Psalm
105 Saturday Readings 1, Seasonal
Hallelu-Yah!
Give thanks to Yahweh, invoke
his name; * make his deeds known among the peoples!
Sing to him, chant to him; *
compose songs about all his wonders!
Glory in his holy name; *
seekers of Yahweh, let your heart rejoice!
Search for Yahweh and his
strength; * seek his perpetual presence.
Recall the wonders he worked,
* his prodigies and the enactments from his mouth,
you offspring of Abraham his
servant, * you sons of Jacob, his chosen one!
For he is Yahweh our God; *
over all the earth is his authority.
He remembers ever his covenant, * the pact he imposed for a
thousand generations,
which he made with Abraham, * and was sworn by him to Isaac,
since he confirmed it as a statute for Jacob, * for Israel as
an eternal covenant,
saying, “To you I will give the land; * Canaan will be your
highland possession.”
When they were few in number, * a mere handful and strangers
there,
wandering from nation to nation, * from one kingdom and people to
another,
he let no man oppress them, *
and on their behalf reprimanded kings.
“Don't touch my anointed, *
and to my prophets do no harm!”
Then he called down famine on the land; * he broke every stalk of
grain.
He sent a man before them, * Joseph, sold as a slave.
They pressed his feet with shackles, * and his neck passed
through irons,
till the moment his word came to Pharaoh, * who verified
the promise of Yahweh.
Yahweh sent the king to release him, * the ruler of
peoples to set him free,
and make him master of his palace, * the ruler of all
his possessions,
to instruct his princes personally, * and teach his
elders wisdom.
Then Israel came to Egypt; *
Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
His Greatness made his people prolific, * too
numerous for its adversaries.
He turned their heart to hate his people, * to act
deceitfully with his servants.
He sent Moses his servant, * and Aaron whom he
had chosen.
They worked his miracles in the wilderness, *
and his prodigies in the land of Ham.
He sent darkness and it darkened, * so that they
could not see his actions.
He changed their waters to blood, * and caused
their fish to die.
He made frogs swarm in their land, * in the chambers
of their king.
He spoke and brought flies, * gnats within all their
country.
He gave them hail for rain; * he produced lightning in
their land.
He blighted their vines and their fig trees, * and
shattered their hillside trees.
He spoke and brought the locust, * grasshoppers beyond all
counting,
which devoured every plant in their land, * devoured the
fruit of their soil.
He struck every firstborn in their land, * the first fruit of all
their vigor.
Then he brought them out with
silver and gold, * and throughout his tribes no one stumbled.
Egypt rejoiced at their
going, * for dread of them had fallen on them.
He spread a cloud as a
covering, * and fire to light up the night.
They asked and he brought them quails; * with the wheat of
heaven he contented them.
He opened the rock and water gushed forth; * it flowed
like a river through the arid land.
For he remembered his sacred pact * with Abraham his servant.
So he led forth his people with songs of joy, * his chosen ones
with singing.
Then he gave to them the
lands of nations; * the wealth of peoples they seized,
so long as they keep his
statutes, * and his laws observe.
Hallelu-Yah!
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