Psalms 105
1 O give thanks unto the Lord; call on his name: make known among the people his deeds.
Give thanks to Yahweh, call on his name; make known his deeds among the nations.
2 Sing unto, him, sing praises unto him: speak of all his wonderful works.
Sing to him, sing praises to him; speak of all his marvelous deeds.
3 Glorify yourselves in his holy name: let the heart of those rejoice that seek the Lord.
Boast in his holy name; let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
4 Inquire after the Lord and his strength: seek his presence evermore.
Seek Yahweh and his strength; seek his presence continually.
5 Remember his wonderful works which he hath done; his tokens, and the decrees of his mouth;
Recall the marvelous things he has done, his miracles and the decrees from his mouth,
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob, his elect.
you descendants of Abraham his servant, you people of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He is the Lord our God: over all the earth are his decrees.
He is Yahweh, our God. His decrees are on all the earth.
8 He remembereth his covenant for ever, the word which he hath commanded, to the thousandth generation.
He keeps in mind his covenant forever, the word that he commanded for a thousand generations.
9 Which he covenanted with Abraham; and his oath unto Isaac;
He calls to mind the covenant that he made with Abraham and his oath to Isaac.
10 And which he established unto Jacob as a statute, unto Israel as an everlasting covenant:
This is what he confirmed to Jacob as a statute and to Israel as an everlasting covenant.
11 Saying, “Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, as the portion of your inheritance.”
He said, “I will give you the land of Canaan as your share of your inheritance.”
12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it;
He said this when they were only few in number, so very few, and were strangers in the land.
13 And when they wandered from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people:
They went from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another.
14 He suffered no man to oppress them; yea, he reproved kings for their sake;
He did not allow anyone to oppress them; he rebuked kings for their sakes.
15 [Saying, ] “Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm,”—
He said, “Do not touch my anointed ones, and do not harm my prophets.”
16 And he called for a famine over the land; every staff of bread he broke.
He called for a famine on the land; he cut off the whole supply of bread.
17 He sent a man before them; for a servant was Joseph sold;
He sent a man ahead of them; Joseph was sold as a servant.
18 They forced into fetters his feet; in iron was his body put:
His feet were bound by shackles; on his neck was put an iron collar,
19 Until the time that his word came to pass, [when] the saying of the Lord had purified him.
until what he had said came to pass. The word of Yahweh tested him.
20 The king sent and unfettered him; the ruler of people, and let him go free.
The king sent servants to release him; the ruler of the people set him free.
21 He appointed him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possession:
He put him in charge of his house as ruler of all his possessions
22 That he might bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his ancients wisdom.
to instruct his princes as he wished and to teach his elders wisdom.
23 Then came Israel into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Then Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
Yahweh made his people fruitful, and made them stronger than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilely with his servants.
He caused their enemies to hate his people, to mistreat his servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant, Aaron also whom he had made choice of.
He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They displayed among them his effective signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
They performed his signs among the Egyptians, his wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
He sent darkness and made that land dark, but its people did not obey his commands.
29 He changed their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
He turned their water into blood and killed their fish.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the very chambers of their kings.
Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their rulers.
31 He spoke, and there came various wild beasts, lice also within all their boundary.
He spoke, and swarms of flies and gnats came throughout their country.
32 He gave them as their rain hail, and flames of fire in their land.
He turned their rain into hail, with fire flaming on their land.
33 And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees within their boundary.
He destroyed their vines and fig trees; he broke the trees of their country.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and crickets, and that without number;
He spoke, and the locusts came, so many locusts.
35 And they ate up all the herbs in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
The locusts ate up all of the vegetation in their land; They ate up all the crops of the ground.
36 And he smote all the first-born in their land, the first of all their strength.
He killed every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their strength.
37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold: and there was not one that stumbled among his tribes.
He brought the Israelites out with silver and gold; none of his tribes stumbled on the way.
38 Egypt rejoiced when they departed; for the dread of them was fallen upon them.
Egypt was glad when they went away, for the Egyptians were afraid of them.
39 He spread out a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
He spread a cloud for a covering and made a fire to light up the night.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and with heavenly bread he satisfied them.
The Israelites asked for food, and he brought quail and satisfied them with bread from heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out: they ran in the dry places like a river.
He split the rock, and waters gushed from it; they flowed in the wilderness like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy word given to Abraham his servant.
For he called to mind his holy promise that he made to Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with gladness, with joyful song his elect.
He led his people out with joy, his chosen with shouts of triumph.
44 And he gave them the lands of nations; and the labor of people they obtained as an inheritance:
He gave them the lands of the nations; they took possession of the wealth of the peoples
45 So that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Hallelujah.
so that they might keep his statutes and obey his laws. Praise Yahweh.
