The Eternal Faithfulness of the Lord

105 Oh, give thanks to the Lord!Call upon His name;Make known His deeds among the peoples!² Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;Talk of all His wondrous works!³ Glory in His holy name;Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!⁴ Seek the Lord and His strength;Seek His face evermore!⁵ Remember His marvelous works which He has done,His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,⁶ O seed of Abraham His servant,You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!

⁷ He is the Lord our God;His judgments are in all the earth.⁸ He remembers His covenant forever,The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,⁹ The covenant which He made with Abraham,And His oath to Isaac,¹⁰ And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,To Israel as an everlasting covenant,¹¹ Saying, “To you I will give the land of CanaanAs the allotment of your inheritance,”¹² When they were few in number,Indeed very few, and strangers in it.

¹³ When they went from one nation to another,From one kingdom to another people,¹⁴ He permitted no one to do them wrong;Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,¹⁵ Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones,And do My prophets no harm.”

¹⁶ Moreover He called for a famine in the land;He destroyed all the provision of bread.¹⁷ He sent a man before them—Joseph—who was sold as a slave.¹⁸ They hurt his feet with fetters,He was laid in irons.¹⁹ Until the time that his word came to pass,The word of the Lord tested him.²⁰ The king sent and released him,The ruler of the people let him go free.²¹ He made him lord of his house,And ruler of all his possessions,²² To bind his princes at his pleasure,And teach his elders wisdom.

²³ Israel also came into Egypt,And Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.²⁴ He increased His people greatly,And made them stronger than their enemies.²⁵ He turned their heart to hate His people,To deal craftily with His servants.

²⁶ He sent Moses His servant,And Aaron whom He had chosen.²⁷ They performed His signs among them,And wonders in the land of Ham.²⁸ He sent darkness, and made it dark;And they did not rebel against His word.²⁹ He turned their waters into blood,And killed their fish.³⁰ Their land abounded with frogs,Even in the chambers of their kings.³¹ He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,And lice in all their territory.³² He gave them hail for rain,And flaming fire in their land.³³ He struck their vines also, and their fig trees,And splintered the trees of their territory.³⁴ He spoke, and locusts came,Young locusts without number,³⁵ And ate up all the vegetation in their land,And devoured the fruit of their ground.³⁶ He also destroyed all the firstborn in their land,The first of all their strength.

³⁷ He also brought them out with silver and gold,And there was none feeble among His tribes.³⁸ Egypt was glad when they departed,For the fear of them had fallen upon them.³⁹ He spread a cloud for a covering,And fire to give light in the night.⁴⁰ The people asked, and He brought quail,And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.⁴¹ He opened the rock, and water gushed out;It ran in the dry places like a river.

⁴² For He remembered His holy promise,And Abraham His servant.⁴³ He brought out His people with joy,His chosen ones with gladness.⁴⁴ He gave them the lands of the Gentiles,And they inherited the labor of the nations,⁴⁵ That they might observe His statutesAnd keep His laws.

Praise the Lord!