Psalms 105:7-45

7 He is the Lord our God;
his ^ajudgments are in all the earth.
8He ^bremembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for ^ca thousand generations,
9 ^dthe covenant that he made with Abraham,
his ^esworn promise to Isaac,
10which he confirmed to ^fJacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11saying, ^g“To you I will give the land of Canaan
as ^hyour portion for an inheritance.”
12 When they were ⁱfew in number,
of little account, and ^jsojourners in it,
13wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
14he ^kallowed no one to oppress them;
he ^lrebuked kings on their account,
15saying, ^m“Touch not my anointed ones,
do my prophets no harm!”
16 When he ⁿsummoned a famine on the land
and ^obroke all supply ▼

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of bread,
17he had ^qsent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, who was ^rsold as a slave.
18His ^sfeet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron;
19until ^twhat he had said came to pass,
the word of the Lord ^utested him.
20 ^vThe king sent and ^wreleased him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free;
21he ^xmade him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions,
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his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom.
23 Then ^zIsrael came to Egypt;
Jacob ^aasojourned in ^abthe land of Ham.
24And the Lord ^acmade his people very fruitful
and made them stronger than their foes.
25He ^adturned their hearts to hate his people,
to ^aedeal craftily with his servants.
26 He ^afsent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, ^agwhom he had chosen.
27 ^ahThey performed his signs among them
and miracles in ^aithe land of Ham.
28He ^ajsent darkness, and made the land dark;
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against his words.
29He turned their waters into blood
and ^amcaused their fish to die.
30Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in ^anthe chambers of their kings.
31He spoke, and there came ^aoswarms of flies,
^apand gnats throughout their country.
32He gave them hail for rain,
and fiery ^aqlightning bolts through their land.
33He struck down their vines and fig trees,
and ^arshattered the trees of their country.
34He spoke, and the ^aslocusts came,
young locusts without number,
35which devoured all the vegetation in their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36He ^atstruck down all the firstborn in their land,
^authe firstfruits of all their strength.
37 Then he brought out Israel with ^avsilver and gold,
and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
38 ^awEgypt was glad when they departed,
for ^axdread of them had fallen upon it.
39 He ^ayspread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.
40 ^azThey asked, and he ^babrought quail,
and gave them ^bbbread from heaven in abundance.
41He opened the rock, and ^bcwater gushed out;
it flowed through ^bdthe desert like a river.
42For he ^beremembered his holy promise,
and ^bfAbraham, his servant.
43 So he brought his people out with joy,
his ^bgchosen ones with ^bhsinging.
44And he ^bigave them the lands of the nations,
and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,
45that they might ^bjkeep his statutes
and ^bkobserve his laws.
^blPraise the Lord!