PSALM 105 [†]  t Oh give thanks to the LORD;  u call upon his name;

 v make known his deeds among the peoples!

2 Sing to him, sing praises to him;

 w tell of all his wondrous works!

3 Glory in his holy name;

let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!

4 Seek the LORD and his  x strength;

 y seek his presence continually!

5[^] Remember the  z wondrous works that he has done,

his miracles, and  a the judgments he uttered,

6[†] O offspring of  b Abraham, his servant,

children of Jacob, his  c chosen ones!

7[†] He is the LORD our God;

his  d judgments are in all the earth.

8[†] He  e remembers his covenant forever,

the word that he commanded, for  f a thousand generations,

9  g the covenant that he made with Abraham,

his  h sworn promise to Isaac,

10[†] which he confirmed to  i Jacob as a statute,

to Israel as an everlasting covenant,

11 saying,  j “To you I will give the land of Canaan

as  k your portion for an inheritance.”

12[†] When they were  l few in number,

of little account, and  m sojourners in it,

13 wandering from nation to nation,

from one kingdom to another people,

14 he  n allowed no one to oppress them;

he  o rebuked kings on their account,

15[†] saying,  p “Touch not my anointed ones,

do my prophets no harm!”

16[†] When he  q summoned a famine on the land

and  r broke all supply [1] of bread,

17 he had  s sent a man ahead of them,

Joseph, who was  t sold as a slave.

18 His  u feet were hurt with fetters;

his neck was put in a collar of iron;

19 until  v what he had said came to pass,

the word of the LORD  w tested him.

20  x The king sent and  y released him;

the ruler of the peoples set him free;

21 he  z made him lord of his house

and ruler of all his possessions,

22 to bind [2] his princes at his pleasure

and to teach his elders wisdom.

23[†] Then  a Israel came to Egypt;

Jacob  b sojourned in  c the land of Ham.

24[†] And the LORD  d made his people very fruitful

and made them stronger than their foes.

25 He  e turned their hearts to hate his people,

to  f deal craftily with his servants.

26[†] He  g sent Moses, his servant,

and Aaron,  h whom he had chosen.

27[†]  i They performed his signs among them

and miracles in  c the land of Ham.

28[†] He  j sent darkness, and made the land dark;

they  k did not rebel [3] against his words.

29[†] He turned their waters into blood

and  l caused their fish to die.

30[†] Their land swarmed with frogs,

even in  m the chambers of their kings.

31[†] He spoke, and there came  n swarms of flies,

 o and gnats throughout their country.

32[†] He gave them hail for rain,

and fiery  p lightning bolts through their land.

33 He struck down their vines and fig trees,

and  q shattered the trees of their country.

34[†] He spoke, and the  r locusts came,

young locusts without number,

35 which devoured all the vegetation in their land

and ate up the fruit of their ground.

36[†] He  s struck down all the firstborn in their land,

 s the firstfruits of all their strength.

37[†] Then he brought out Israel with  t silver and gold,

and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.

38[†]  u Egypt was glad when they departed,

for  v dread of them had fallen upon it.

39[†] He  w spread a cloud for a covering,

and fire to give light by night.

40[†]  x They asked, and he  y brought quail,

and gave them  z bread from heaven in abundance.

41[†] He opened the rock, and  a water gushed out;

it flowed through  b the desert like a river.

42[†] For he  c remembered his holy promise,

and  d Abraham, his servant.

43 So he brought his people out with joy,

his  d chosen ones with  e singing.

44 And he  f gave them the lands of the nations,

and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,

45[†] that they might  g keep his statutes

and  h observe his laws.

 i Praise the LORD!