Psalms 105
105
1-6Hallelujah!
Thank God! Pray to him by name!
Tell everyone you meet what he has done!
Sing him songs, belt out hymns,
translate his wonders into music!
Honor his holy name with Hallelujahs,
you who seek God. Live a happy life!
Keep your eyes open for God, watch for his works;
be alert for signs of his presence.
Remember the world of wonders he has made,
his miracles, and the verdicts he’s rendered—
O seed of Abraham, his servant,
O child of Jacob, his chosen.
7-15He’s God, our God,
in charge of the whole earth.
And he remembers, remembers his Covenant—
for a thousand generations he’s been as good as his word.
It’s the Covenant he made with Abraham,
the same oath he swore to Isaac,
The very statute he established with Jacob,
the eternal Covenant with Israel,
Namely, “I give you the land.
Canaan is your hill-country inheritance.”
When they didn’t count for much,
a mere handful, and strangers at that,
Wandering from country to country,
drifting from pillar to post,
He permitted no one to abuse them.
He told kings to keep their hands off:
“Don’t you dare lay a hand on my anointed,
don’t hurt a hair on the heads of my prophets.”
16-22Then he called down a famine on the country,
he broke every last blade of wheat.
But he sent a man on ahead:
Joseph, sold as a slave.
They put cruel chains on his ankles,
an iron collar around his neck,
Until God’s word came to the Pharaoh,
and God confirmed his promise.
God sent the king to release him.
The Pharaoh set Joseph free;
He appointed him master of his palace,
put him in charge of all his business
To personally instruct his princes
and train his advisors in wisdom.
23-42Then Israel entered Egypt,
Jacob immigrated to the Land of Ham.
God gave his people lots of babies;
soon their numbers alarmed their foes.
He turned the Egyptians against his people;
they abused and cheated God’s servants.
Then he sent his servant Moses,
and Aaron, whom he also chose.
They worked marvels in that spiritual wasteland,
miracles in the Land of Ham.
He spoke, “Darkness!” and it turned dark—
they couldn’t see what they were doing.
He turned all their water to blood
so that all their fish died;
He made frogs swarm through the land,
even into the king’s bedroom;
He gave the word and flies swarmed,
gnats filled the air.
He substituted hail for rain,
he stabbed their land with lightning;
He wasted their vines and fig trees,
smashed their groves of trees to splinters;
With a word he brought in locusts,
millions of locusts, armies of locusts;
They consumed every blade of grass in the country
and picked the ground clean of produce;
He struck down every firstborn in the land,
the first fruits of their virile powers.
He led Israel out, their arms filled with loot,
and not one among his tribes even stumbled.
Egypt was glad to have them go—
they were scared to death of them.
God spread a cloud to keep them cool through the day
and a fire to light their way through the night;
They prayed and he brought quail,
filled them with the bread of heaven;
He opened the rock and water poured out;
it flowed like a river through that desert—
All because he remembered his Covenant,
his promise to Abraham, his servant.
43-45Remember this! He led his people out singing for joy;
his chosen people marched, singing their hearts out!
He made them a gift of the country they entered,
helped them seize the wealth of the nations
So they could do everything he told them—
could follow his instructions to the letter.
Hallelujah!
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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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