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
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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