Psalms 104
1Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen. 1
2Sing to him, yes, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works. 1
3Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice. 1
4Seek you⌃ the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually. 1
5Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; 1
6you⌃ seed of Abraam, his servants, you⌃ children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 1
7He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 1
8He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generation: 1
9which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and he remembered his oath to Isaac. 1
10And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant; 1
11saying To you will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance: 1
12when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it. 1
13And they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people. 1
14He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes: 1
15saying, Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm. 1
16Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread. 1
17He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave. 1
18They + 104:18 Gr. humbled. hurt his feet with fetters; + 104:18 Or, his body, see Heb. his soul passed into iron, 1
19until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire. 1
20The king sent and loosed him; even the prince of the people, and let him go free. 1
21He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance; 1
22to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. 1
23Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham. 1
24And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies. 1
25And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants. 1
26He sent forth Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen. 1
27He established among them his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham. 1
28He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they + 104:28 Gr. embittered. rebelled against his words. 1
29He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish. 1
30Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings. 1
31He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts. 1
32He turned their rain into hail, and sent flaming fire in their land. 1
33And he struck their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast. 1
34He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable, 1
35and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground. 1
36He struck also every firstborn of their land, the first fruits of all their labor. 1
37And he brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes. 1
38Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them. 1
39He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night. 1
40They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 1
41He clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places. 1
42For he remembered his holy word, which he promised to Abraam his servant. 1
43And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy; 1
44and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labors of the people; 1
45that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law.