Psalm 105

A thanksgiving retelling of history, focused entirely on God's faithfulness: Abraham's covenant, Joseph in irons "until... the word of the LORD proved him right," the plagues, the Exodus "with rejoicing." It leaves out Israel's failures; Psalm 106 tells those. Joseph's story is the slow-reading lesson here: years in chains before the promise came true.

"They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons, until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right." (Psalm 105:18-19)