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105:1  O give thanks to the Lord. Call on His name. Make His works known among the people.
105:2  Sing to Him. Sing praises to Him. Tell of all His great works.
105:3  Honor His holy name. Let the heart of those who look to the Lord be glad.
105:4  Look for the Lord and His strength. Look for His face all the time.
105:5  Remember the great and powerful works that He has done. Keep in mind what He has decided and told us,
105:6  O children of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!
105:7  He is the Lord our God. What He has decided is in all the earth.
105:8  He has remembered His agreement forever, the promise He made to last through a thousand families-to-come,
105:9  the agreement that He made with Abraham, and His promise to Isaac.
105:10  He gave it to Jacob as a Law, to Israel as an agreement that will last forever.
105:11  He said, “I will give the land of Canaan to you as your share,”
105:12  when they were only a few men in number and were strangers in it.
105:13  They went from nation to nation, from the people under one king to the people under another.
105:14  He did not allow anyone to hold power over them. And He spoke sharp words to kings because of them.
105:15  He said, “Do not touch My chosen ones. And do not hurt those who speak for Me.”
105:16  Then He called for a time of no food on the land. He cut off all their bread.
105:17  He sent a man, Joseph, before them who was sold as a servant.
105:18  They hurt his feet with chains. He was put in irons,
105:19  until what he had said would happen came to pass. The Word of the Lord tested him.
105:20  The king sent and had him taken out of prison. The ruler of many people set him free.
105:21  He made him the lord of his house and ruler over all he had.
105:22  He could punish the rulers as he pleased. And he taught wisdom to the wise.
105:23  Then Israel also came into Egypt. So Jacob stayed in the land of Ham.
105:24  And He made the number of His people grow until they were stronger than those who held power over them.
105:25  He turned their hearts to hate His people and to make plans against His servants.
105:26  He sent Moses, His servant, and Aaron whom He had chosen.
105:27  They did His great works for them to see, powerful works in the land of Ham.
105:28  He sent darkness and made the land dark. They did not fight against what He told them to do.
105:29  He changed their water into blood, so their fish died.
105:30  Their land became covered with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
105:31  He spoke and there came many flies all over their land.
105:32  He gave them hail instead of rain, and lightning like fire in their land.
105:33  He destroyed their vines and fig trees and the trees of their country.
105:34  He spoke and the locusts came. There were too many to number.
105:35  They ate up all the plants in their country. They ate all the fruit of their land.
105:36  He killed all the first-born in their land, the first fruits of all their strength.
105:37  Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold. And there was not one weak person among their families.
105:38  Egypt was glad when they left. For they had become afraid of Israel.
105:39  He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light at night.
105:40  They asked, and He brought them quails for meat. And He filled them with the bread of heaven.
105:41  He opened the rock and water flowed out. It flowed in the desert like a river.
105:42  For He remembered His holy Word with Abraham His servant.
105:43  And He brought His people out with joy, His chosen ones with singing.
105:44  He gave them the lands of the nations. They were given what others had worked for,
105:45  so that they might do what He told them and keep His Law. Praise the Lord!