Psalms 105
1 O give thanks unto the LORD; Call upon his name; Make known his deeds among the people!
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name: make known his deeds among the nations.
2 Sing unto him; sing psalms unto him; Tell ye of all his wondrous works!
Sing to him, make music to him, tell of all his wondrous works.
3 Glory ye in his holy name; Let the hearts 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 the LORD, and his majesty; Seek his face continually!
Seek after the Lord and his strength, seek his face evermore.
5 Remember the wonders he hath wrought, His miracles and the judgments of his mouth,
Remember the wonders he did, his portents, the judgments he uttered,
6 Ye offspring of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob his chosen!
you who are offspring of Abraham, his servant, the children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 Jehovah, he is our God, His judgments are over all the earth.
He is the Lord our God: in all the earth are his judgments.
8 He remembereth his covenant for ever, And the promise to a thousand generations;
He remembers forever his covenant, his promise for a thousand generations
9 The covenant which he made with Abraham, And the oath which he gave to Isaac;
The covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac,
10 Which he confirmed to Jacob for a decree, And to Israel for an everlasting covenant.
and confirmed as a statute to Jacob, a pact everlasting to Israel
11 “To thee,” said he, “will I give the land of Canaan For the lot of your inheritance.”
to give them the land of Canaan as the lot which they should inherit.
12 When they were yet few in number, Very few, and strangers in the land;
And when they were very few, few and but pilgrims therein,
13 When they went from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people,
wandering from nation to nation, journeying from people to people,
14 He suffered no man to oppress them; Yea, he rebuked kings for their sakes.
he allowed no one to oppress them, even punishing kings for their sakes.
15 “Touch not,” said he, “mine anointed, And do my prophets no harm!”
He forbade them to touch his anointed, or do any hurt to his prophets.
16 Again, when he commanded a famine in the land, And broke the whole staff 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 as a slave.
he sent before them a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 His feet they hurt with fetters; He was bound in chains of iron;
His feet were galled with fetters, he was laid in chains of iron,
19 Until his prediction came to pass, And the word of the LORD proved him.
till the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord that had tried him.
20 Then the king sent, and loosed him; The ruler of nations, and set him free;
The king sent and freed him, the ruler of nations released him.
21 He made him governor of his house, And lord of all his possessions;
He made him lord of his household, and ruler of all his possessions,
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his counsellors 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 Ham;
Thus Israel came into Egypt, Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 Where God increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their enemies.
His people he made very fruitful, and mightier than their foes.
25 He turned their hearts to hate his people, And form devices against his servants.
He inspired them to hate his people, and to deal with his servants craftily.
26 Then sent he Moses his servant, And Aaron, whom he had chosen.
He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen,
27 They showed his signs among them, And his wonders in the land of Ham.
portents he wrought in Egypt, and signs in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness upon them, and made it dark; And they did not disobey his word.
Darkness he sent, and it fell: yet they gave no heed to his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, And caused their fish to die.
He turned their waters into blood, thus causing their fish to die.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, Even in the chambers of their kings.
Their land was alive with frogs, swarming even in the royal chambers.
31 He spake, and there came flies, And lice in all their coasts.
At his command came flies, and lice in all their borders.
32 Instead of rain he gave them hail, And flaming fire in their land.
He gave them hail for rain and fire that flashed through the land,
33 He smote also their vines and fig-trees, And broke the trees of their coasts.
smiting their vines and figs, breaking the trees of their border.
34 He spake, and the locusts came. Destructive locusts without number,
At his command came locusts, young locusts beyond all counting,
35 Which ate up all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruits of their fields.
which ate every herb in the land, ate up, too, the fruit of their ground.
36 Then he smote all the first-born in their land, The first-fruits of all their strength.
He struck down in their land all the firstborn, the firstlings of all their strength
37 He led forth his people with silver and gold; Nor was there one feeble person in all their tribes.
Then forth he led Israel with silver and gold, and among his tribes no one was weary.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed, For their terror had fallen upon them.
Egypt was glad when they left, for terror had fallen upon them.
39 He spread out a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light by night.
He spread out a cloud to screen them, and fire to give light in the night.
40 They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
He sent quails at their entreaty, and heavenly bread in abundance.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed forth, And ran in the dry places like a river.
He opened the rock; waters gushed: in the desert they ran like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy promise, Which he had made to Abraham his servant;
For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant.
43 And he led forth his people with joy, And his chosen with gladness.
So he led out his people with joy, his elect with a ringing cry.
44 He gave to them the lands of the nations, And they inherited the labor of the peoples;
And he gave them the lands of the nations, the fruit of their toil for possession,
45 That they might observe his statutes, And obey his laws. Praise ye the LORD!
that so they might keep his statutes, and be of his laws observant. Hallelujah.
