Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
Give the Lord thanks, worship his wonderful nature, let people know what he's done!
2 Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous 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 those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
Be proud of his holy character; be happy, all who come to the Lord!
4 Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
Look for the Lord, and his strength; always look to be in his presence.
5 Remember his marvelous 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 you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
descendants of Abraham, children of Israel, his chosen people.
7 He is Yahweh, 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 forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
He remembers his agreement forever, the promise he made lasts for a thousand generations;
9 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
the agreement he made with Abraham, the vow he gave to Isaac.
10 and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
The Lord legally confirmed it with Jacob, he made this binding agreement with Israel:
11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,”
saying to you, “I will give the land of Canaan for you to possess.”
12 when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
He said this when they were only a few, just a small group of foreigners in the land.
13 They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to the next.
14 He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
He didn't let anyone one treat them badly; warning kings to leave them alone:
15 “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
“Don't touch my chosen people; don't harm my prophets!”
16 He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
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 bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
They hurt his feet by placing them in shackles, and they put an iron collar around his neck,
19 until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh’s word proved him true.
until the time predicted came when the Lord tested him.
20 The king sent and freed him, even the ruler of peoples, 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 of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions,
He put Joseph in charge of the royal household, manager of everything he had,
22 to discipline his princes 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. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
Then Israel entered Egypt—Jacob settled as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
24 He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
The Lord made his people more fertile and more powerful than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
He made the Egyptians change their minds and hate his people and act deceptively towards them.
26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
He sent his servant Moses, together with Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
They carried out his miraculous signs among the Egyptians, his wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel 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 killed their fish.
He turned their water into blood, killing all the fish.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms 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 swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
He gave the command, and flies spread throughout their land; mosquitoes were everywhere.
32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
He rained down hail on them, and lightning flashed across their land.
33 He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
He struck down their grape vines, and tore down their trees.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number.
He gave the command, and swarms of locusts came—countless locusts:
35 They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
they ate up all the vegetation in their land; they consumed all the growing crops.
36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
He killed all the firstborn in Egypt, the first to be produced in their vigor and strength.
37 He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
Then he led his people out of Egypt, carrying silver and gold—not one among the tribes was stumbling along.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.
The Egyptians were delighted to see them go, for they were frightened of the Israelites.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
He spread a cloud above them as a covering, and at night a fire to give them light.
40 They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
He gave them quails to eat when they asked him; he fed them with the bread of heaven until they were full.
41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
He split the rock open, and water gushed out—a river flowing through the desert.
42 For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
For he remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.
43 He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.
So he led his people out, his chosen ones, as they sang for joy.
44 He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
He gave them the lands of the heathen nations, and they inherited what other people had worked for.
45 that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!
The Lord did this so they could follow his instructions and keep his laws. Praise the Lord!
