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href="/psalms/105-3.htm">3</a>Boast in his holy name;let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.3.1">a</a> <A name="5"></a><a href="/psalms/105-4.htm">4</a>Seek the Lord and his strength;seek his face always.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.4.1">a</a> <A name="6"></a><a href="/psalms/105-5.htm">5</a>Remember the wondrous works he has done,his wonders, and the judgments he has pronounced,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.105.5.1">a</a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.5.1">a</a> <A name="7"></a><a href="/psalms/105-6.htm">6</a>you offspring of Abraham his servant,Jacob’s descendants — his chosen ones.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.6.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="8"></a><a href="/psalms/105-7.htm">7</a>He is the Lord our God;his judgments govern the whole earth.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.7.1">a</a> <A name="9"></a><a href="/psalms/105-8.htm">8</a>He remembers his covenant forever,the promise he ordainedfor a thousand generations<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.8.1">a</a> — <A name="10"></a><a href="/psalms/105-9.htm">9</a>the covenant he made with Abraham,swore<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.105.9.1">A</a> to Isaac,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.9.1">a</a> <A name="11"></a><a href="/psalms/105-10.htm">10</a>and confirmed to Jacob as a decreeand to Israel as a permanent covenant:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.10.1">a</a> <A name="12"></a><a href="/psalms/105-11.htm">11</a>“I will give the land of Canaan to youas your inherited portion.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.11.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="13"></a><a href="/psalms/105-12.htm">12</a>When they were few in number,very few indeed,and resident aliens in Canaan,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.12.1">a</a> <A name="14"></a><a href="/psalms/105-13.htm">13</a>wandering from nation to nationand from one kingdom to another,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.13.1">a</a> <A name="15"></a><a href="/psalms/105-14.htm">14</a>he allowed no one to oppress them;he rebuked kings on their behalf:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.14.1">a</a> <A name="16"></a><a href="/psalms/105-15.htm">15</a>“Do not touch my anointed ones,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.15.1">a</a>or harm my prophets.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.15.2">b</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="17"></a><a href="/psalms/105-16.htm">16</a>He called down famine against the landand destroyed the entire food supply.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.16.1">a</a> <A name="18"></a><a href="/psalms/105-17.htm">17</a>He had sent a man ahead of them —Joseph, who was sold as a slave.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.17.1">a</a> <A name="19"></a><a href="/psalms/105-18.htm">18</a>They hurt his feet with shackles;his neck was put in an iron collar.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.18.1">a</a> <A name="20"></a><a href="/psalms/105-19.htm">19</a>Until the time his prediction came true,the word of the Lord tested him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.19.1">a</a> <A name="21"></a><a href="/psalms/105-20.htm">20</a>The king sent for him and released him;the ruler of peoples set him free.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.20.1">a</a> <A name="22"></a><a href="/psalms/105-21.htm">21</a>He made him master of his household,ruler over all his possessions<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.21.1">a</a> — <A name="23"></a><a href="/psalms/105-22.htm">22</a>binding<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.105.22.1">A</a> his officials at willand instructing his elders.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.22.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="24"></a><a href="/psalms/105-23.htm">23</a>Then Israel went to Egypt;Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.105.23.1">a</a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.23.1">a</a> <A name="25"></a><a href="/psalms/105-24.htm">24</a>The Lord<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.105.24.1">A</a> made his people very fruitful;he made them more numerous than their foes,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.24.1">a</a> <A name="26"></a><a href="/psalms/105-25.htm">25</a>whose hearts he turned to hate his peopleand to deal deceptively with his servants.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.25.1">a</a> <A name="27"></a><a href="/psalms/105-26.htm">26</a>He sent Moses his servant,and Aaron, whom he had chosen.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.26.1">a</a> <A name="28"></a><a href="/psalms/105-27.htm">27</a>They performed his miraculous signs among themand wonders in the land of Ham.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.27.1">a</a> <A name="29"></a><a href="/psalms/105-28.htm">28</a>He sent darkness, and it became dark —for did they not defy his commands?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.28.1">a</a> <A name="30"></a><a href="/psalms/105-29.htm">29</a>He turned their water into bloodand caused their fish to die.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.29.1">a</a> <A name="31"></a><a href="/psalms/105-30.htm">30</a>Their land was overrun with frogs,even in their royal chambers.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.30.1">a</a> <A name="32"></a><a href="/psalms/105-31.htm">31</a>He spoke, and insects came<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.31.1">a</a> —gnats throughout their country.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.31.2">b</a> <A name="33"></a><a href="/psalms/105-32.htm">32</a>He gave them hail for rain,and lightning throughout their land.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.32.1">a</a> <A name="34"></a><a href="/psalms/105-33.htm">33</a>He struck their vines and fig treesand shattered the trees of their territory.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.33.1">a</a> <A name="35"></a><a href="/psalms/105-34.htm">34</a>He spoke, and locusts came —young locusts without number. <A name="36"></a><a href="/psalms/105-35.htm">35</a>They devoured all the vegetation in their landand consumed the produce of their land.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.35.1">a</a> <A name="37"></a><a href="/psalms/105-36.htm">36</a>He struck all the firstborn in their land,all their first progeny.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.36.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="38"></a><a href="/psalms/105-37.htm">37</a>Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,and no one among his tribes stumbled.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.37.1">a</a> <A name="39"></a><a href="/psalms/105-38.htm">38</a>Egypt was glad when they left,for the dread of Israel<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.105.38.1">A</a> had fallen on them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.38.1">a</a> <A name="40"></a><a href="/psalms/105-39.htm">39</a>He spread a cloud as a coveringand gave a fire to light up the night.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.39.1">a</a> <A name="41"></a><a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">40</a>They asked, and he brought quailand satisfied them with bread from heaven.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.40.1">a</a> <A name="42"></a><a href="/psalms/105-41.htm">41</a>He opened a rock, and water gushed out;it flowed like a stream in the desert.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.41.1">a</a> <A name="43"></a><a href="/psalms/105-42.htm">42</a>For he remembered his holy promiseto Abraham his servant.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.42.1">a</a> <A name="44"></a><a href="/psalms/105-43.htm">43</a>He brought his people out with rejoicing,his chosen ones with shouts of joy.