Psalm 105

1Give thanks to Yahweh; call on his name; make known his deeds among the peoples.

2Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wonderful works.

3Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.

4Seek Yahweh and his strength; seek his face always.

5Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he has spoken,

6you offspring of Abraham his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

7He is Yahweh our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

8He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded for a thousand generations,

9the covenant he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac.

10He confirmed it to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,

11saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

12When they were few in number, very few, and foreigners in it,

13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

14He let no one oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account:

15“Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”

16He called down a famine on the land and cut off every supply of bread.

17He sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

18They hurt his feet with shackles; his neck was put in iron,

19until the time his word came true; the word of Yahweh tested him.

20The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.

21He made him master of his household and ruler over all his possessions,

22to bind his officials at his pleasure and to teach his elders wisdom.

23Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

24He made his people very fruitful and made them stronger than their foes.

25He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.

26He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

27They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.

28He sent darkness and made it dark, and they did not rebel against his word.

29He turned their waters into blood and caused their fish to die.

30Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.

31He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and gnats throughout their territory.

32He gave them hail for rain, with flashing fire throughout their land.

33He struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their territory.

34He spoke, and the locusts came, young locusts without number.

35They ate up every plant in their land and devoured the fruit of their ground.

36He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their strength.

37He brought them out with silver and gold, and among his tribes no one stumbled.

38Egypt was glad when they left, for dread of Israel had fallen on them.

39He spread out a cloud as a covering, and fire to give light at night.

40They asked, and he brought quail; he satisfied them with bread from heaven.

41He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river through the dry land.

42For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant.

43He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy.

44He gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of what the peoples had worked for,

45so that they would keep his statutes and observe his laws. Hallelujah!