{Psa 105-106 ^**}

    ^105:1 O give thanks to Jehovah, call upon his name. Make known among the peoples his practices.^105:2 Sing to him, sing praises to him. Talk of all his marvelous works.

    ^105:3 Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Jehovah rejoice. ^105:4 Seek Jehovah and his strength. Seek his face continually.

    ^105:5 Remember his marvelous works that he has done, his wonders and the judgments of his mouth,^105:6 O you^* seed of Abraham his servant, you^* sons of Jacob, his chosen. ^105:7 He is Jehovah our God. His judgments are in all the earth.

    ^105:8 He has remembered his covenant everlasting, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, ^105:9 which he made with Abraham and his oath to Isaac, ^105:10 and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant, ^105:11 saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your^* inheritance, ^105:12 when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few and travelers in it.

    ^105:13 And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. ^105:14 He allowed no man to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, ^105:15 saying, Touch not my anointed men and do my prophets no harm.

    ^105:16 And he called for a famine upon the land. He broke the whole staff of bread. ^105:17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a servant.

    ^105:18 They hurt his feet with fetters. He was placed in iron. ^105:19 Until the time that his word happened, the word of Jehovah tried him.

    ^105:20 The king sent and released him, even the ruler of peoples and let him go free. ^105:21 He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his substance,^105:22 to bind his rulers at his pleasure and teach his elders wisdom.

    ^105:23 Israel also came into Egypt and Jacob traveled in the land of Ham.

    ^105:24 And he increased his people greatly and made them stronger than their adversaries. ^105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.

    ^105:26 He sent Moses his servant and Aaron whom he had chosen. ^105:27 They set among them his signs and wonders in the land of Ham.

    ^105:28 He sent darkness and made it dark. And they rebelled against his words.

    ^105:29 He turned their waters into blood and killed their fish. ^105:30 Their land swarmed with frogs in the chambers of their kings.

    ^105:31 He spoke and there came swarms of flies and lice in all their borders.

    ^105:32 He gave them hail for rain and flaming fire in their land. ^105:33 He also struck their vines and their fig trees and broke the trees of their borders.

    ^105:34 He spoke and the locust came and the grasshopper and that without number, ^105:35 and ate up every herb in their land and ate up the fruit of their ground.

    ^105:36 He also struck all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

    ^105:37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold and there was not a feeble soul among his tribes. ^105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed, because the fear of them had fallen upon them.

    ^105:39 He spread a cloud for a covering and fire to give light in the night. ^105:40 They asked and he brought quails and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

    ^105:41 He opened the rock and waters gushed out. They ran in the dry places like a river.

    ^105:42 Because he remembered his holy word and Abraham his servant. ^105:43 And he brought out his people with joy and his chosen with singing.

    ^105:44 And he gave them the lands of the nations and they took the labor of the peoples in possession,^105:45 that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise Jehovah.