105 Thank the Lord for all the glorious things he does; proclaim them to the nations. ² Sing his praises and tell everyone about his miracles. ³ Glory in the Lord; O worshipers of God, rejoice.

⁴ Search for him and for his strength, and keep on searching!

^5-6 Think of the mighty deeds he did for us, his chosen ones—descendants of God’s servant Abraham, and of Jacob. Remember how he destroyed our enemies. ⁷ He is the Lord our God. His goodness^[a] is seen everywhere throughout the land. ^8-9 Though a thousand generations pass he never forgets his promise, his covenant with Abraham and Isaac ^10-11 and confirmed with Jacob. This is his never-ending treaty with the people of Israel: “I will give you the land of Canaan as your inheritance.” ¹² He said this when they were but few in number, very few, and were only visitors in Canaan. ¹³ Later they were dispersed among the nations and were driven from one kingdom to another; ¹⁴ but through it all he would not let one thing be done to them apart from his decision.^[b] He destroyed many a king who tried! ¹⁵ “Touch not these chosen ones of mine,” he warned, “and do not hurt my prophets.”

¹⁶ He called for a famine on the land of Canaan, cutting off its food supply. ¹⁷ Then he sent Joseph as a slave to Egypt to save his people from starvation. ¹⁸ There in prison they hurt his feet with fetters and placed his neck in an iron collar ¹⁹ until God’s time finally came—how God tested his patience! ²⁰ Then the king sent for him and set him free. ²¹ He was put in charge of all the king’s possessions. ²² At his pleasure he could imprison the king’s aides and teach the king’s advisors.

²³ Then Jacob (Israel) arrived in Egypt and lived there with his sons. ²⁴ In the years that followed, the people of Israel multiplied explosively until they were a greater nation than their rulers. ²⁵ At that point God turned the Egyptians against the Israelis; they hated and enslaved them.

²⁶ But God sent Moses as his representative, and Aaron with him, ²⁷ to call down miracles of terror upon the land of Egypt. ²⁸ They^[c] followed his instructions. He sent thick darkness through the land ²⁹ and turned the nation’s water into blood, poisoning the fish. ³⁰ Then frogs invaded in enormous numbers; they were found even in the king’s private rooms. ³¹ When Moses spoke, the flies and other insects swarmed in vast clouds from one end of Egypt to the other. ³² Instead of rain he sent down murderous hail, and lightning flashes overwhelmed the nation. ³³ Their grapevines and fig trees were ruined; all the trees lay broken on the ground. ³⁴ He spoke, and hordes of locusts came ³⁵ and ate up everything green, destroying all the crops. ³⁶ Then he killed the oldest child in each Egyptian home, their pride and joy— ³⁷ and brought his people safely out from Egypt, loaded with silver and gold; there were no sick and feeble folk among them then. ³⁸ Egypt was glad when they were gone, for the dread of them was great.

³⁹ He spread out a cloud above them to shield them from the burning sun and gave them a pillar of flame at night to give them light. ⁴⁰ They asked for meat, and he sent them quail and gave them manna—bread from heaven. ⁴¹ He opened up a rock, and water gushed out to form a river through the dry and barren land; ⁴² for he remembered his sacred promises to Abraham his servant.

⁴³ So he brought his chosen ones singing into the Promised Land. ⁴⁴ He gave them the lands of the Gentiles, complete with their growing crops; they ate what others planted. ⁴⁵ This was done to make them faithful and obedient to his laws. Hallelujah!