Psalm 105:1-11

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Psalm 105^(A)

¹Give praise to the Lord,^(B) proclaim his name;^(C)
    make known among the nations what he has done.
²Sing to him,^(D) sing praise to him;^(E)
    tell of all his wonderful acts.^(F)
³Glory in his holy name;^(G)
    let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
⁴Look to the Lord and his strength;
    seek his face^(H) always.

⁵Remember the wonders^(I) he has done,
    his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,^(J)
⁶you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,^(K)
    his chosen^(L) ones, the children of Jacob.
⁷He is the Lord our God;
    his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸He remembers his covenant^(M) forever,
    the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
⁹the covenant he made with Abraham,^(N)
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
¹⁰He confirmed it^(O) to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:^(P)
¹¹“To you I will give the land of Canaan^(Q)
    as the portion you will inherit.”^(R)

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Psalm 105:37-45

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³⁷He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,^(A)
and from among their tribes no one faltered.
³⁸Egypt was glad when they left,
because dread of Israel^(B) had fallen on them.

³⁹He spread out a cloud^(C) as a covering,
    and a fire to give light at night.^(D)
⁴⁰They asked,^(E) and he brought them quail;^(F)
    he fed them well with the bread of heaven.^(G)
⁴¹He opened the rock,^(H) and water gushed out;
    it flowed like a river in the desert.

⁴²For he remembered his holy promise^(I)
    given to his servant Abraham.
⁴³He brought out his people with rejoicing,^(J)
    his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
⁴⁴he gave them the lands of the nations,^(K)
    and they fell heir to what others had toiled^(L) for—
⁴⁵that they might keep his precepts
    and observe his laws.^(M)

Praise the Lord.^[a]^(N)

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Footnotes

Psalm 105:45 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

Genesis 21:1-7

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The Birth of Isaac

21 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah^(A) as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.^(B) ²Sarah became pregnant and bore a son^(C) to Abraham in his old age,^(D) at the very time God had promised him.^(E) ³Abraham gave the name Isaac^[a]^(F) to the son Sarah bore him. ⁴When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him,^(G) as God commanded him. ⁵Abraham was a hundred years old^(H) when his son Isaac was born to him.

⁶Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter,^(I) and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” ⁷And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”^(J)

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Footnotes

Genesis 21:3 Isaac means he laughs.

Hebrews 1:8-12

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⁸But about the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;^(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
⁹You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions^(B)
    by anointing you with the oil^(C) of joy.”^[a]^(D)

¹⁰He also says,

“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.^(E)
¹¹They will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.^(F)
¹²You will roll them up like a robe;
    like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,^(G)
    and your years will never end.”^[b]^(H)