Psalms 104

¹Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations

²Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders

³Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice

⁴Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always

⁵Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth

⁶you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect

⁷He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth

⁸He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations

⁹which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac

¹⁰And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament

¹¹saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance

¹²Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there

¹³and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people

¹⁴he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf

¹⁵Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets

¹⁶And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread

¹⁷He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave

¹⁸They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul

¹⁹until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him

²⁰The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him

²¹He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions

²²so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence

²³And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham

²⁴And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies

²⁵He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants

²⁶He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose

²⁷He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham

²⁸He sent darkness and made it conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech

²⁹He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish

³⁰Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings

³¹He spoke, and there came forth common flies and gnats, in every region

³²He gave them a shower of hail and a burning fire, in the same land

³³And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and he crushed the trees of their region

³⁴He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number

³⁵And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land

³⁶And he struck all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their labor

³⁷And he led them out with silver and gold, and there was not an infirm one among their tribes

³⁸Egypt was joyful at their departure, for the fear of them lay heavy upon them

³⁹He spread a cloud for their protection, and a fire, to give them light through the night

⁴⁰They petitioned, and the quail came; and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven

⁴¹He ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: rivers gushed in the dry land

⁴²For he had called to mind his holy word, which he kept near to his servant Abraham

⁴³And he led forth his people in exultation, and his elect in rejoicing

⁴⁴And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, and they possessed the labors of the peoples

⁴⁵so that they might observe his justifications, and inquire about his law