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} peopleISV — Psalm 105:44

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