Psalm 105
Tell of His Wonders
(1 Chronicles 16:7–22)
¹ Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
² Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
³ Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
⁴ Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
⁵ Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
⁶ O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
⁷ He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
⁸ He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
⁹ the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
¹⁰ He 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.”
¹² When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
¹³ they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
¹⁴ He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
¹⁵ “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
¹⁶ He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies 1 of food.
¹⁷ He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
¹⁸ They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
¹⁹ until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
²⁰ The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.
²¹ He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,
²² to instruct 2 his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
²³ Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
²⁴ And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
²⁵ whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
²⁶ He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
²⁷ They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
²⁸ He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.3
²⁹ He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.
³⁰ Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
³¹ He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.
³² He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.
³³ He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.
³⁵ They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.
³⁶ Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
³⁷ He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.
³⁸ Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
³⁹ He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
⁴⁰ They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
⁴¹ He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
⁴² For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
⁴³ He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
⁴⁴ He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
⁴⁵ that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!4