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Tell of His Wonders

(1 Chronicles 16:7-36; Psalm 95:1-11; Psalm 106:1-48)

¹ Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.² Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.³ Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.⁴ Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.⁵ Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,⁶ O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.⁷ He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.

⁸ He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—⁹ the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.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^(a) 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^(a) his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.²³ Then Israel went to Egypt; Jacob sojourned 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—for had they not^(a) 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 (a)}that they might keep His statutes and observe His laws. Hallelujah!