Psalm 105:1-6

Good News Translation

God and His People^(A)

105 Give thanks to the Lord,
proclaim his greatness;
    tell the nations what he has done.
²Sing praise to the Lord;
    tell the wonderful things he has done.
³Be glad that we belong to him;
    let all who worship him rejoice.
⁴Go to the Lord for help;
    and worship him continually.
^5-6You descendants of Abraham, his servant;
    you descendants of Jacob, the man he chose:
remember the miracles that God performed
    and the judgments that he gave.

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Psalm 105:37-45

Good News Translation

³⁷^(A)Then he led the Israelites out;
    they carried silver and gold,
    and all of them were healthy and strong.
³⁸The Egyptians were afraid of them
    and were glad when they left.
³⁹^(B)God put a cloud over his people
    and a fire at night to give them light.
⁴⁰^(C)They^[a] asked, and he sent quails;
    he gave them food from heaven to satisfy them.
⁴¹^(D)He opened a rock, and water gushed out,
    flowing through the desert like a river.
⁴²He remembered his sacred promise
    to Abraham his servant.

⁴³So he led his chosen people out,
    and they sang and shouted for joy.
⁴⁴^(E)He gave them the lands of other peoples
    and let them take over their fields,
⁴⁵so that his people would obey his laws
    and keep all his commands.