Psalms 105 - Meaning, Themes & Application

" O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. "

" Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. "

" Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. "

" Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. "

" Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; "

" O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. "

" He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. "

" He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. "

" Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; "

" And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: "

" Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: "

" When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers "

" When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; "

" He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings "

" Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. "

" Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. "

" He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: "

" Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: "

" Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried "

" The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. "

" He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: "

" To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. "

" Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. "

" And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. "

" He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. "

" He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. "

" They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. "

" He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. "

" He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. "

" Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. "

" He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. "

" He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. "

" He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. "

" He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, "

" And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. "

" He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. "

" He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. "

" Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell "

" He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. "

" The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. "

" He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. "

" For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. "

" And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: "

" And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; "

" That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. "