Psalm 105
105
1 O GIVE thanks unto the Lord, call upon His name, make known His doings among the peoples!
2 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; meditate on and talk of all His marvelous deeds and devoutly praise them.
3 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek and require the Lord [as their indispensable necessity].
4 Seek, inquire of and for the Lord, and crave Him and His strength (His might and inflexibility to temptation); seek and require His face and His presence [continually] evermore.
5 [Earnestly] remember the marvelous deeds that He has done, His miracles and wonders, the judgments and sentences which He pronounced [upon His enemies, as in Egypt]. [Ps. 78:43-51.]
6 O you offspring of Abraham His servant, you children of Jacob, His chosen ones,
7 He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
8 He is [earnestly] mindful of His covenant and forever it is imprinted on His heart, the word which He commanded and established to a thousand generations,
9 The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His sworn promise to Isaac, [Luke 1:72, 73.]
10 Which He confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 Saying, Unto you will I give the land of Canaan as your measured portion, possession, and inheritance.
12 When they were but a few men in number, in fact, very few, and were temporary residents and strangers in it,
13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people,
14 He allowed no man to do them wrong; in fact, He reproved kings for their sakes, [Gen. 12:17; 20:3-7.]
15 Saying, Touch not My anointed, and do My prophets no harm. [I Chron. 16:8-22.]
16 Moreover, He called for a famine upon the land [of Egypt]; He cut off every source of bread. [Gen. 41:54.]
17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold as a servant. [Gen. 45:5; 50:20, 21.]
18 His feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in chains of iron and his soul entered into the iron,
19 Until his word [to his cruel brothers] came true, until the word of the Lord tried and tested him.
20 The king sent and loosed him, even the ruler of the peoples, and let him go free.
21 He made Joseph lord of his house and ruler of all his substance, [Gen. 41:40.]
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his elders wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. [Gen. 46:6.]
24 There [the Lord] greatly increased His people and made them stronger than their oppressors.
25 He turned the hearts [of the Egyptians] to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants.
26 He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
27 They showed His signs among them, wonders and miracles in the land of Ham (Egypt).
28 He sent [thick] darkness and made the land dark, and they [God's two servants] rebelled not against His word. [Exod. 10:22; Ps. 99:7.]
29 He turned [Egypt's] waters into blood and caused their fish to die. [Exod. 7:20, 21.]
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, even in the chambers of their kings. [Exod. 8:6.]
31 He spoke, and there came swarms of beetles and flies and mosquitoes and lice in all their borders. [Exod. 8:17, 24.]
32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning like flaming fire in their land. [Exod. 9:23, 25.]
33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees and broke the [ice-laden] trees of their borders. [Ps. 78:47.]
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, and that without number, [Exod. 10:4, 13, 14.]
35 And ate up all the vegetation in their land and devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the beginning and chief substance of all their strength. [Exod. 12:29; Ps. 78:51.]
37 He brought [Israel] forth also with silver and gold, and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. [Exod. 12:35.]
38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen upon the people. [Exod. 12:33.]
39 The Lord spread a cloud for a covering [by day], and a fire to give light in the night. [Exod. 13:21.]
40 [The Israelites] asked, and He brought quails and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. [Exod. 16:12-15.]
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it ran in the dry places like a river. [Exod. 17:6; Num. 20:11.]
42 For He [earnestly] remembered His holy word and promise to Abraham His servant. [Gen. 15:14.]
43 And He brought forth His people with joy, and His chosen ones with gladness and singing,
44 And gave them the lands of the nations [of Canaan], and they reaped the fruits of those peoples' labor, [Deut. 6:10, 11.]
