Psalm 105:8-19 He always remembers his covenantal decree,
the promise he made to a thousand generations—the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac.
He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,
saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance." When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident foreigners within it, they wandered from nation to nation,
and from one kingdom to another. He let no one oppress them;
he disciplined kings for their sake, saying, "Don't touch my chosen ones. Don't harm my prophets." He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply. He sent a man ahead of them— Joseph was sold as a servant. The shackles hurt his feet;
his neck was placed in an iron collar, until the time when his prediction came true.
