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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Psalm 105
1Give thanks to the Lord.
Call on him.
Make known among the nations what he has done.
2Sing to him.
Make music to praise him.
Meditate on all the miracles he has performed.
3Brag about his holy name.
Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4Search for the Lord and his strength.
Always seek his presence.
5Remember the miracles he performed,
the amazing things he did, and the judgments he pronounced,
6you descendants of his servant Abraham,
you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7He is the Lord our God.
His judgments are pronounced throughout the earth.
8He always remembers his promise,#105:8 Or “covenant.”
the word that he commanded for a thousand generations,
9the promise that he made to Abraham,
and his sworn oath to Isaac.
10He confirmed it as a law for Jacob,
as an everlasting promise to Israel,
11by saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan.
It is your share of the inheritance.”
12While the people of Israel were few in number,
a small group of foreigners living in that land,
13they wandered from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another.
14He didn’t permit anyone to oppress them.
He warned kings about them:
15“Do not touch my anointed ones
or harm my prophets.”
16He brought famine to the land.
He took away their food supply.
17He sent a man ahead of them.
He sent Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18They hurt his feet with shackles,
and cut into his neck with an iron collar.
19The Lord’s promise tested him through fiery trials
until his prediction came true.
20The king sent someone to release him.
The ruler of nations set him free.
21He made Joseph the master of his palace
and the ruler of all his possessions.
22Joseph trained the king’s officers the way he wanted
and taught his respected leaders wisdom.
23Then Israel came to Egypt.
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
24The Lord made his people grow rapidly in number
and stronger than their enemies.
25He changed their minds so that they hated his people,
and they dealt treacherously with his servants.
26He sent his servant Moses, and he sent Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27They displayed his miraculous signs among them
and did amazing things in the land of Ham.
28He sent darkness and made ⌞their land⌟ dark.
They did not rebel against his orders.
29He turned their water into blood
and caused their fish to die.
30He made their land swarm with frogs,
even in the kings’ bedrooms.
31He spoke, and swarms of flies and gnats
infested their whole territory.
32He gave them hail and lightning
instead of rain throughout their land.
33He struck their grapevines and fig trees
and smashed the trees in their territory.
34He spoke, and countless locusts and grasshoppers came.
35They devoured all the plants in the land.
They devoured the crops in the fields.
36He killed all the firstborn sons,
the first ones born in the land when their fathers were young.
37He brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among his tribes stumbled.
38The Egyptians were terrified of Israel,
so they were glad when Israel left.
39He spread out a cloud as a protective covering
and a fire to light up the night.
40The Israelites asked, and he brought them quail
and filled them with bread from heaven.
41He opened a rock, and water gushed
and flowed like a river through the dry places.
42He remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.
43He brought his people out with joy,
his chosen ones with a song of joy.
44He gave them the lands of ⌞other⌟ nations,
and they inherited what others had worked for
45so that they would obey his laws
and follow his teachings.
Hallelujah!
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