Psalm 105-107

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁷ He is the Lord our God;
    his judgments are in all the earth.^(F)
8 He is mindful of his covenant forever,
    of the word that he commanded for a thousand generations,
⁹ the covenant that he made with Abraham,
    his sworn promise to Isaac,^(G)
10 which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant,^(H)
11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
    as your portion for an inheritance.”^(I)

¹² When they were few in number,
    of little account and strangers in it,^(J)
13 wandering from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴ he allowed no one to oppress them;
    he rebuked kings on their account,^(K)
15 saying, “Do not touch my anointed ones;
    do my prophets no harm.”

¹⁶ When he summoned famine against the land
    and cut off every supply of bread,^[b](L)
17 he had sent a man ahead of them,
    Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.^(M)
18 His feet were hurt with fetters;
    his neck was put in a collar of iron;^(N)
19 until what he had said came to pass,
    the word of the Lord kept testing him.^(O)
20 The king sent and released him;
    the ruler of the peoples set him free.^(P)
21 He made him lord of his house
    and ruler of all his possessions,^(Q)
22 to instruct^[c] his officials at his pleasure
    and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³ Then Israel came to Egypt;
    Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.^(R)
24 And the Lord made his people very fruitful
    and made them stronger than their foes,^(S)
25 whose hearts he then turned to hate his people,
    to deal craftily with his servants.^(T)

²⁶ He sent his servant Moses
    and Aaron, whom he had chosen.^(U)
27 They performed his signs among them
    and miracles in the land of Ham.^(V)
28 He sent darkness and made the land dark;
    they rebelled^[d] against his words.^(W)
29 He turned their waters into blood
    and caused their fish to die.^(X)
30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
    even in the chambers of their kings.^(Y)
31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies
    and gnats throughout their country.^(Z)
32 He gave them hail for rain
    and lightning that flashed through their land.^(AA)
33 He struck their vines and fig trees
    and shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke, and the locusts came,
    and young locusts without number;^(AB)
35 they devoured all the vegetation in their land
    and ate up the fruit of their ground.
³⁶ He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
    the first issue of all their strength.^(AC)

³⁷ Then he brought Israel^[e] out with silver and gold,
    and there was no one among their tribes who stumbled.^(AD)
38 Egypt was glad when they departed,
    for dread of them had fallen upon it.^(AE)
39 He spread a cloud for a covering
    and fire to give light by night.^(AF)
40 They asked, and he brought quails
    and gave them food from heaven in abundance.^(AG)
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
    it flowed through the desert like a river.^(AH)
42 For he remembered his holy promise
    and Abraham, his servant.^(AI)

⁴³ So he brought his people out with joy,
    his chosen ones with singing.
⁴⁴ He gave them the lands of the nations,
    and they took possession of the wealth of the peoples,^(AJ)
45 that they might keep his statutes
    and observe his laws.
Praise the Lord!^(AK)

⁴ Remember us,^[f] O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
    help us^[g] when you deliver them,^(AO)
5 that we may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
    that we may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that we may glory in your heritage.^(AP)

⁶ Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity, have done wickedly.^(AQ)
7 Our ancestors, when they were in Egypt,
    did not consider your wonderful works;
they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love
    but rebelled against the Most High^[h] at the Red Sea.^[i](AR)
8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
    so that he might make known his mighty power.^(AS)
9 He rebuked the Red Sea,^[j] and it became dry;
    he led them through the deep as through a desert.^(AT)
10 So he saved them from the hand of the foe
    and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.^(AU)
11 The waters covered their adversaries;
    not one of them was left.^(AV)
12 Then they believed his words;
    they sang his praise.^(AW)

¹³ But they soon forgot his works;
    they did not wait for his counsel.^(AX)
14 But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness
    and put God to the test in the desert;^(AY)
15 he gave them what they asked
    but sent a wasting disease among them.^(AZ)

¹⁶ They were jealous of Moses in the camp
    and of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.^(BA)
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan
    and covered the faction of Abiram.^(BB)
18 Fire also broke out in their company;
    the flame burned up the wicked.^(BC)

¹⁹ They made a calf at Horeb
    and worshiped a cast image.^(BD)
20 They exchanged the glory of God^[k]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.^(BE)
21 They forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,^(BF)
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.^[l](BG)
23 Therefore he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.^(BH)

²⁴ Then they despised the pleasant land,
    having no faith in his promise.^(BI)
25 They grumbled in their tents
    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.^(BJ)
26 Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness^(BK)
27 and would disperse^[m] their descendants among the nations,
    scattering them over the lands.^(BL)

