105:5 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed,
his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, 1
105:6 O children 2 of Abraham, 3 God’s 4 servant,
you descendants 5 of Jacob, God’s 6 chosen ones!
105:7 He is the Lord our God;
he carries out judgment throughout the earth. 7
105:8 He always remembers his covenantal decree,
the promise he made 8 to a thousand generations –
105:9 the promise 9 he made to Abraham,
the promise he made by oath to Isaac!
105:10 He gave it to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as a lasting promise, 10
105:11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
as the portion of your inheritance.”
105:12 When they were few in number,
just a very few, and resident aliens within it,
105:13 they wandered from nation to nation,
and from one kingdom to another. 11
105:14 He let no one oppress them;
he disciplined kings for their sake,
105:15 saying, 12 “Don’t touch my chosen 13 ones!
Don’t harm my prophets!”
105:16 He called down a famine upon the earth;
he cut off all the food supply. 14
105:17 He sent a man ahead of them 15 –
Joseph was sold as a servant.
105:18 The shackles hurt his feet; 16
his neck was placed in an iron collar, 17
105:19 until the time when his prediction 18 came true.
The Lord’s word 19 proved him right. 20
105:20 The king authorized his release; 21
the ruler of nations set him free.
105:21 He put him in charge of his palace, 22
and made him manager of all his property,
105:22 giving him authority to imprison his officials 23
and to teach his advisers. 24
105:23 Israel moved to 25 Egypt;
Jacob lived for a time 26 in the land of Ham.
105:24 The Lord 27 made his people very fruitful,
and made them 28 more numerous than their 29 enemies.
105:25 He caused them 30 to hate his people,
and to mistreat 31 his servants.
105:26 He sent his servant Moses,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
105:27 They executed his miraculous signs among them, 32
and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham.
105:28 He made it dark; 33
they did not disobey his orders. 34
105:29 He turned their water into blood,
and killed their fish.
105:30 Their land was overrun by frogs,
which even got into the rooms of their kings.
105:31 He ordered flies to come; 35
gnats invaded their whole territory.
105:32 He sent hail along with the rain; 36
there was lightning in their land. 37
105:33 He destroyed their vines and fig trees,
and broke the trees throughout their territory.
105:34 He ordered locusts to come, 38
innumerable grasshoppers.
105:35 They ate all the vegetation in their land,
and devoured the crops of their fields. 39
105:36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of their reproductive power. 40
105:37 He brought his people 41 out enriched 42 with silver and gold;
none of his tribes stumbled.
105:38 Egypt was happy when they left,
for they were afraid of them. 43
105:39 He spread out a cloud for a cover, 44
and provided a fire to light up the night.
105:40 They asked for food, 45 and he sent quails;
he satisfied them with food from the sky. 46
105:41 He opened up a rock and water flowed out;
a river ran through dry regions.
105:42 Yes, 47 he remembered the sacred promise 48
he made to Abraham his servant.
105:43 When he led his people out, they rejoiced;
his chosen ones shouted with joy. 49
105:44 He handed the territory of nations over to them,
and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, 50
105:45 so that they might keep his commands
and obey 51 his laws.
Praise the Lord!