Psalm 105:12-22

English Standard Version

¹² When they were ^(A)few in number,
    of little account, and ^(B)sojourners in it,
¹³ wandering from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴ he ^(C)allowed no one to oppress them;
    he ^(D)rebuked kings on their account,
¹⁵ saying, ^(E)“Touch not my anointed ones,
    do my prophets no harm!”

¹⁶ When he ^(F)summoned a famine on the land
    and ^(G)broke all supply^[a] of bread,
¹⁷ he had ^(H)sent a man ahead of them,
    Joseph, who was ^(I)sold as a slave.
¹⁸ His ^(J)feet were hurt with fetters;
    his neck was put in a collar of iron;
¹⁹ until ^(K)what he had said came to pass,
    the word of the Lord ^(L)tested him.
^20 (M)The king sent and ^(N)released him;
    the ruler of the peoples set him free;
²¹ he ^(O)made him lord of his house
    and ruler of all his possessions,
²² to bind^[b] his princes at his pleasure
    and to teach his elders wisdom.