Psaumes 105.17
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La fidélité de Dieu envers Israël

¹ Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name;
make known his deeds among the peoples!
² Sing to him, sing praises to him;
tell of all his wondrous works!
³ Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
⁴ Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his presence continually!
⁵ Remember the wondrous works that he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,
⁶ O offspring of Abraham, his servant,
children of Jacob, his chosen ones!
⁷ He is the Lord our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.
⁸ He remembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
⁹ the covenant that he made with Abraham,
his sworn promise to Isaac,
¹⁰ which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
¹¹ saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan
as your portion for an inheritance.
¹² When they were few in number,
of little account, and sojourners in it,
¹³ wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴ he allowed no one to oppress them;
he rebuked kings on their account,
¹⁵ saying, Touch not my anointed ones,
do my prophets no harm!
¹⁶ When he summoned a famine on the land
and broke all supply of bread,
¹⁷ he had sent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
¹⁸ His feet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron;
¹⁹ until what he had said came to pass,
the word of the Lord tested him.
²⁰ The king sent and released him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free;
²¹ he made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions,
²² to bind his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom.
²³ Then Israel came to Egypt;
Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
²⁴ And the Lord made his people very fruitful
and made them stronger than their foes.
²⁵ He turned their hearts to hate his people,
to deal craftily with his servants.
²⁶ He sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
²⁷ They performed his signs among them
and miracles in the land of Ham.
²⁸ He sent darkness, and made the land dark;
they did not rebel against his words.
²⁹ He turned their waters into blood
and caused their fish to die.
³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the chambers of their kings.
³¹ He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
and gnats throughout their country.
³² He gave them hail for rain,
and fiery lightning bolts through their land.
³³ He struck down their vines and fig trees,
and shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke, and the locusts came,
young locusts without number,
³⁵ which devoured all the vegetation in their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
³⁶ He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of all their strength.
³⁷ Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold,
and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
³⁸ Egypt was glad when they departed,
for dread of them had fallen upon it.
³⁹ He spread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.
⁴⁰ They asked, and he brought quail,
and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.
⁴¹ He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed through the desert like a river.
⁴² For he remembered his holy promise,
and Abraham, his servant.
⁴³ So he brought his people out with joy,
his chosen ones with singing.
⁴⁴ And he gave them the lands of the nations,
and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,
⁴⁵ that they might keep his statutes
and observe his laws.
Praise the Lord!