Psalm 105 (ARST)

1Give thanks to Yahweh; worship him and pray to him. Tell everyone in the world what he has done!Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.

2Sing to him; praise him as you sing to him; tell others about his wonderful miracles.Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.

3Be proud of Yahweh, who alone is God. You people who worship Yahweh, rejoice!Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

4Ask Yahweh to help you and give you his strength, and always seek to be with him!Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

5You people who are descendants of God’ s servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, the people whom God has chosen, think about all the wonderful things that he has done; he performed miracles, and he punished all our enemies.Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,

7He is Yahweh, our God. He rules and judges people throughout the earth.He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.

8He never forgets the covenant that he made; he made a promise that will last for a thousand generations.He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—

9That is the covenant that he made with Abraham, and he repeated that covenant with Isaac.the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.

10Later he confirmed it again to Jacob as a covenant for the Israelite people that would last forever.He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

11What he said was,“I will give you the region of Canaan; it will belong to you and your descendants forever.”“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

12He said that to them when there were only a few of them, a tiny group of people who were living in that land like strangers.When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

13They continued to wander from one place to another, from one kingdom to another.they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

14But he did not allow others to oppress them. He warned those kings by saying to them,He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

15“Do not do harm to the people whom I have chosen! Do not harm my prophets!”“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”

16He sent a famine to Canaan, and as a result all the people had no food to eat.He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

17So his people went to Egypt, but first he sent someone there. He sent Joseph, who had been sold to be a slave.He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave.

18Later, while Joseph was in prison in Egypt, they put his legs in shackles that hurt his feet, and they put an iron collar around his neck.They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,

19Joseph was in prison until the time the events he predicted came to pass. This was how Yahweh tested Joseph.until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.

20The king of Egypt sent servants, who set him free; this ruler released Joseph from prison.The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.

21Then he appointed him to take care of everything in the king’ s household, to take care of everything that the king possessed.He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,

22Joseph was permitted to command the king’ s important servants to do anything that Joseph wanted them to do, and even to tell the king’ s advisors the things that they should do for the people of Egypt.to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.

23Later, Joseph’ s father Jacob arrived in Egypt. He lived like a foreigner in the land that belonged to the descendants of Ham.Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.

24Years later Yahweh caused the descendants of Jacob to become very numerous. As a result, their enemies, the Egyptians, considered that the Israelites were too strong.And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,

25So Yahweh caused the rulers of Egypt to turn against the Israelite people, and they began to oppress his people.whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.

26But then Yahweh sent his servant Moses along with Moses’ older brother Aaron, whom Yahweh had also chosen to be his servant.He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

27Those two performed amazing miracles among the people of Egypt in that land where the descendants of Ham lived.They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

28Yahweh sent darkness so that the people of Egypt could not see anything, but the rulers of Egypt refused to obey when Moses and Aaron commanded them to let the Israelite people leave Egypt.He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.

29Yahweh caused all the water in Egypt to become blood, and his doing that caused all the fish to die.He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.

30Then he caused the land to become full of frogs; the king and his officials even had frogs in their bedrooms.Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.

31Then Yahweh commanded that flies come, and swarms of them descended on the people of Egypt, and gnats also swarmed across the whole country.He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country.

32Yahweh sent rain, rain that became hail that fell upon them, and he sent wild fires that burned throughout their land.He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.

33The hail ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the other trees.He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.

34He commanded locusts to come, and hordes of them came; so many came that they could not be counted.He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.

35The locusts ate every green plant in the land, ruining all the crops.They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.

36Then Yahweh killed the oldest son in every house of the people of Egypt.Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.

37Then he brought the Israelite people out from Egypt; they were carrying heavy loads of jewelry made of silver and gold that the people of Egypt had given to them. No one was left behind because of being sick.He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.

38The people of Egypt were glad when the Israelite people left because they had become very afraid of the Israelites.Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.

39Then Yahweh spread a cloud to cover the Israelites; and at night it became a big fire in the sky to give them light.He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.

40Later the Israelites asked for meat to eat, and Yahweh sent flocks of quail to them, and he gave them plenty of manna, food from the sky, each morning.They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

41One day he caused a rock to open up, and water poured out for them to drink; it was like a river flowing in that desert.He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

42He did that because he kept thinking about the sacred promise that he had given to his servant, Abraham.For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.

43So his people were joyful as he brought them out from Egypt; these people whom he had chosen were shouting joyfully as they went.He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.

44He gave to them the land that belonged to the people groups that lived there in Canaan, and the Israelites took all their wealth.He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,

45Yahweh did all these things so that his people would do all the things that he had commanded them to do. Praise Yahweh!that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!

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