Psalm 105:1-22

Common English Bible

Psalm 105

105 Give thanks to the Lord;
    call upon his name;
    make his deeds known to all people!
²Sing to God;
    sing praises to the Lord;
    dwell on all his wondrous works!
³Give praise to God’s holy name!
    Let the hearts rejoice of all those seeking the Lord!
⁴Pursue the Lord and his strength;
    seek his face always!
⁵Remember the wondrous works he has done,
    all his marvelous works, and the justice he declared—
⁶    you who are the offspring of Abraham, his servant,
        and the children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷The Lord—he is our God.
    His justice is everywhere throughout the whole world.
⁸God remembers his covenant forever,
    the word he commanded to a thousand generations,
⁹        which he made with Abraham,
        the solemn pledge he swore to Isaac.
¹⁰God set it up as binding law for Jacob,
    as an eternal covenant for Israel,
¹¹    promising, “I hereby give you the land of Canaan
    as your allotted inheritance.”

¹²When they were few in number—
        insignificant, just immigrants—
¹³        wandering from nation to nation,
        from one kingdom to the next,
¹⁴    God didn’t let anyone oppress them.
    God punished kings for their sake:
¹⁵    “Don’t touch my anointed ones;
    don’t harm my prophets!”

¹⁶When God called for a famine in the land,
    destroying every source of food,
¹⁷        he sent a man ahead of them,
            who was sold as a slave: it was Joseph.
¹⁸Joseph’s feet hurt in his shackles;
        his neck was in an iron collar,
¹⁹    until what he predicted actually happened,
        until what the Lord had said proved him true.^[a]
²⁰The king sent for Joseph and set him free;
    the ruler of many people released him.
²¹The king made Joseph master of his house and ruler over everything he owned,
²²    to make sure his princes acted according to his will,
    and to teach wisdom to his advisors.