Psalm 105

1. O thank the LORD with great rejoicing, / His deeds among the peoples voicing! / Praise Him, His wondrous works proclaim / And glory in His holy Name. / Let those who seek Him praise the LORD, / Their hearts exulting in His word. 

2. Turn to the LORD, who fails us never, / And seek His face, His strength, forever. / Recall the wonders He has wrought, / The righteous judgments He has taught. / Remember these, you chosen ones, / O Abraham’s offspring, Jacob’s sons! 

3. He is the LORD, our God unfailing, / His judgments everywhere prevailing. / He will remember and uphold / His covenant made in days of old. / The steadfast words He did command / A thousand generations stand. 

4. Firm stands His word to Abraham spoken, / His oath to Isaac, never broken. / His everlasting covenant / With Israel God will not recant. / He said, “To you this land I give, / That as My heirs you there may live.” 

5. When few in number and neglected / They by the nations were rejected, / And when they wandered far and wide, / The LORD remained their faithful Guide. / So none His people could oppress; / Kings could not curse when God did bless. 

6. He said, “Touch not whom I anointed, / Nor harm the prophets I appointed.” / When famine came on God’s command / And hunger ravaged Canaan’s land / In breaking every staff of bread, / The LORD had sent a man ahead. 

7. Sold as a slave and torn by anguish / Did Joseph far in Egypt languish; / Forgotten and with irons chained, / There in a prison he remained / Until the king about him knew, / And then the LORD’s word proved him true. 
Text: W. van der Kamp, 1972; rev.