Psalms 105

Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 105 begins with a call to give thanks to the Lord, recount His wonders, and remember the covenant He made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob regarding the land of Canaan. The text recounts how the patriarchs wandered as strangers before God protected them, sent a famine, and used Joseph—who was sold as a slave, imprisoned, and later released—to rise to power in Egypt. Subsequently, Israel entered Egypt where their population grew, leading the Egyptians to turn against them and oppress them. God then sent Moses and Aaron, who performed miraculous signs and plagues in the land of Ham, including darkness, blood, frogs, insects, hail, locusts, and the death of the firstborn. Finally, God brought His people out of Egypt with silver and gold, provided a cloud for cover and fire for light, satisfied their hunger and thirst in the wilderness, and gave them the lands of the nations as an inheritance.

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¹Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations. ²Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders. ³Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. ⁴Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always. ⁵Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced, ⁶O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones. ⁷He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth. ⁸He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— ⁹the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. ¹⁰He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ¹¹“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.” ¹²When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land, ¹³they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. ¹⁴He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf: ¹⁵“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!” ¹⁶He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. ¹⁷He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave. ¹⁸They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons, ¹⁹until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right. ²⁰The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free. ²¹He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance, ²²to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom. ²³Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham. ²⁴And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes, ²⁵whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants. ²⁶He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. ²⁷They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. ²⁸He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words. ²⁹He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die. ³⁰Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers. ³¹He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country. ³²He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land. ³³He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country. ³⁴He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number. ³⁵They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil. ³⁶Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor. ³⁷He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled. ³⁸Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them. ³⁹He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night. ⁴⁰They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. ⁴¹He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert. ⁴²For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant. ⁴³He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy. ⁴⁴He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor, ⁴⁵that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!

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