... in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen. Through the prayers of our
holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen. Glory
to You, our God, Glory to You.
O Heavenly King,
the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, You are everywhere and fill all things,
Treasury of blessings, and Giver of life: come and abide in us, and cleanse us
from every impurity, and save our souls, O Good One.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy
Immortal, have mercy on us (three times).
Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it is now, was in the
beginning, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.[1]
Give thanks to the Lord. Call on His name. Make known His deeds among the people. Sing to Him. Sing psalms to Him. Talk of all His wondrous works. Glory in His holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice. Seek the Lord, and His strength. Seek His
face evermore. Remember His marvelous
works, which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth.
O you seed of Abraham His servant, you
children of Jacob His chosen. He [is] the Lord our God. His judgments [are] in all the earth. He has
remembered His covenant forever, the word He commanded to a thousand
generations: that He made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac. [He]
confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, to Israel, an everlasting covenant: saying,
“To you will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:”
When they were few men in number, yes, very
few, and aliens in it. When they went
from one nation to another, from [one]
kingdom to another people. He suffered
no man to do them wrong. Yes, He
reproved kings for their sakes, “Touch not My Christ. Do My prophets no harm.”
Moreover, He called for a famine on the
land. He broke the whole staff of bread. He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave, whose feet they
hurt with fetters. He was laid in iron: until
the time that his Word came. The Word of
the Lord tried him. The king sent and
released him. The ruler of the people,
and let him go free. He made him lord of
his house, ruler of all his substance: to bind his princes at his pleasure, and
teach his senators wisdom. Israel also
came to Egypt. Jacob sojourned in the
land of Ham.
He increased His people greatly, and made
them stronger than their enemies. He
turned their heart to hate His people, to deal subtly with His servants. He sent Moses His servant, [and] Aaron whom He had chosen. They showed His signs among them, wonders in
the land of Ham. He sent darkness, and
made it dark. They rebelled not against His
word. He turned their waters to blood,
and slew their fish. Their land brought
forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. He spoke. There came different kinds of flies, lice in
all their coasts. He gave them hail for
rain, flaming fire in their land. He struck
their vines also, their fig trees, and broke the trees on their coasts. He spoke.
The locusts came, and caterpillars, and these without number, and ate up
all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. He struck also all the firstborn in their
land, the chief of all their strength.
He brought them forth also with silver and
gold. [There was] not one feeble among their tribes. Egypt was glad when they departed: for the
fear of them fell on them. He spread a
cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night. [They]
asked. He brought quails, and satisfied
them with the bread of heaven. He opened
the rock, and the waters gushed out. They
ran in the dry places [like] a river:
for He remembered His holy promise, [to]
Abraham His servant. He brought forth His
people with joy, His chosen with gladness. [He]
gave them the lands of the heathen. They
inherited the labor of the people: so that they might observe His statutes, and
keep His laws.
Praise the Lord.
[1] If you have been blessed or helped by any of these meditations in
Psalms, please repost or share any of them as you wish.
[2] Psalm
105 is sung in obedience to the Great Shema.
Israelite children were to be taught their history among the Egyptians,
their oppression, the plagues on the idols of Egypt, the Passover, the Exodus,
the entry into Canaan, so that they would grow up loving Yahweh and longing to worship
Him. From earliest childhood they were
taught to seek Him and His Face, so that when they went up to Jerusalem three
times a year, they would know Who that Flaming Presence of His Glory was.
The children were to learn that Yahweh was faithful to them;
He honored His covenant promises as they were made with Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob. The children of Israel were to grow
up knowing that were a specially chosen people.
When they were only a powerless handful of people, wandering
the earth, God protected them from harm.
The famine that threatened Jacob and his family was brought by
Yahweh’s purpose and will. Joseph’s sale
into slavery was also part of the Divine plan.
However, Joseph was sent to bear the Word of Yahweh, so he was promoted
from prison to be the chief prince of Egypt, and provided a way to protect his
father Israel in Egypt.
The Israelites came to Egypt in weakness, but left in Yahweh’s
display of power and glory. The
affection that Joseph enjoyed, decayed into affliction and malice. Then Yahweh raised up Moses and Aaron to be
prophets to Pharaoh, and they destroyed the idols and idolatry of Egypt with great
plagues: even the firstborn were all slain.
The Egyptians were so glad to be rid of them that they
showered them with silver and gold. The
flaming pillar of Yahweh’s Glory gave them light at night, and formed a smoky
sheltering cloud during the day. Throughout
the whole journey of the Exodus, Yahweh fed them with the miraculous bread of
heaven and quenched their thirst with water from the rock. He brought them into a new land so that they
would honor His Law and strive to do it.
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