105:1 Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations!
105:2 Sing to him! Make music to him! Reflect on all his miraculous deeds!
105:3 Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
105:4 Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!
105:5 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,
105:6 O children of Abraham, his servant, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones!
105:7 He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth.
105:8 He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations —
105:9 the one he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!
105:10 He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,
105:11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
105:12 When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it,
105:13 they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another.
105:14 He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake,
105:15 saying, “Don’t touch my chosen ones! Don’t harm my prophets!”
105:16 He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.
105:17 He sent a man ahead of them — Joseph was sold as a servant.
105:18 The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar,