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Psalm 105

Psalm 105

Tell of All His Wonderful Works

¹ Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name;
  make known his deeds among the peoples!
²Sing to him, sing praises to him;
  tell of all his wondrous works!
³Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!
⁴Seek the LORD and his strength;
  seek his presence continually!
⁵Remember the wondrous works that he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,
⁶O offspring of Abraham, his servant,
children of Jacob, his chosen ones!

⁷He is the LORD our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.
⁸He remembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
⁹ the covenant that he made with Abraham,
his sworn promise to Isaac,
¹⁰which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
¹¹saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan
as your portion for an inheritance."

¹²When they were few in number,
of little account, and sojourners in it,
¹³wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴he allowed no one to oppress them;
he rebuked kings on their account,
¹⁵saying, "Touch not my anointed ones,
do my prophets no harm!"

¹⁶When he summoned a famine on the land
and broke all supply of bread,
¹⁷he had sent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
¹⁸His feet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron;
¹⁹until what he had said came to pass,
the word of the LORD tested him.
²⁰ The king sent and released him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free;
²¹he made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions,
²²to bind his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³Then Israel came to Egypt;
Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
²⁴And the LORD 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.
²⁷ They performed his signs among them
and miracles in the land of Ham.
²⁸He sent darkness, and made the land dark;
they did not rebel against his words.
²⁹He turned their waters into blood
and caused their fish to die.
³⁰Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the chambers of their kings.
³¹He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
  and gnats throughout their country.
³²He gave them hail for rain,
and fiery lightning bolts through their land.
³³He struck down their vines and fig trees,
and shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴He spoke, and the locusts came,
young locusts without number,
³⁵which devoured all the vegetation in their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
³⁶He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of all their strength.

³⁷Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold,
and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
³⁸ Egypt was glad when they departed,
for dread of them had fallen upon it.

³⁹He spread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.
⁴⁰ They asked, and he brought quail,
and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.
⁴¹He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed through the desert like a river.
⁴²For he remembered his holy promise,
and Abraham, his servant.

⁴³So he brought his people out with joy,
his chosen ones with singing.
⁴⁴And he gave them the lands of the nations,
and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,
⁴⁵that they might keep his statutes

and observe his laws. Praise the LORD!

 

Psalm 106

Psalm 106

Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good

¹ Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
  for his steadfast love endures forever!
²Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD,
or declare all his praise?
³Blessed are they who observe justice,
who do righteousness at all times!

⁴ Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people;
help me when you save them,
⁵that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones,
that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
that I may glory with your inheritance.

⁶ Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
⁷Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,
did not consider your wondrous works;
they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
⁸Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
  that he might make known his mighty power.
⁹He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry,
and he led them through the deep as through a desert.
¹⁰So he saved them from the hand of the foe
and redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
¹¹And the waters covered their adversaries;
not one of them was left.
¹²Then they believed his words;
they sang his praise.

¹³But they soon forgot his works;
they did not wait for his counsel.
¹⁴But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness,
and put God to the test in the desert;
¹⁵he gave them what they asked,
but sent a wasting disease among them.

¹⁶When men in the camp were jealous of Moses
and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD,
¹⁷ the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abiram.
¹⁸ Fire also broke out in their company;
the flame burned up the wicked.

¹⁹They made a calf in Horeb
and worshiped a metal image.
²⁰They exchanged the glory of God
for the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹They forgot God, their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,
²²wondrous works in the land of Ham,
and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
²³Therefore he said he would destroy them—
had not Moses, his chosen one,
 stood in the breach before him,
to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴Then they despised the pleasant land,
having no faith in his promise.
²⁵They murmured in their tents,
and did not obey the voice of the LORD.
²⁶Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them
that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
²⁷and would make their offspring fall among the nations,
  scattering them among the lands.

²⁸Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor,
and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;
²⁹they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds,
and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stayed.
³¹And that was counted to him as righteousness
from generation to generation forever.

³²They angered him at the waters of Meribah,
and it went ill with Moses on their account,
³³for they made his spirit bitter,
and he spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴They did not destroy the peoples,
  as the LORD commanded them,
³⁵but they mixed with the nations
and learned to do as they did.
³⁶They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.
³⁷They sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to the demons;
³⁸they poured out innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was polluted with blood.
³⁹Thus they became unclean by their acts,
and played the whore in their deeds.

⁴⁰Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people,
and he abhorred his heritage;
⁴¹he gave them into the hand of the nations,
so that those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴²Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were brought into subjection under their power.
⁴³ Many times he delivered them,
but they were rebellious in their purposes
and were brought low through their iniquity.

⁴⁴Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
when he heard their cry.
⁴⁵For their sake he remembered his covenant,
and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
⁴⁶He caused them to be pitied
by all those who held them captive.

⁴⁷ Save us, O LORD our God,
and gather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
and glory in your praise.

⁴⁸ Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting!
 And let all the people say, "Amen!"
Praise the LORD!