Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to Yahweh, and tell others that he is very great! Tell everyone in the world what he has done!
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name: make known his deeds among the nations.
2 Sing to him; praise him as you sing to him; tell others about his wonderful miracles.
Sing to him, make music to him, tell of all his wondrous works.
3 Be happy because [you know that] he [MTY] is holy! You people who worship Yahweh, rejoice!
Make your boast in his holy name, be glad at heart, you who seek the Lord.
4 Ask Yahweh to help you and give you his strength, and continue to ask him!
Seek after the Lord and his strength, seek his face evermore.
5 You people who are descendants of God’s servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, the man God chose, think about [all] the wonderful things that he has done: He performed miracles, and he punished [all our enemies].
Remember the wonders he did, his portents, the judgments he uttered,
you who are offspring of Abraham, his servant, the children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He is Yahweh, our God. He rules and judges [people] throughout the earth.
He is the Lord our God: in all the earth are his judgments.
8 He never forgets the agreement that he made; he made a promise that will last for 1,000 generations;
He remembers forever his covenant, his promise for a thousand generations
9 that is the agreement that he made with Abraham, and he repeated that agreement with Isaac.
The covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac,
10 [Later] he confirmed it [again] to Jacob as an agreement for the Israeli [people] that would last forever.
and confirmed as a statute to Jacob, a pact everlasting to Israel
11 What he said was, “I will give you the Canaan region; it will belong to you [and your descendants forever].”
to give them the land of Canaan as the lot which they should inherit.
12 [He said that to them] when there were only a few of them, a tiny group of people who were living in that land like strangers.
And when they were very few, few and but pilgrims therein,
13 They continued to wander from one place to another, from one kingdom to another.
wandering from nation to nation, journeying from people to people,
14 But he did not allow others to oppress them. He warned those kings by saying to them,
he allowed no one to oppress them, even punishing kings for their sakes.
15 “Do not do harm the [people] whom I have chosen! Do not harm my prophets!”
He forbade them to touch his anointed, or do any hurt to his prophets.
16 He sent a famine to Canaan, and [as a result all the people] had no food to eat.
When he called down famine on the land, and cut off the bread which sustained them,
17 So his people went to Egypt, but first he sent someone there. He sent Joseph, who had been sold to be a slave.
he sent before them a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 [Later, while Joseph was in prison in Egypt], they put his legs in shackles that bruised his feet, and they put an iron collar around his neck.
His feet were galled with fetters, he was laid in chains of iron,
19 There, Yahweh (refined Joseph’s character/tested Joseph to see if Joseph would continue to trust him), until what Joseph predicted would happen (came true/happened).
till the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord that had tried him.
20 The king [of Egypt] summoned him, and he set Joseph free; this ruler of many people-groups released Joseph [from prison].
The king sent and freed him, the ruler of nations released him.
21 [Then] he appointed him to take care of everything in the king’s household, to take care of everything that the king possessed.
He made him lord of his household, and ruler of all his possessions,
22 (Joseph was permitted/He permitted Joseph) to command the king’s servants to do anything that Joseph wanted them to do, and [even] to tell the king’s advisors the things that they should do [for the people of Egypt].
to admonish his princes at will and instruct his elders in wisdom.
23 Later, [Joseph’s father] Jacob arrived in Egypt. He lived like a foreigner in the land that belonged to the descendants of Ham.
Thus Israel came into Egypt, Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And [years later] Yahweh caused the descendants of Jacob to become very numerous. [As a result], their enemies, [the Egyptians], considered that the Israelis were too strong.
His people he made very fruitful, and mightier than their foes.
25 [So] Yahweh caused the rulers of Egypt to (turn against/hate) the Israeli people, and they planned ways to get rid of his people.
He inspired them to hate his people, and to deal with his servants craftily.
26 [But then] Yahweh sent his servant Moses along with [Moses’ older brother] Aaron, whom Yahweh had [also] chosen [to be his servant].
He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen,
27 Those two performed amazing miracles among the people of Egypt, in that land where the descendants of Ham lived.
portents he wrought in Egypt, and signs in the land of Ham.
28 Yahweh sent darkness, so that the people of Egypt could not see anything [DOU], but the rulers of Egypt refused [RHQ] to obey when [Moses and Aaron] commanded [them to let the Israeli people leave Egypt].
Darkness he sent, and it fell: yet they gave no heed to his word.
29 Yahweh caused [all] the water in Egypt to become (blood/[red like] blood), and [his doing that] caused all the fish to die.
He turned their waters into blood, thus causing their fish to die.
30 [Then he caused] the land to become full of frogs; the king and his officials even had frogs in their bedrooms.
Their land was alive with frogs, swarming even in the royal chambers.
31 [Then] Yahweh commanded that flies come, and swarms of them descended [on the people of Egypt], and gnats [also] swarmed across the whole country.
At his command came flies, and lice in all their borders.
32 Instead of sending rain, Yahweh sent [terrible] hail, and lightning flashed throughout the land.
He gave them hail for rain and fire that flashed through the land,
33 The hail ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the [other] trees.
smiting their vines and figs, breaking the trees of their border.
34 He commanded locusts to come, and swarms of them came; [so many that] they could not be counted.
At his command came locusts, young locusts beyond all counting,
35 The locusts ate every green plant in the land, ruining all the crops.
which ate every herb in the land, ate up, too, the fruit of their ground.
36 [Then] Yahweh killed the oldest son in every house [of the people of Egypt] [DOU].
He struck down in their land all the firstborn, the firstlings of all their strength
37 Then he brought the Israeli [people] out [from Egypt]; they were carrying loads of [jewelry made of] silver and gold [that the women of Egypt had given to them]. No one was left behind because of being sick.
Then forth he led Israel with silver and gold, and among his tribes no one was weary.
38 [The people of] Egypt were glad when the Israeli people left, because they had become very afraid of the Israelis.
Egypt was glad when they left, for terror had fallen upon them.
39 [Then] Yahweh spread a cloud to cover the Israelis; and [at night it became] a big fire [in the sky] to give them light.
He spread out a cloud to screen them, and fire to give light in the night.
40 [Later] the Israelis asked for [meat to eat], and Yahweh sent [flocks of] quail to them, and he gave them plenty of manna [food] from the sky [each morning].
He sent quails at their entreaty, and heavenly bread in abundance.
41 [One day] he caused a rock to open up and water poured out [for them to drink]; it was like a river flowing in that desert.
He opened the rock; waters gushed: in the desert they ran like a river.
42 [He did that] because he kept thinking about the sacred promise [that he had given] to his servant, Abraham.
For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant.
43 So his people were joyful as he brought them out from Egypt; those people whom he had chosen were shouting joyfully as they went.
So he led out his people with joy, his elect with a ringing cry.
44 He gave to them the land that belonged to the people-groups [that lived there in Canaan], and the Israelis harvested crops that [other] people had planted.
And he gave them the lands of the nations, the fruit of their toil for possession,
45 [Yahweh did all these things] in order that his people would do all the things that he had commanded them to do [DOU]. Praise Yahweh!
that so they might keep his statutes, and be of his laws observant. Hallelujah.
