Psalm 105Psalms105

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. Tell of His Wonders

   (1 Chronicles 16:7–22)

2. 1BSBGive thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.KJVKJV: O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
3. 2BSBSing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.KJVKJV: Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
4. 3BSBGlory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.KJVKJV: Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
5. 4BSBSeek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.KJVKJV: Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
6. 5BSBRemember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,KJVKJV: Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
7. 6BSBO offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.KJVKJV: O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
8. 7BSBHe is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.KJVKJV: He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
9. 8BSBHe remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—KJVKJV: He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
10. 9BSBthe covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.KJVKJV: Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
11. 10BSBHe confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:KJVKJV: And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
12. 11BSB“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”KJVKJV: Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
13. 12BSBWhen they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,KJVKJV: When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
14. 13BSBthey wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.KJVKJV: When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
15. 14BSBHe let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:KJVKJV: He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
16. 15BSB“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”KJVKJV: Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
17. 16BSBHe called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.KJVKJV: Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
18. 17BSBHe sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave.KJVKJV: He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
19. 18BSBThey bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,KJVKJV: Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
20. 19BSBuntil his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.KJVKJV: Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
21. 20BSBThe king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.KJVKJV: The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
22. 21BSBHe made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,KJVKJV: He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
23. 22BSBto instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.KJVKJV: To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
24. 23BSBThen Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.KJVKJV: Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
25. 24BSBAnd the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,KJVKJV: And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
26. 25BSBwhose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.KJVKJV: He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
27. 26BSBHe sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.KJVKJV: He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
28. 27BSBThey performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.KJVKJV: They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
29. 28BSBHe sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.KJVKJV: He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
30. 29BSBHe turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.KJVKJV: He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
31. 30BSBTheir land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.KJVKJV: Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
32. 31BSBHe spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country.KJVKJV: He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
33. 32BSBHe gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.KJVKJV: He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
34. 33BSBHe struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.KJVKJV: He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
35. 34BSBHe spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.KJVKJV: He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
36. 35BSBThey devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.KJVKJV: And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
37. 36BSBThen He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.KJVKJV: He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
38. 37BSBHe brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.KJVKJV: He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
39. 38BSBEgypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.KJVKJV: Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
40. 39BSBHe spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.KJVKJV: He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
41. 40BSBThey asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.KJVKJV: The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
42. 41BSBHe opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.KJVKJV: He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
43. 42BSBFor He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.KJVKJV: For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
44. 43BSBHe brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.KJVKJV: And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
45. 44BSBHe gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,KJVKJV: And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
46. 45BSBthat they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!KJVKJV: That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.