Day 184: Psalms 105 - 107
Bible in a year reading for day 184.
Psalms 105
- 10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
- 11 “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
- 12 When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
- 13 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
- 14 He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
- 15 “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
- 16 He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
- 17 He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
- 18 They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
- 19 until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
- 20 The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.
- 21 He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,
- 22 to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
- 23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
- 24 And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
- 25 whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
- 26 He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
- 27 They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- 28 He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.
- 29 He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.
- 30 Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
- 31 He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.
- 32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.
- 33 He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
- 34 He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.
- 35 They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.
- 36 Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
- 37 He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.
- 38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
- 39 He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
- 40 They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
- 41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
- 42 For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
- 43 He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
- 44 He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
- 45 that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
Psalms 106
- 1 Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- 2 Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
- 3 Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
- 4 Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
- 5 that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.
- 6 We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
- 7 Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
- 8 Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
- 9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
- 10 He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
- 11 The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
- 12 Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
- 13 Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
- 14 They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
- 15 So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
- 16 In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
- 17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
- 18 Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
- 19 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
- 20 They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
- 21 They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
- 22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
- 23 So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
- 24 They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
- 25 They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
- 26 So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
- 27 to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
- 28 They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
- 29 So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
- 30 But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
- 31 It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
- 32 At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
- 33 For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
- 34 They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
- 35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
- 36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
- 37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
- 38 They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
- 39 They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
- 40 So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- 41 He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
- 42 Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
- 43 Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
- 44 Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
- 45 And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
- 46 He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.
- 47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
- 48 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!
Psalms 107
- 1 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.