105 Give thanks to
the Lord .
Call on his name.
Make known his accomplishments among the nations.
2 Sing to him.
Make music to him.
Tell about all his miraculous deeds.
3 Boast about his holy
name.
Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Seek the Lord and the strength he gives.
Seek his presence continually.
5 Recall the miraculous
deeds he performed,
his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, [ b ]
6 O children [ c ] of Abraham, [ d ] God’s [ e ] servant,
you descendants [ f ] of Jacob, God’s [ g ] chosen ones.
7 He is the Lord our God;
he carries out judgment throughout the earth. [ h ]
8 He always remembers his
covenantal decree,
the promise he made [ i ] to a thousand generations—
9 the promise [ j ] he made to Abraham,
the promise he made by oath to Isaac.
10 He gave it to Jacob as
a decree,
to Israel as a lasting promise, [ k ]
11 saying, “To you I will
give the land of Canaan
as the portion of your inheritance.”
12 When they were few in
number,
just a very few, and resident foreigners within it,
13 they wandered from
nation to nation,
and from one kingdom to another. [ l ]
14 He let no one oppress
them;
he disciplined kings for their sake,
15 saying, [ m ] “Don’t touch my chosen ones. [ n ]
Don’t harm my prophets.”
16 He called down a famine
upon the earth;
he cut off all the food supply. [ o ]
17 He sent a man ahead of
them [ p ] —
Joseph was sold as a servant.
18 The shackles hurt his
feet; [ q ]
his neck was placed in an iron collar, [ r ]
19 until the time when his
prediction [ s ] came true.
The Lord ’s word [ t ] proved him right. [ u ]
20 The king authorized his
release; [ v ]
the ruler of nations set him free.
21 He put him in charge of
his palace, [ w ]
and made him manager of all his property,
22 giving him authority to
imprison his officials [ x ]
and to teach his advisers. [ y ]
23 Israel moved to [ z ] Egypt;
Jacob lived for a time [ aa ] in the land of Ham.
24 The Lord [ ab ] made his people very fruitful,
and made them [ ac ] more numerous than their [ ad ] enemies.
25 He caused the
Egyptians [ ae ] to hate his people,
and to mistreat [ af ] his servants.
26 He sent his servant
Moses,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They executed his
miraculous signs among them, [ ag ]
and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham.
28 He made it dark; [ ah ]
Moses and Aaron did not disobey his orders. [ ai ]
29 He turned the
Egyptians’ water into blood,
and killed their fish.
30 Their land was overrun
by frogs,
which even got into the rooms of their kings.
31 He ordered flies to
come; [ aj ]
gnats invaded their whole territory.
32 He sent hail along with
the rain; [ ak ]
there was lightning in their land. [ al ]
33 He destroyed their
vines and fig trees,
and broke the trees throughout their territory.
34 He ordered locusts to
come, [ am ]
innumerable grasshoppers.
35 They ate all the
vegetation in their land,
and devoured the crops of their fields. [ an ]
36 He struck down all the
firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of their reproductive power. [ ao ]
37 He brought his
people [ ap ] out enriched [ aq ] with silver and gold;
none of his tribes stumbled.
38 Egypt was happy when
they left,
for they were afraid of them. [ ar ]
39 He spread out a cloud
for a cover, [ as ]
and provided a fire to light up the night.
40 They asked for
food, [ at ] and he sent quail;
he satisfied them with food from the sky. [ au ]
41 He opened up a rock and
water flowed out;
a river ran through dry regions.
42 Yes, [ av ] he remembered the sacred promise [ aw ]
he made to Abraham his servant.
43 When he led his people
out, they rejoiced;
his chosen ones shouted with joy. [ ax ]
44 He handed the territory
of nations over to them,
and they took possession of what other peoples had
produced, [ ay ]
45 so that they might keep
his commands
and obey [ az ] his laws.
Praise the Lord .