Psalm 105
O give thanks to the Lord and call upon his name
: tell among the peoples what things he has done.
Sing to him, O sing praises
: and be telling of all his marvellous works.
Exult in his holy name
: and let those that seek the Lord be joyful in heart.
Seek the Lord and his strength
: O seek his face continually.
Call to mind what wonders he has done
: his marvellous acts, and the judgements of his mouth,
O seed of Abraham his servant
: O children of Jacob his chosen one.
For he is the Lord our God
: and his judgements are in all the earth.
He has remembered his covenant for ever
: the word that he ordained for a thousand generations,
The covenant that he made with Abraham
: the oath that he swore to Isaac,
And confirmed it to Jacob as a statute
: to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
Saying I will give you the land of Canaan
: to be the portion of your inheritance,
And that when they were but few
: little in number and aliens in the land.
They wandered from nation to nation
: from one people and kingdom to another.
He suffered no man to do them wrong
: but reproved even kings for their sake,
Saying Touch not my anointed
: and do my prophets no harm.
Then he called down a famine on the land
: and destroyed the bread that was their stay.
But he had sent a man ahead of them
: Joseph who was sold into slavery,
Whose feet they fastened with fetters
: and thrust his neck into a hoop of iron.
Till the time that his words proved true
: he was tested by the Lords command.
Then the king sent and loosed him
: the ruler of nations set him free;
He made him master of his household
: and ruler over all his possessions,
To rebuke his officers at will
: and to teach his counsellors wisdom.