spoke and the locusts came,
grasshoppers without number.#Jl 1:4.
35They devoured every plant in the land;
they devoured the crops of their fields.
36He struck down every firstborn in the land,
the first fruits of all their vigor.
37He brought his people out,
laden with silver and gold;#Ex 12:33–36.
no one among the tribes stumbled.
38Egypt rejoiced when they left,
for fear had seized them.
VI
39He spread a cloud out as a cover,
and made a fire to light up the night.#Ps 78:14; Ex 13:21–22; Wis 18:3.
40They asked and he brought them quail;
with bread from heaven he filled them.#Ps 78:24–28; Ex 16:13–15; Nm 11:31ff; Wis 16:20.
41He split the rock and water gushed forth;
it flowed through the desert like a river.#Ps 78:15–16; Ex 17:1–7; Nm 20:11.
42For he remembered his sacred promise
to Abraham his servant.
43He brought his people out with joy,
his chosen ones with shouts of triumph.
44He gave them the lands of the nations,
they took possession of the wealth of the peoples,#Dt 4:37–40.
45That they might keep his statutes
and observe his teachings.#Dt 6:20–25; 7:8–11.
Hallelujah!
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