Psalms 105
1 Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen.
Give the Lord thanks, worship his wonderful nature, let people know what he's done!
2 Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works.
Sing to him, sing his praises; tell everyone the great things he's done!
3 Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice.
Be proud of his holy character; be happy, all who come to the Lord!
4 Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually.
Look for the Lord, and his strength; always look to be in his presence.
5 Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
Remember all the wonderful things he's done, the miracles he's performed, and the judgments he's carried out,
6 [ye] seed of Abraam, his servants, [ye] children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
descendants of Abraham, children of Israel, his chosen people.
7 He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
He is the Lord, our God, his judgments cover the whole earth.
8 He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generation:
He remembers his agreement forever, the promise he made lasts for a thousand generations;
9 which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and [he remembered] his oath to Isaac.
the agreement he made with Abraham, the vow he gave to Isaac.
10 And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant;
The Lord legally confirmed it with Jacob, he made this binding agreement with Israel:
11 saying To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:
saying to you, “I will give the land of Canaan for you to possess.”
12 when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it.
He said this when they were only a few, just a small group of foreigners in the land.
13 And they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people.
They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to the next.
14 He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes:
He didn't let anyone one treat them badly; warning kings to leave them alone:
15 [saying], Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm.
“Don't touch my chosen people; don't harm my prophets!”
16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread.
He caused a famine in the Land of Canaan so that there was no food.
17 He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.
Before that he sent a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron,
They hurt his feet by placing them in shackles, and they put an iron collar around his neck,
19 until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire.
until the time predicted came when the Lord tested him.
20 The king sent and loosed him; [even] the prince of the people, and let him go free.
The king sent for him and released him; the king of the people set him free.
21 He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance;
He put Joseph in charge of the royal household, manager of everything he had,
22 to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
to teach the king's officials whatever he wanted, to make the king's advisors wise.
23 Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham.
Then Israel entered Egypt—Jacob settled as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.
The Lord made his people more fertile and more powerful than their enemies.
25 And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
He made the Egyptians change their minds and hate his people and act deceptively towards them.
26 He sent fort Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he had chosen.
He sent his servant Moses, together with Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 He established among them his signs, and [his] wonders in the land of Cham.
They carried out his miraculous signs among the Egyptians, his wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against his words.
He plunged the country into darkness—for hadn't they defied what the Lord had said?
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
He turned their water into blood, killing all the fish.
30 Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings.
Then he sent a plague of frogs across the land that even entered the bedrooms of their rulers.
31 He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts.
He gave the command, and flies spread throughout their land; mosquitoes were everywhere.
32 He turned their rain into hail, [and sent] flaming fire in their land.
He rained down hail on them, and lightning flashed across their land.
33 And he smote their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast.
He struck down their grape vines, and tore down their trees.
34 He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable,
He gave the command, and swarms of locusts came—countless locusts:
35 and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground.
they ate up all the vegetation in their land; they consumed all the growing crops.
36 He smote also every first-born of their land, the first-fruits of all their labour.
He killed all the firstborn in Egypt, the first to be produced in their vigor and strength.
37 And he brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes.
Then he led his people out of Egypt, carrying silver and gold—not one among the tribes was stumbling along.
38 Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them.
The Egyptians were delighted to see them go, for they were frightened of the Israelites.
39 He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night.
He spread a cloud above them as a covering, and at night a fire to give them light.
40 They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
He gave them quails to eat when they asked him; he fed them with the bread of heaven until they were full.
41 He clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places.
He split the rock open, and water gushed out—a river flowing through the desert.
42 For he remembered his holy word, which [he promised] to Abraam his servant.
For he remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.
43 And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy;
So he led his people out, his chosen ones, as they sang for joy.
44 and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labours of the people;
He gave them the lands of the heathen nations, and they inherited what other people had worked for.
45 that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law.
The Lord did this so they could follow his instructions and keep his laws. Praise the Lord!
