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Psalms 105

¹Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done.

²Sing to him; yes, sing his praises. Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds.

³Exult in his holy name; rejoice, you who worship the Lord.

⁴Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him.

⁵Remember the wonders he has performed, his miracles, and the rulings he has given,

⁶you children of his servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷He is the Lord our God. His justice is seen throughout the land.

⁸He always stands by his covenant— the commitment he made to a thousand generations.

⁹This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.

¹⁰He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant:

¹¹“I will give you the land of Canaan as your special possession.”

¹²He said this when they were few in number, a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.

¹³They wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

¹⁴Yet he did not let anyone oppress them. He warned kings on their behalf:

¹⁵“Do not touch my chosen people, and do not hurt my prophets.”

¹⁶He called for a famine on the land of Canaan, cutting off its food supply.

¹⁷Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them— Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

¹⁸They bruised his feet with fetters and placed his neck in an iron collar.

¹⁹Until the time came to fulfill his dreams, the Lord tested Joseph’s character.

²⁰Then Pharaoh sent for him and set him free; the ruler of the nation opened his prison door.

²¹Joseph was put in charge of all the king’s household; he became ruler over all the king’s possessions.

²²He could instruct the king’s aides as he pleased and teach the king’s advisers.

²³Then Israel arrived in Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

²⁴And the Lord multiplied the people of Israel until they became too mighty for their enemies.

²⁵Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites, and they plotted against the Lord’s servants.

²⁶But the Lord sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen.

²⁷They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians, and wonders in the land of Ham.

²⁸The Lord blanketed Egypt in darkness, for they had defied his commands to let his people go.

²⁹He turned their water into blood, poisoning all the fish.

³⁰Then frogs overran the land and even invaded the king’s bedrooms.

³¹When the Lord spoke, flies descended on the Egyptians, and gnats swarmed across Egypt.

³²He sent them hail instead of rain, and lightning flashed over the land.

³³He ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the trees.

³⁴He spoke, and hordes of locusts came— young locusts beyond number.

³⁵They ate up everything green in the land, destroying all the crops in their fields.

³⁶Then he killed the oldest son in each Egyptian home, the pride and joy of each family.

³⁷The Lord brought his people out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold; and not one among the tribes of Israel even stumbled.

³⁸Egypt was glad when they were gone, for they feared them greatly.

³⁹The Lord spread a cloud above them as a covering and gave them a great fire to light the darkness.

⁴⁰They asked for meat, and he sent them quail; he satisfied their hunger with manna—bread from heaven.

⁴¹He split open a rock, and water gushed out to form a river through the dry wasteland.

⁴²For he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham.

⁴³So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing.

⁴⁴He gave his people the lands of pagan nations, and they harvested crops that others had planted.

⁴⁵All this happened so they would follow his decrees and obey his instructions. Praise the Lord!

Psalms 105 (NLT)

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