
Day XXI : Morning Prayer

Psalm 105 - Confitemini Domino

1   Give thanks unto the Lord and call upon his Name; +
    tell the peoples what things he has done.

2   O let your songs be of him, and praise him, +
    and let your speech be of all his wondrous works.

3   Rejoice in his holy Name; +
    let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

4   Seek the Lord and his strength; +
    seek his face evermore.

5   Remember the marvelous works that he has done, +
    his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,

6   O seed of Abraham his servant, +
    O children of Jacob his chosen.

7   He is the Lord our God; +
    his judgments are in all the world.

8   He has always been mindful of his covenant, +
    and the promise that he made to a thousand generations,

9   Even the covenant that he made with Abraham, +
    and the oath that he swore to Isaac,

10  Which he appointed to Jacob for a law, +
    and to Israel for an everlasting testament,

11  Saying, “To you will I give the land of Canaan +
    to be the portion of your inheritance.”

12  When there were yet but a few of them, +
    and they were strangers in the land,

13  And they wandered from nation to nation, +
    and from one kingdom to another,

14  He allowed no one to do them wrong, +
    but reproved even kings for their sakes:

15  “Do not touch my Anointed, +
    and do my prophets no harm.”

16  Moreover, he called for a famine in the land +
    and destroyed all the provision of bread.

17  But he had sent a man before them: +
    Joseph, who was sold to be a bondservant,

18  Whose feet they hurt in the stocks; +
    they put an iron collar around his neck.

19  Until the time came that his sayings were fulfilled, +
    the word of the Lord tried him.

20  The king sent and delivered him; +
    the ruler of the people let him go free.

21  He made him lord over his house, +
    and ruler of all his possessions,

22  That he might instruct his princes according to his will +
    and teach his elders wisdom.

23  Israel also came into Egypt, +
    and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.

24  And he increased his people exceedingly, +
    and made them stronger than their enemies,

25  Whose heart he turned, so that they hated his people, +
    and dealt deceitfully with his servants.

26  Then he sent Moses his servant, +
    and Aaron whom he had chosen,

27  And they worked his signs among them, +
    and wonders in the land of Ham.

28  He sent darkness, and it was dark; +
    but they were not obedient to his word.

29  He turned their waters into blood +
    and caused their fish to die.

30  Their land brought forth frogs, +
    even in their kings’ chambers.

31  He spoke the word, and there came all manner of flies, +
    and gnats in all their borders.

32  He gave them hailstones for rain, +
    and flames of fire in their land.

33  He smote their vines also, and their fig trees, +
    and destroyed the trees that were in their borders.

34  He spoke the word, and the grasshoppers came, and locusts innumerable, +
    which ate up all the grass in their land and devoured the fruit of their ground.

35  He smote all the firstborn in their land, +
    even the firstfruits of all their strength.

36  He brought forth Israel with silver and gold; +
    in all their tribes there was not one who stumbled.

37  Egypt was glad at their departing, +
    for they were afraid of them.

38  He spread out a cloud to be a covering, +
    and fire to give light in the night season.

39  At their desire he brought quail, +
    and he filled them with the bread of heaven.

40  He opened the rock, and the waters flowed out, +
    so that rivers ran in the dry places.

41  For he remembered his holy promise +
    and Abraham his servant.

42  And he brought forth his people with joy, +
    and his chosen ones with gladness,

43  And gave them the lands of the nations, +
    and they took the labors of the peoples in possession,

44  That they might keep his statutes +
    and observe his laws. Praise the Lord.
