Psalm 105-106

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁷ He is the Lord our God;
His judgments govern the whole earth.^(G)
8 He remembers His covenant forever,
the promise He ordained
for a thousand generations^(H)—
⁹ the covenant He made with Abraham,
swore^[b] to Isaac,^(I)
10 and confirmed to Jacob as a decree
and to Israel as an everlasting covenant:^(J)
11 “I will give the land of Canaan to you
as your inherited portion.”^(K)

¹² When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and temporary residents in Canaan,^(L)
13 wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,^(M)
14 He allowed no one to oppress them;
He rebuked kings on their behalf:^(N)
15 “Do not touch My anointed ones,^(O)
or harm My prophets.”^(P)

¹⁶ He called down famine against the land
and destroyed the entire food supply.^(Q)
17 He had sent a man ahead of them—
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.^(R)
18 They hurt his feet with shackles;
his neck was put in an iron collar.^(S)
19 Until the time his prediction came true,
the word of the Lord tested him.^(T)
20 The king sent for him and released him;
the ruler of peoples set him free.^(U)
21 He made him master of his household,
ruler over all his possessions^(V)—
²² binding^[c] his officials at will
and instructing his elders.^(W)

²³ Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.^[d](X)
24 The Lord^[e] made His people very fruitful;
He made them more numerous than their foes,^(Y)
25 whose hearts He turned to hate His people
and to deal deceptively with His servants.^(Z)
26 He sent Moses His servant,
and Aaron, whom He had chosen.^(AA)
27 They performed His miraculous signs among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham.^[f](AB)
28 He sent darkness, and it became dark—
for did they not defy^[g] His commands?^(AC)
29 He turned their water into blood
and caused their fish to die.^(AD)
30 Their land was overrun with frogs,
even in their royal chambers.^(AE)
31 He spoke, and insects came^(AF)—
gnats throughout their country.^(AG)
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and lightning throughout their land.^(AH)
33 He struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered the trees of their territory.^(AI)
34 He spoke, and locusts came—
young locusts without number.
³⁵ They devoured all the vegetation in their land
and consumed the produce of their land.^(AJ)
36 He struck all the firstborn in their land,
all their first progeny.^(AK)

³⁷ Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among His tribes stumbled.^(AL)
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
for the dread of Israel^[h] had fallen on them.^(AM)
39 He spread a cloud as a covering
and gave a fire to light up the night.^(AN)
40 They asked, and He brought quail
and satisfied them with bread from heaven.^(AO)
41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a stream in the desert.^(AP)
42 For He remembered His holy promise
to Abraham His servant.^(AQ)
43 He brought His people out with rejoicing,
His chosen ones with shouts of joy.^(AR)
44 He gave them the lands of the nations,
and they inherited
what other peoples had worked for.^(AS)

⁴⁵ All this happened
so that they might keep His statutes
and obey His instructions.^(AT)
Hallelujah!

⁴ Remember me, Lord,
when You show favor to Your people.^(AX)
Come to me with Your salvation
⁵ so that I may enjoy the prosperity
of Your chosen ones,
rejoice in the joy of Your nation,
and boast about Your heritage.^(AY)

⁶ Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.^(AZ)
7 Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp
the significance of Your wonderful works
or remember Your many acts of faithful love;
instead, they rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.^(BA)
8 Yet He saved them because of His name,
to make His power known.^(BB)
9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
He led them through the depths as through a desert.^(BC)
10 He saved them from the hand of the adversary;
He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.^(BD)
11 Water covered their foes;
not one of them remained.^(BE)
12 Then they believed His promises
and sang His praise.^(BF)

¹³ They soon forgot His works
and would not wait for His counsel.^(BG)
14 They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.^(BH)
15 He gave them what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease among them.^(BI)

¹⁶ In the camp they were envious of Moses
and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.^(BJ)
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it covered the assembly of Abiram.^(BK)
18 Fire blazed throughout their assembly;
flames consumed the wicked.^(BL)

¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped the cast metal image.^(BM)
20 They exchanged their glory^[i][j]
for the image of a grass-eating ox.^(BN)
21 They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,^(BO)
22 wonderful works in the land of Ham,^[k]
awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.^(BP)
23 So He said He would have destroyed them—
if Moses His chosen one
had not stood before Him in the breach
to turn His wrath away from destroying them.^(BQ)

²⁴ They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe His promise.^(BR)
25 They grumbled in their tents
and did not listen to the Lord’s voice.^(BS)
26 So He raised His hand against them with an oath
that He would make them fall in the desert^(BT)
27 and would disperse their descendants^[l]
among the nations,
scattering them throughout the lands.^(BU)

²⁸ They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.^[m](BV)
29 They provoked the Lord with their deeds,
and a plague broke out against them.^(BW)
30 But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stopped.^(BX)
31 It was credited to him as righteousness
throughout all generations to come.^(BY)

³² They angered the Lord at the waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered^[n] because of them;^(BZ)
33 for they embittered his spirit,^[o]
and he spoke rashly with his lips.^(CA)

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them^(CB)
35 but mingled with the nations
and adopted their ways.^(CC)
36 They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.^(CD)
37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.^(CE)
38 They shed innocent blood—
the blood of their sons and daughters
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
so the land became polluted with blood.^(CF)
39 They defiled themselves by their actions
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.^(CG)

⁴⁰ Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against His people,
and He abhorred His own inheritance.^(CH)
41 He handed them over to the nations;
those who hated them ruled them.^(CI)
42 Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were subdued under their power.^(CJ)
43 He rescued them many times,
but they continued to rebel deliberately
and were beaten down by their sin.^(CK)

⁴⁴ When He heard their cry,
He took note of their distress,^(CL)
45 remembered His covenant with them,
and relented according to the riches
of His faithful love.^(CM)
46 He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.^(CN)

⁴⁷ Save us, Yahweh our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to Your holy name
and rejoice in Your praise.^(CO)

⁴⁸ May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised
from everlasting to everlasting.^(CP)
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Hallelujah!^(CQ)