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.43.1">a</a> <A name="45"></a><a href="/psalms/105-44.htm">44</a>He gave them the lands of the nations,and they inheritedwhat other peoples had worked for.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.44.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name=""></a><a href="/psalms/105-45.htm">45</a>All this happenedso that they might keep his statutesand obey his instructions.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.105.45.1">a</a>Hallelujah!</blockquote> <section id="footnotes-Psalms.105" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.105.5.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.5">105:5</a> Lit judgments of his mouth</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.105.9.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.9">105:9</a> Lit and his oath</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.105.22.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.22">105:22</a> LXX, Syr, Vg read teaching</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.105.23.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.23">105:23</a> = Egypt, also in v. 27</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.105.24.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.24">105:24</a> Lit He</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.105.38.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.38">105:38</a> Lit them</aside> <section id="cross-references-Psalms.105" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.1.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.1">105:1</a> Ps 9:11; Is 12:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.2.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.2">105:2</a> Ps 96:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.3.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.3">105:3</a> Ps 33:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.4.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.4">105:4</a> Ps 27:8; 63:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.5.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.5">105:5</a> Ps 77:11; 119:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.6.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.6">105:6</a> Ps 135:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.7.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.7">105:7</a> Is 26:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.8.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.8">105:8</a> Dt 7:9; Ps 106:45; Lk 1:42</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.9.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.9">105:9</a> Gn 12:7; 22:16–18</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.10.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.10">105:10</a> Gn 28:13–15</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.11.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.11">105:11</a> Gn 13:15; 15:18; Ps 78:55</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.12.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.12">105:12</a> Gn 34:30; Dt 7:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.13.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.13">105:13</a> Dt 26:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.14.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.14">105:14</a> Gn 12:17; 20:3,7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.15.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.15">105:15</a> Gn 20:6–7; 26:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.15.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.1">105:1-15</a> 1Ch 16:8–22</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.16.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.16">105:16</a> Gn 41:54; Lv 26:26; Ezk 4:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.17.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.17">105:17</a> Gn 37:28–36; 45:5; Ac 7:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.18.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.18">105:18</a> Gn 39:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.19.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.19">105:19</a> Gn 40:20–21</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.20.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.20">105:20</a> Gn 41:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.21.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.21">105:21</a> Gn 41:40–43</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.22.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.22">105:22</a> Gn 41:44</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.23.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.23">105:23</a> Gn 46:6; Ac 7:15; 13:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.24.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.24">105:24</a> Ex 1:7,9; Dt 26:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.25.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.25">105:25</a> Ex 1:8–14; Ac 7:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.26.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.26">105:26</a> Ex 3:10; 4:12,14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.27.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.27">105:27</a> Ex 7:3; 11:9–10; Ps 78:43–51</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.28.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.28">105:28</a> Ex 10:21–23; Ps 99:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.29.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.29">105:29</a> Ex 7:20–21</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.30.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.30">105:30</a> Ex 8:3,6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.31.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.31">105:31</a> Ex 8:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.31.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.31">105:31</a> Ex 8:16–17</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.32.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.32">105:32-33</a> Ex 9:23–25</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.33.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.33">105:33</a> Ps 78:47</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.35.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.34">105:34-35</a> Ex 10:12–15</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.36.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.36">105:36</a> Ex 12:29; 13:15; Ps 78:51</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.37.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.37">105:37</a> Ex 12:35–36</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.38.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.38">105:38</a> Ex 12:33; 15:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.39.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.39">105:39</a> Ex 13:21; Neh 9:12; Ps 78:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.40.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.40">105:40</a> Ex 16:15; Ps 78:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.41.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.41">105:41</a> Ex 17:6; Nm 20:11; Ps 78:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.42.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.42">105:42</a> Ex 2:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.43.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.43">105:43</a> Ex 15:1; Ps 106:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.44.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.44">105:44</a> Jos 24:13; Ps 78:55</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.105.45.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.105.45">105:45</a> Dt 4:1,40; Ps 78:7</aside> <section id="study-notes-Psalms.105" class="snSection"> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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