This is the day that the Lord has made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it. –Psalm 118:24
God’s Faithfulness To Israel!
Glory in His (God) Holy name;
Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord Rejoice! (Psalm 105:3)
Give Thanks to the Lord, call on His name,
make known His deeds among the peoples.
Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;
Tell of all His wondrous works.
Glory in His Holy name;
Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord Rejoice!
Seek the Lord and His strength;
Seek His presence continually.
Remember the wonderful works He has done,
His miracles and the judgments He has uttered.
O offspring of His servant Abraham,
children of Jacob, His chosen ones.
He is the Lord our God!
His judgments are in all the earth.
He is mindful of His Covenant forever.
of the Word He commanded, for a thousand generations,
the Covenant that He made to Abraham,
His sworn promise to Issac,
which He confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting Covenant, saying,
“To you, I will give the land of Canaan
as your portion for an inheritance.” (See: Genesis 13:15; Genesis 15:18)
When they were few in number
of little account and strangers in it,
wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
He allowed no one to oppose them;
He rebuked kings on their account,
saying, “Do not touch my anointed ones;
do my Prophets no harm.” (See: 1 Chronicles 16:22)
When He summoned famine against the land
and broke every staff of bread,
He had sent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
His feet were hurt with fetters,
his neck was put in a collar of iron
until what he had said came to pass,
the Word of the Lord kept testing him.
The king sent and released him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free.
He made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions,
to instruct his officials at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom.
Then Israel came to Egypt;
Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham
and the Lord made His people very fruitful
and made them stronger than their foes,
whose hearts he then turned to hate his people,
to deal craftily with his servants.
He (God) sent His servant Moses
and Aaron whom He had chosen.
They performed His signs among them
and miracles in the land of Ham.
He sent darkness and made the land dark;
they rebelled against His Words.
He (God) turned their waters into blood
and caused their fish to die.
Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the chambers of their kings.
He spoke and there came swarms of flies
and gnats throughout their country.
He (God) gave them hail for rain
and lightning that flashed through their land.
He (G0d) struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered the trees of their country.
He (God) spoke and the locusts came
and young locusts without number;
they devoured all the vegetation of their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
He (God) struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the first issue of all their strength.
Then He (God) brought Israel out with silver and gold
and there was no one among their tribes who stumbled.
Egypt was glad when they departed,
for dread of them had fallen upon it.
He (God) spread a cloud for a covering
and fire to gibe light by night.
They asked and God brought quails
and gave them food from Heaven in abundance.
God opened the rock and water gushed out,
it flowed through the desert like a river.
For He (God) remembered His Holy Promise
and Abraham his servant.
So He (God) brought His people (Israel) out with joy,
His chosen ones with singing.
He (God) gave them the lands of the nations
and they took possession of the wealth of the peoples,
that they might keep His Statutes
and observe His Laws.
Praise the Lord! –Psalm 105:1-45
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