Psalm 105:1-45 NIrV

[1] Give praise to the LORD and announce who he is. Tell the nations what he has done. [2] Sing to him, sing praise to him. Tell about all the wonderful things he has done. [3] Praise him, because his name is holy. Let the hearts of those who trust in the LORD be glad. [4] Seek the LORD and the strength he gives. Always seek him. [5] Remember the wonderful things he has done. Remember his miracles and how he judged our enemies. [6] Remember what he has done, you children of his servant Abraham. Remember it, you people of Jacob, God’s chosen ones. [7] He is the LORD our God. He judges the whole earth. [8] He will keep his covenant forever. He will keep his promise for all time to come. [9] He will keep the covenant he made with Abraham. He will keep the promise he made to Isaac. [10] He made it stand as a law for Jacob. He made it stand as a covenant for Israel that will last forever. [11] He said, “I will give you the land of Canaan. It will belong to you.” [12] At first there weren’t very many of God’s people. There were only a few, and they were strangers in the land. [13] They wandered from nation to nation. They wandered from one kingdom to another. [14] But God didn’t allow anyone to treat them badly. To keep them safe, he gave a command to kings. [15] He said to them, “Do not touch my anointed ones. Do not harm my prophets.” [16] He made the people in the land go hungry. He destroyed all their food supplies. [17] He sent a man ahead of them into Egypt. That man was Joseph. He had been sold as a slave. [18] The Egyptians put his feet in chains. They put an iron collar around his neck. [19] He was in prison until what he said would happen came true. The word of the LORD proved that he was right. [20] The king of Egypt sent for Joseph and let him out of prison. The ruler of many nations set him free. [21] He put Joseph in charge of his palace. He made him ruler over everything he owned. [22] Joseph was in charge of teaching the princes. He taught the elders how to think and live wisely. [23] Then the rest of Jacob’s family went to Egypt. The people of Israel lived as outsiders in the land of Ham. [24] The LORD gave his people so many children that there were too many of them for their enemies. [25] He made the Egyptians hate his people. The Egyptians made evil plans against them. [26] The LORD sent his servant Moses to the king of Egypt. He sent Aaron, his chosen one, along with him. [27] The LORD gave them the power to do signs among the Egyptians. They did his wonders in the land of Ham. [28] The LORD sent darkness over the land. He did it because the Egyptians had refused to obey his words. [29] He turned their rivers and streams into blood. He caused the fish in them to die. [30] Their land was covered with frogs. Frogs even went into the bedrooms of the rulers. [31] The LORD spoke, and large numbers of flies came. Gnats filled the whole country. [32] He turned their rain into hail. Lightning flashed all through their land. [33] He destroyed their vines and fig trees. He broke down the trees in Egypt. [34] He spoke, and the locusts came. There were so many of them they couldn’t be counted. [35] They ate up every green thing in the land. They ate up what the land produced. [36] Then he killed the oldest son of every family in Egypt. He struck down the oldest of all their sons. [37] He brought the people of Israel out of Egypt. The Egyptians loaded them down with silver and gold. From among the tribes of Israel no one got tired or fell down. [38] The Egyptians were glad when the people of Israel left. They were terrified because of Israel. [39] The LORD spread out a cloud to cover his people. He gave them a fire to light up the night. [40] They asked for meat, and he brought them quail. He fed them well with manna, the bread of heaven. [41] He broke open a rock, and streams of water poured out. They flowed like a river in the desert. [42] He remembered the holy promise he had made to his servant Abraham. [43] His chosen people shouted for joy as he brought them out of Egypt. [44] He gave them the lands of other nations. He let them take over what others had worked for. [45] He did it so they might obey his rules and follow his laws. Praise the LORD.