²⁸ Then they attached themselves to the Baal of Peor
    and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;^(BM)
29 they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then Phinehas stood up and interceded,
    and the plague was stopped.^(BN)
31 And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness
    from generation to generation forever.^(BO)

³² They angered the Lord^[n] at the waters of Meribah,
    and it went ill with Moses on their account,^(BP)
33 for they made his spirit bitter,
    and he spoke words that were rash.^(BQ)

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples,
    as the Lord had commanded them,^(BR)
35 but they mingled with the nations
    and learned to do as they did.^(BS)
36 They served their idols,
    which became a snare to them.^(BT)
37 They sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to the demons;^(BU)
38 they poured out innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was polluted with blood.^(BV)
39 Thus they became unclean by their acts
    and prostituted themselves in their doings.^(BW)

⁴⁰ Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
    and he abhorred his heritage;^(BX)
41 he gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.^(BY)
42 Their enemies oppressed them,
    and they were brought into subjection under their power.
⁴³ Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their purposes
    and were brought low through their iniquity.^(BZ)
44 Nevertheless, he regarded their distress
    when he heard their cry.^(CA)
45 For their sake he remembered his covenant
    and showed compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.^(CB)
46 He caused them to be pitied
    by all who held them captive.^(CC)

⁴⁷ Save us, O Lord our God,
    and gather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
    and glory in your praise.^(CD)

⁴⁸ Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.
And let all the people say, “Amen.”
    Praise the Lord!^(CE)

⁴ Some wandered in desert wastes,
    finding no way to an inhabited town;^(CI)
5 hungry and thirsty,
    their soul fainted within them.
⁶ Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress;^(CJ)
7 he led them by a straight way,
    until they reached an inhabited town.^(CK)
8 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wonderful works to humankind.^(CL)
9 For he satisfies the thirsty,
    and the hungry he fills with good things.^(CM)

¹⁰ Some sat in darkness and in gloom,
    prisoners in misery and in irons,^(CN)
11 for they had rebelled against the words of God
    and spurned the counsel of the Most High.^(CO)
12 Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor;
    they fell down, with no one to help.^(CP)
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them from their distress;^(CQ)
14 he brought them out of darkness and gloom,
    and broke their bonds apart.^(CR)
15 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wonderful works to humankind.^(CS)
16 For he shatters the doors of bronze
    and cuts in two the bars of iron.^(CT)

¹⁷ Some were sick^[p] through their sinful ways
    and because of their iniquities endured affliction;^(CU)
18 they loathed any kind of food,
    and they drew near to the gates of death.^(CV)
19 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them from their distress;
²⁰ he sent out his word and healed them
    and delivered them from destruction.^(CW)
21 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wonderful works to humankind.
²² And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices
    and tell of his deeds with songs of joy.^(CX)

²³ Some went down to the sea in ships,
    doing business on the mighty waters;
²⁴ they saw the deeds of the Lord,
    his wondrous works in the deep.
²⁵ For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,
    which lifted up the waves of the sea.^(CY)
26 They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
    their courage melted away in their calamity;^(CZ)
27 they reeled and staggered like drunkards
    and were at their wits’ end.^(DA)
28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he brought them out from their distress;
²⁹ he made the storm be still,
    and the waves of the sea were hushed.^(DB)
30 Then they were glad because they had quiet,
    and he brought them to their desired haven.
³¹ Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wonderful works to humankind.^(DC)
32 Let them extol him in the congregation of the people
    and praise him in the assembly of the elders.^(DD)

³³ He turns rivers into a desert,
    springs of water into thirsty ground,^(DE)
34 a fruitful land into a salty waste,
    because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.^(DF)
35 He turns a desert into pools of water,
    a parched land into springs of water.^(DG)
36 And there he lets the hungry live,
    and they establish a town to live in;
³⁷ they sow fields and plant vineyards
    and get a fruitful yield.^(DH)
38 By his blessing they multiply greatly,
    and he does not let their cattle decrease.^(DI)

³⁹ When they are diminished and brought low
    through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,^(DJ)
40 he pours contempt on princes
    and makes them wander in trackless wastes,^(DK)
41 but he raises up the needy out of distress
    and makes their families like flocks.^(DL)
42 The upright see it and are glad,
    and all wickedness stops its mouth.^(DM)
43 Let those who are wise pay attention to these things
    and consider the steadfast love of the Lord.^(DN)