Psalm 105

God’s Faithfulness to Israel

¹O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name,
   make known his deeds among the peoples.
²Sing to him, sing praises to him;
   tell of all his wonderful works.
³Glory in his holy name;
   let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
⁴Seek the Lord and his strength;
   seek his presence continually.
⁵Remember the wonderful works he has done,
   his miracles, and the judgements he has uttered,
⁶O offspring of his servant Abraham,^*
   children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷He is the Lord our God;
   his judgements are in all the earth.
⁸He is mindful of his covenant for ever,
   of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
⁹the covenant that he made with Abraham,
   his sworn promise to Isaac,
¹⁰which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
   to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
¹¹saying, ‘To you I will give the land of Canaan
   as your portion for an inheritance.’

¹²When they were few in number,
   of little account, and strangers in it,
¹³wandering from nation to nation,
   from one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴he allowed no one to oppress them;
   he rebuked kings on their account,
¹⁵saying, ‘Do not touch my anointed ones;
   do my prophets no harm.’

¹⁶When he summoned famine against the land,
   and broke every staff of bread,
¹⁷he had sent a man ahead of them,
   Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
¹⁸His feet were hurt with fetters,
   his neck was put in a collar of iron;
¹⁹until what he had said came to pass,
   the word of the Lord kept testing him.
²⁰The king sent and released him;
   the ruler of the peoples set him free.
²¹He made him lord of his house,
   and ruler of all his possessions,
²²to instruct^* his officials at his pleasure,
   and to teach his elders wisdom.