﻿Psalm.
Chapter 105.
Give thanks to the LORD; call on his name; make his deeds known among the peoples. 
Sing to him; sing praise to him; tell of all his wonders. 
Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. 
Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face always. 
Remember the wonders he has done, his signs and the judgments of his mouth, 
you offspring of Abraham his servant, children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 
He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 
He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded for a thousand generations, 
the covenant he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac. 
He confirmed it to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant, 
saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as your allotted inheritance.” 
When they were few in number, very few, and foreigners in it, 
they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people. 
He allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings for their sake: 
“Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.” 
He summoned famine upon the land and broke every staff of bread. 
He sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. 
They hurt his foot with fetters; he was put in irons, 
until the time his word came to pass; the word of the LORD tested him. 
The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free. 
He made him lord of his house and ruler over all his possessions, 
to bind his officials as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom. 
Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham. 
He made his people very fruitful and stronger than their adversaries. 
He turned their hearts to hate his people, to plot against his servants. 
He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. 
They performed his signs among them, wonders in the land of Ham. 
He sent darkness and made it dark; they did not rebel against his word. 
He turned their waters to blood and killed their fish. 
Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings. 
He spoke, and swarms of flies came, gnats throughout their territory. 
He gave them hail for rain, flaming fire in their land. 
He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees throughout their territory. 
He spoke, and locusts came, devouring locusts without number. 
They devoured every plant in their land and ate the fruit of their soil. 
He struck every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor. 
He brought them out with silver and gold; no one among his tribes stumbled. 
Egypt was glad when they departed, for dread of them had fallen upon it. 
He spread a cloud as a covering, and fire to give light by night. 
They asked, and he brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 
He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed through the dry places like a river. 
For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham his servant. 
He brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with shouts of gladness. 
He gave them the lands of nations, and they inherited the fruit of the peoples’ labor, 
so that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise the LORD! 
