Monday 13th June 2022

Psalm 105

God’s Faithfulness to Israel

¹ O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name,
   make known his deeds among the peoples.
² Sing to him, sing praises to him;
   tell of all his wonderful works.
³ Glory in his holy name;
   let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
⁴ Seek the Lord and his strength;
   seek his presence continually.
⁵ Remember the wonderful works he has done,
   his miracles, and the judgements he has uttered,
⁶ O offspring of his servant Abraham,^*
   children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷ He is the Lord our God;
   his judgements are in all the earth.
⁸ He is mindful of his covenant for ever,
   of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
⁹ the covenant that he made with Abraham,
   his sworn promise to Isaac,
¹⁰ which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
   to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
¹¹ saying, ‘To you I will give the land of Canaan
   as your portion for an inheritance.’

¹² When they were few in number,
   of little account, and strangers in it,
¹³ wandering from nation to nation,
   from one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴ he allowed no one to oppress them;
   he rebuked kings on their account,
¹⁵ saying, ‘Do not touch my anointed ones;
   do my prophets no harm.’

¹⁶ When he summoned famine against the land,
   and broke every staff of bread,
¹⁷ he had sent a man ahead of them,
   Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
¹⁸ His feet were hurt with fetters,
   his neck was put in a collar of iron;
¹⁹ until what he had said came to pass,
   the word of the Lord kept testing him.
²⁰ The king sent and released him;
   the ruler of the peoples set him free.
²¹ He made him lord of his house,
   and ruler of all his possessions,
²² to instruct^* his officials at his pleasure,
   and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³ Then Israel came to Egypt;
   Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.
²⁴ And the Lord made his people very fruitful,
   and made them stronger than their foes,
²⁵ whose hearts he then turned to hate his people,
   to deal craftily with his servants.

²⁶ He sent his servant Moses,
   and Aaron whom he had chosen.
²⁷ They performed his signs among them,
   and miracles in the land of Ham.
²⁸ He sent darkness, and made the land dark;
   they rebelled^* against his words.
²⁹ He turned their waters into blood,
   and caused their fish to die.
³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs,
   even in the chambers of their kings.
³¹ He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
   and gnats throughout their country.
³² He gave them hail for rain,
   and lightning that flashed through their land.
³³ He struck their vines and fig trees,
   and shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke, and the locusts came,
   and young locusts without number;
³⁵ they devoured all the vegetation in their land,
   and ate up the fruit of their ground.
³⁶ He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
   the first issue of all their strength.

³⁷ Then he brought Israel^* out with silver and gold,
   and there was no one among their tribes who stumbled.
³⁸ Egypt was glad when they departed,
   for dread of them had fallen upon it.
³⁹ He spread a cloud for a covering,
   and fire to give light by night.
⁴⁰ They asked, and he brought quails,
   and gave them food from heaven in abundance.
⁴¹ He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
   it flowed through the desert like a river.
⁴² For he remembered his holy promise,
   and Abraham, his servant.

⁴³ So he brought his people out with joy,
   his chosen ones with singing.
⁴⁴ He gave them the lands of the nations,
   and they took possession of the wealth of the peoples,
⁴⁵ that they might keep his statutes
   and observe his laws.
Praise the Lord!

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