45 That they might observe His statutes and keep His laws [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
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Psalms 105
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Psalm 105
God’s Faithfulness to His People
1Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name;
proclaim his deeds among the peoples.#Ps 9:11; Is 12:4
2Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell about all his wondrous works!#Ps 96:3
3Boast in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.#Ps 33:21
4Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.#Ps 27:8; 63:2
5Remember the wondrous works he has done,
his wonders, and the judgments he has pronounced,#105:5 Lit judgments of his mouth#Ps 77:11; 119:13
6you offspring of Abraham his servant,
Jacob’s descendants — his chosen ones.#Ps 135:4
7He is the Lord our God;
his judgments govern the whole earth.#Is 26:9
8He remembers his covenant forever,
the promise he ordained
for a thousand generations#Dt 7:9; Ps 106:45; Lk 1:42 —
9the covenant he made with Abraham,
swore#105:9 Lit and his oath to Isaac,#Gn 12:7; 22:16–18
10and confirmed to Jacob as a decree
and to Israel as a permanent covenant:#Gn 28:13–15
11“I will give the land of Canaan to you
as your inherited portion.”#Gn 13:15; 15:18; Ps 78:55
12When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and resident aliens in Canaan,#Gn 34:30; Dt 7:7
13wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,#Dt 26:5
14he allowed no one to oppress them;
he rebuked kings on their behalf:#Gn 12:17; 20:3,7
15“Do not touch my anointed ones,#Gn 20:6–7; 26:11
or harm my prophets.”#1Ch 16:8–22
16He called down famine against the land
and destroyed the entire food supply.#Gn 41:54; Lv 26:26; Ezk 4:16
17He had sent a man ahead of them —
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.#Gn 37:28–36; 45:5; Ac 7:9
18They hurt his feet with shackles;
his neck was put in an iron collar.#Gn 39:20
19Until the time his prediction came true,
the word of the Lord tested him.#Gn 40:20–21
20The king sent for him and released him;
the ruler of peoples set him free.#Gn 41:14
21He made him master of his household,
ruler over all his possessions#Gn 41:40–43 —
22binding#105:22 LXX, Syr, Vg read teaching his officials at will
and instructing his elders.#Gn 41:44
23Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.#105:23 = Egypt, also in v. 27#Gn 46:6; Ac 7:15; 13:17
24The Lord#105:24 Lit He made his people very fruitful;
he made them more numerous than their foes,#Ex 1:7,9; Dt 26:5
25whose hearts he turned to hate his people
and to deal deceptively with his servants.#Ex 1:8–14; Ac 7:19
26He sent Moses his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.#Ex 3:10; 4:12,14
27They performed his miraculous signs among them
and wonders in the land of Ham.#Ex 7:3; 11:9–10; Ps 78:43–51
28He sent darkness, and it became dark —
for did they not defy his commands?#Ex 10:21–23; Ps 99:7
29He turned their water into blood
and caused their fish to die.#Ex 7:20–21
30Their land was overrun with frogs,
even in their royal chambers.#Ex 8:3,6
31He spoke, and insects came#Ex 8:21 —
gnats throughout their country.#Ex 8:16–17
32He gave them hail for rain,
and lightning throughout their land.#Ex 9:23–25
33He struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered the trees of their territory.#Ps 78:47
34He spoke, and locusts came —
young locusts without number.
35They devoured all the vegetation in their land
and consumed the produce of their land.#Ex 10:12–15
36He struck all the firstborn in their land,
all their first progeny.#Ex 12:29; 13:15; Ps 78:51
37Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among his tribes stumbled.#Ex 12:35–36
38Egypt was glad when they left,
for the dread of Israel#105:38 Lit them had fallen on them.#Ex 12:33; 15:16
39He spread a cloud as a covering
and gave a fire to light up the night.#Ex 13:21; Neh 9:12; Ps 78:14
40They asked, and he brought quail
and satisfied them with bread from heaven.#Ex 16:15; Ps 78:24
41He opened a rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a stream in the desert.#Ex 17:6; Nm 20:11; Ps 78:15
42For he remembered his holy promise
to Abraham his servant.#Ex 2:24
43He brought his people out with rejoicing,
his chosen ones with shouts of joy.#Ex 15:1; Ps 106:12
44He gave them the lands of the nations,
and they inherited
what other peoples had worked for.#Jos 24:13; Ps 78:55
45All this happened
so that they might keep his statutes
and obey his instructions.#Dt 4:1,40; Ps 78:7
Hallelujah!
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