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Psalm 105 ISV — Psalm 105

1 Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, and make his deeds known among the people. ISV — Psalm 105:1

2 Sing to him! Praise him! Declare all his awesome deeds! ISV — Psalm 105:2

3 Exult in his holy name; let all a105:3 Lit. Let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice! ISV — Psalm 105:3

4 Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face continually. ISV — Psalm 105:4

5 Remember his awesome deeds that he has done, his wonders and the judgments he declared. ISV — Psalm 105:5

6 You descendants of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones. ISV — Psalm 105:6

7 He is the LORD our God; his judgments extend to the entire earth. ISV — Psalm 105:7

8 He remembers his eternal covenant— every promise he made b105:8 Lit. every word he commanded for a thousand generations, ISV — Psalm 105:8

9 like the covenant he made c105:9 Lit. like he cut with Abraham, and his promise to Isaac. ISV — Psalm 105:9

10 He presented it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant. ISV — Psalm 105:10

11 He said: “I will give Canaan to you as the allotted portion that is your inheritance.” ISV — Psalm 105:11

12 When the Hebrews d105:12 Lit. When they were few in number—so very few— and were sojourners in it, ISV — Psalm 105:12

13 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. e105:13Lit. one kingdom to another nation ISV — Psalm 105:13

14 He did not allow anyone to oppress them, or any kings to reprove them. ISV — Psalm 105:14

15 “Don’t touch my anointed or hurt my prophets!” ISV — Psalm 105:15

16 He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply. f105:16 Lit. every staff of bread ISV — Psalm 105:16

17 He sent a man before them— Joseph, who had been sold as a slave. ISV — Psalm 105:17

18 They bound his feet with fetters and placed an iron collar on his neck, g105:18 Lit. soul ISV — Psalm 105:18

19 until the time his prediction came true, as the word of the LORD refined him. ISV — Psalm 105:19

20 He sent a king who released him, a ruler of people who set him free. ISV — Psalm 105:20

21 He made him the master over his household, the manager of all his possessions— ISV — Psalm 105:21

22 to discipline his rulers at will and make his elders wise. ISV — Psalm 105:22

23 Then Israel came to Egypt; indeed, Jacob lived in the land of Ham. h105:23 i.e. Egypt ISV — Psalm 105:23

24 He caused his people to multiply greatly; and be more numerous than their enemies. ISV — Psalm 105:24

25 He caused them i105:25 Lit. He turned their hearts to hate his people and to deceive his servants. ISV — Psalm 105:25

26 He sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen. ISV — Psalm 105:26

27 They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham. j105:27 i.e. Egypt ISV — Psalm 105:27

28 He sent darkness, and it became dark. Did they not rebel against k105:28 So MT DSS 11QPs; LXX reads not embitter his words? ISV — Psalm 105:28

29 He turned their water into blood, so that the fish died. ISV — Psalm 105:29

30 Their land swarmed with frogs even to the chambers of their kings. ISV — Psalm 105:30

31 He spoke, and a swarm of insects invaded their land. l105:31 Or borders ISV — Psalm 105:31

32 He sent hail instead of rain, and lightning throughout their land. ISV — Psalm 105:32

33 It destroyed their vines and their figs, breaking trees throughout their country. m105:33 Or borders ISV — Psalm 105:33

34 Then he commanded the locust to come— grasshoppers without number. ISV — Psalm 105:34

35 They consumed every green plant in their land, and devoured the fruit of their soil. ISV — Psalm 105:35

36 He struck down every firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their progeny. ISV — Psalm 105:36

37 Then he brought Israel n105:37 Lit. them out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled. ISV — Psalm 105:37

38 The Egyptians rejoiced when they left, because fear of Israel o105:38 Lit. them descended on them. ISV — Psalm 105:38

39 He spread out a cloud for a cover, and fire for light at night. ISV — Psalm 105:39

40 Israel p105:40 The Heb. lacks Israel asked, and quail came; food from heaven satisfied them. ISV — Psalm 105:40

41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out flowing like a river in the desert. ISV — Psalm 105:41

42 Indeed, he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham. ISV — Psalm 105:42

43 He led his people out with gladness, his chosen ones with shouts of joy. ISV — Psalm 105:43

44 He gave to them the land of nations; they inherited the labor of other q105:44 The Heb. lacks other people ISV — Psalm 105:44

45 so they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Hallelujah! ISV — Psalm 105:45