Psalm 105:12-22

Christian Standard Bible

¹² When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and resident aliens in Canaan,^(A)
13 wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,^(B)
14 he allowed no one to oppress them;
he rebuked kings on their behalf:^(C)
15 “Do not touch my anointed ones,^(D)
or harm my prophets.”^(E)

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