Psalm 105 for Two Readers
Normal font=Reader 1
Blue font=Reader 2
Bold font=both
We have a story to tell.
A story of a people.
A story of miracles.
A story of wondrous works.
A story of deliverance and rejoicing.
A story of a nation.
A nation that was part of a covenant,
a special promise with God.
An everlasting covenant:
“I will give you the land of Canaan
and so much more than that.”
Praise the Lord.
This is a story about our heavenly father.
One we know so well!
One that we should always remember,
about God’s faithfulness.
And God’s love.
God, our God, in charge of the whole earth.
Praise the Lord.
We keep our eyes open for God,
looking for signs of God’s wonders.
Wonders in creation,
and wonders in the story of God’s people.
God’s wondrous works.
In the beginning God created—
God created us in his image;
created us to fill the world and it was good!
God made us and invited us to spread the story—
the story of God’s love.
The story of God’s Son—
the story of God’s love.
Praise the Lord.
We were created to spread the story
of God’s wonderful acts;
covenant and miracles.
The covenant that God made
with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob—
Saying you will inherit a land,
a kingdom, a new life.
The covenant that covered
Joseph, Moses, and Aaron.
Miracles that gave God’s people
the freedom they so desired.
The covenant that saved Joseph
from slavery.
And the Lord filled Joseph with wisdom.
The covenant that gave Israel
the promised land,
Despite their fear and disobedience.
The covenant that led God’s people
out of Egypt.
Egypt was glad when they left.
They were filled with fear and awe
towards the God of the Israelites.
The God that saved his people.
The Israelites had done nothing to earn their freedom,
yet God kept his promise.
God said:
“Don’t you dare lay a hand on my anointed;
don’t hurt a hair on the heads of my prophets!”
God guided his people out of Egypt
into the desert,
yet God kept them safe at night
and gave them food during the day.
God gave his people water
that gushed out from a rock
and flowed like a river into the desert.
God filled them
with the bread of heaven.
Praise the Lord.
Give thanks to our Lord
and call on his name.
Tell everyone what God has done.
Give thanks;
sing praises;
tell of God’s glory and rejoice.
Let us seek the Lord and rejoice!
The Lord is our strength,
our song,
our salvation.
We have received the story of God’s wondrous works.
Sing to him!
Sing songs to him!
Let us sing to God for as long as we live.
O give thanks to the Lord!
Call upon his name.
Make known God’s deeds
among the peoples!
Sing to him;
sing psalms to him;
talk of all God’s wondrous works!
Glory in God’s holy name;
let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!
Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek God’s face evermore!
Remember God’s marvelous works
which he has done.
Let us tell that story.
We have a story to tell.
Praise the Lord.
