Psalms 105
1 Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen.
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name: make known his deeds among the nations.
2 Sing to him, yes, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works.
Sing to him, make music to him, tell of all his wondrous works.
3 Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice.
Make your boast in his holy name, be glad at heart, you who seek the Lord.
4 Seek you the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually.
Seek after the Lord and his strength, seek his face evermore.
5 Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
Remember the wonders he did, his portents, the judgments he uttered,
6 [you] seed of Abraam, his servants, [you] children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
you who are offspring of Abraham, his servant, the children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
He is the Lord our God: in all the earth are his judgments.
8 He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generation:
He remembers forever his covenant, his promise for a thousand generations
9 which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and [he remembered] his oath to Isaac.
The covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac,
10 And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant;
and confirmed as a statute to Jacob, a pact everlasting to Israel
11 saying To you will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:
to give them the land of Canaan as the lot which they should inherit.
12 when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it.
And when they were very few, few and but pilgrims therein,
13 And they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people.
wandering from nation to nation, journeying from people to people,
14 He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes:
he allowed no one to oppress them, even punishing kings for their sakes.
15 [saying], Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm.
He forbade them to touch his anointed, or do any hurt to his prophets.
16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread.
When he called down famine on the land, and cut off the bread which sustained them,
17 He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.
he sent before them a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron,
His feet were galled with fetters, he was laid in chains of iron,
19 until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire.
till the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord that had tried him.
20 The king sent and loosed him; [even] the prince of the people, and let him go free.
The king sent and freed him, the ruler of nations released him.
21 He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance;
He made him lord of his household, and ruler of all his possessions,
22 to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
to admonish his princes at will and instruct his elders in wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham.
Thus Israel came into Egypt, Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.
His people he made very fruitful, and mightier than their foes.
25 And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
He inspired them to hate his people, and to deal with his servants craftily.
26 He sent fort Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he had chosen.
He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen,
27 He established among them his signs, and [his] wonders in the land of Cham.
portents he wrought in Egypt, and signs in the land of Ham.
28 He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against his words.
Darkness he sent, and it fell: yet they gave no heed to his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, thus causing their fish to die.
30 Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings.
Their land was alive with frogs, swarming even in the royal chambers.
31 He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts.
At his command came flies, and lice in all their borders.
32 He turned their rain into hail, [and sent] flaming fire in their land.
He gave them hail for rain and fire that flashed through the land,
33 And he struck their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast.
smiting their vines and figs, breaking the trees of their border.
34 He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable,
At his command came locusts, young locusts beyond all counting,
35 and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground.
which ate every herb in the land, ate up, too, the fruit of their ground.
36 He struck also every firstborn of their land, the first fruits of all their labor.
He struck down in their land all the firstborn, the firstlings of all their strength
37 And he brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes.
Then forth he led Israel with silver and gold, and among his tribes no one was weary.
38 Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them.
Egypt was glad when they left, for terror had fallen upon them.
39 He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night.
He spread out a cloud to screen them, and fire to give light in the night.
40 They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
He sent quails at their entreaty, and heavenly bread in abundance.
41 He clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places.
He opened the rock; waters gushed: in the desert they ran like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy word, which [he promised] to Abraam his servant.
For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy;
So he led out his people with joy, his elect with a ringing cry.
44 and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labors of the people;
And he gave them the lands of the nations, the fruit of their toil for possession,
45 that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law.
that so they might keep his statutes, and be of his laws observant. Hallelujah.
