Psalm CV.
1
Give thanks unto the Lord our God,
And call upon his name:
Make known his acts in every place,
And spread his mighty fame.
2
Sing to the Lord, sing psalms to him,
His wonders all record:
Exalt his name with joyful hearts,
All ye that seek the Lord.
3
Seek ye the Lord, and seek his strength,
And favour evermore:
Remember well his wondrous works,
And judgments heretofore.
4
O Abraham's, and Jacob's seed,
Who was his chosen one.
He is our God, whose judgments just,
In all the world are known.
5
His covenant he remembred well,
The word that he had spoke:
And though a thousand ages pass,
He will it not revoke.
6
To Abraham, Isaac, Israel,
He did his oath engage;
The land of Canaan to bestow,
To be their heritage.
7
When they but few in number were,
And strangers in it too:
Yea when they went from place to place,
And wandred too and fro.
8
He suffer'd none to do them wrong,
But kings themselves did warn:
See; touch not my anointed ones,
Nor do my prophets harm.
9
Yea when he for a famine call'd,
And broke the staff of bread:
Yet sent he Joseph to prevent
Their being famished.
10
Who into Egypts land was sold,
And there a servant made:
Whose feet they hurt with fetters strong,
And him in irons laid.
11
Until the time in which the Lord
To try him did decree:
And then the king immediately
Did send and set him free.
12
He made him ruler of his house,
And all that he possest:
To bind his lords, and punish them,
As he should see it best.
13
Then Israel into Egypt came,
And there so multipli'd;
They quickly grew more numerous
Than all the land beside.
14
At this their enemies were enrag'd
With jealousie and spite:
And craftily contriv'd to wast,
And to destroy them quite.
15
Moses and Aaron then were sent,
Whom he had chosen out,
To shew his signs in Egypt's land,
And wonders all about.
16
He spake, and over all the land
The plague of darkness flew:
He turn'd their rivers into blood,
And all their fishes slew.
17
The land brought forth such swarms of frogs,
Kings chambers were not free:
All sorts of noisome flies and lice,
Were sent by his decree.
18
He gave them hail instead of rain,
And flaming fire withal:
He smote their vines and fig-trees too,
And plants both great and small.
19
He spake, and caterpillars came,
Whose numbers were so great,
That they devoured every herb,
And all their fruits did eat.
20
He smote the first-born in their land,
The chief of all their strength:
And so with silver and with gold,
He brought them out at length.
21
No person was in all their tribes,
But what was sound and well:
Egypt was glad when they were gone,
For fear upon them fell.
22
By day he led them with a cloud,
That covered them from sight:
And with a pillar all of fire,
He guided them by night.
23
They asked, and he gave them quails,
And bread from heaven sent down:
He clave the rock, and waters ran,
In dry and barren ground.
24
For he remembred Abraham,
And on his promise thought:
And from their bondage at the last,
With joy his people brought.
25
And gave them all the lands and wealth,
The heathens had possest:
That they his statutes might observe;
His name be ever blest.
