Psalm 105 - Easy To Read Version

¹ Thank the Lord.\par Worship his name.\par Tell the nations about the wonderful things he does.\par

² Sing to the Lord.\par Sing praises to him.\par Tell about all the amazing things he does.\par

³ Be proud of the Lord’s holy name.\par You people came looking for the Lord.\par Be happy!\par

⁴ Go to the Lord for strength.\par Always go to him for help.\par

⁵ Remember the amazing things he does.\par Remember his miracles and wise decisions.\par

⁶ You are descendants {\cf2\super [546]} of his servant Abraham.\par You are descendants of Jacob,\par the man God chose.\par

⁷ The Lord is our God.\par The Lord rules the whole world. {\cf2\super [547]} \par

⁸ Remember God’s Agreement {\cf2\super [548]} forever.\par Remember his commands for 1,000 generations!\par

⁹ God made an Agreement with Abraham.\par God made a promise to Isaac.\par

¹⁰ Then he made it a law for Jacob.\par God made his Agreement with Israel.\par It will continue forever!\par

¹¹ God said,\par “I will give you the land of Canaan.\par That land will belong to you.”\par

¹² God made that promise\par when Abraham’s family was small.\par They were only strangers spending time there.\par

¹³ They traveled from nation to nation,\par from one kingdom to another.\par

¹⁴ But God did not let people mistreat them.\par God warned kings not to hurt them.\par

¹⁵ God said,\par “Don’t hurt my chosen people.\par Don’t do anything bad to my prophets. {\cf2\super [549]} ”\par

¹⁶ God caused a famine {\cf2\super [550]} in that country.\par People did not have enough food to eat.\par

¹⁷ But God sent a man named Joseph\par to go ahead of them.\par Joseph was sold like a slave.\par

¹⁸ They tied a rope around Joseph’s feet.\par They put an iron ring around his neck.\par

¹⁹ Joseph was a slave until the things he said\par really happened.\par The Lord’s message proved\par that Joseph was right.\par

²⁰ So the king of Egypt set him free.\par That nation’s leader let him out of jail.\par

²¹ He put Joseph in charge of his house.\par Joseph took care of everything\par he owned.\par

²² Joseph gave instructions to the other leaders.\par Joseph taught the older men.\par

²³ Then Israel came to Egypt.\par Jacob lived in Ham’s country. {\cf2\super [551]} \par

²⁴ Jacob’s family became very large.\par They became more powerful\par than their enemies.\par

²⁵ So the Egyptians began to hate\par Jacob’s family.\par They made plans against their slaves.\par

²⁶ So God sent his servant, Moses,\par and Aaron, God’s chosen priest.\par

²⁷ God used Moses and Aaron\par to do many miracles in Ham’s country.\par

²⁸ God sent the very dark darkness,\par but the Egyptians did not listen to him.\par

²⁹ So God changed the water into blood,\par and all their fish died.\par

³⁰ Their country was filled with frogs.\par Frogs were even in the king’s bedroom.\par

³¹ God gave the command,\par and the flies and gnats came.\par They were everywhere!\par

³² God made the rain become hail.\par Lightning struck throughout their country.\par

³³ God destroyed their vines and fig trees.\par God destroyed every tree in their country.\par

³⁴ God gave the command,\par and the locusts and grasshoppers came.\par There were too many to count!\par

³⁵ The locusts and grasshoppers\par ate all the plants in the country.\par They ate all the crops in the fields.\par

³⁶ And then God killed every firstborn {\cf2\super [552]} \par in their country.\par God killed their oldest sons.\par

³⁷ Then God took his people out of Egypt.\par They brought gold and silver with them.\par None of God’s people stumbled and fell.\par

³⁸ Egypt was happy to see God’s people go,\par because they were afraid of God’s people.\par

³⁹ God spread out his cloud like a blanket.\par God used his column of fire\par to give his people light at night.\par

⁴⁰ The people asked for food,\par and God brought them quail.\par God gave them plenty of bread from heaven.\par

⁴¹ God split the rock,\par and water came bubbling out.\par A river began flowing in the desert!\par

⁴² God remembered his holy promise.\par God remembered the promise\par he had made to his servant Abraham.\par

⁴³ God brought his people out from Egypt.\par The people came out rejoicing\par and singing their happy songs!\par

⁴⁴ Then God gave his people the country\par where other people were living.\par God’s people got the things\par other people had worked for.\par

⁴⁵ Why did God do this?\par So his people could obey his laws.\par So they could carefully obey his teachings.\par Praise the Lord!\par