Psalms 105
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PSALM 105
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
1Give thanks to God, call on his name;
to men his deeds make known.
2Sing ye to him, sing psalms; proclaim
his wondrous works each one.
3See that ye in his holy name
to glory do accord;
And let the heart of ev'ry one
rejoice that seeks the Lord.
4The Lord Almighty, and his strength,
with stedfast hearts seek ye:
His blessed and his gracious face
seek ye continually.
5Think on the works that he hath done,
which admiration breed;
His wonders, and the judgments all
which from his mouth proceed;
6O ye that are of Abr'ham's race,
his servant well approv'n;
And ye that Jacob's children are,
whom he chose for his own.
7Because he, and he only, is
the mighty Lord our God;
And his most righteous judgments are
in all the earth abroad.
8His cov'nant he remember'd hath,
that it may ever stand:
To thousand generations
the word he did command.
9Which covenant he firmly made
with faithful Abraham,
And unto Isaac, by his oath,
he did renew the same:
10And unto Jacob, for a law,
he made it firm and sure,
A covenant to Israel,
which ever should endure.
11He said, I'll give Canaan's land
for heritage to you;
12While they were strangers there,
and few, in number very few:
13While yet they went from land to land
without a sure abode;
And while through sundry kingdoms they
did wander far abroad;
14Yet, notwithstanding suffer'd he
no man to do them wrong:
Yea, for their sakes, he did reprove
kings, who were great and strong.
15Thus did he say, Touch ye not those
that mine anointed be,
Nor do the prophets any harm
that do pertain to me.
16He call'd for famine on the land,
he brake the staff of bread:
17But yet he sent a man before,
by whom they should be fed;
Ev'n Joseph, whom unnat'rally
sell for a slave did they;
18Whose feet with fetters they did hurt,
and he in irons lay;
19Until the time that his word came
to give him liberty;
The word and purpose of the Lord
did him in prison try.
20Then sent the king, and did command
that he enlarg'd should be:
He that the people's ruler was
did send to set him free.
21A lord to rule his family
he rais'd him, as most fit;
To him of all that he possess'd
he did the charge commit:
22That he might at his pleasure bind
the princes of the land;
And he might teach his senators
wisdom to understand.
23The people then of Israel
down into Egypt came;
And Jacob also sojourned
within the land of Ham.
24And he did greatly by his pow'r
increase his people there;
And stronger than their enemies
they by his blessing were.
25Their heart he turned to envy
his folk maliciously,
With those that his own servants were
to deal in subtilty.
26His servant Moses he did send,
Aaron his chosen one.
27By these his signs and wonders great
in Ham's land were made known.
28Darkness he sent, and made it dark;
his word they did obey.
29He turn'd their waters into blood,
and he their fish did slay.
30The land in plenty brought forth frogs
in chambers of their kings.
31His word all sorts of flies and lice
in all their borders brings.
32He hail for rain, and flaming fire
into their land he sent:
33And he their vines and fig-trees smote:
trees of their coasts he rent.
34He spake, and caterpillars came,
locusts did much abound;
35Which in their land all herbs consum'd,
and all fruits of their ground.
36He smote all first-born in their land,
chief of their strength each one.
37With gold and silver brought them forth,
weak in their tribes were none.
38Egypt was glad when forth they went,
their fear on them did light.
39He spread a cloud for covering,
and fire to shine by night.
40They ask'd, and he brought quails:
with bread of heav'n he filled them.
41He open'd rocks, floods gush'd,
and ran in deserts like a stream.
42For on his holy promise he,
and servant Abr'ham, thought.
43With joy his people, his elect
with gladness, forth he brought.
44And unto them the pleasant lands
he of the heathen gave;
That of the people's labour they
inheritance might have.
45That they his statutes might observe
according to his word;
And that they might his laws obey.
Give praise unto the Lord.
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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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