Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
O give thanks unto the Lord; call on his name: make known among the people his deeds.
2 Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
Sing unto, him, sing praises unto him: speak of all his wonderful works.
3 Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
Glorify yourselves in his holy name: let the heart of those rejoice that seek the Lord.
4 Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
Inquire after the Lord and his strength: seek his presence evermore.
5 Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
Remember his wonderful works which he hath done; his tokens, and the decrees of his mouth;
6 you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob, his elect.
7 He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
He is the Lord our God: over all the earth are his decrees.
8 He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
He remembereth his covenant for ever, the word which he hath commanded, to the thousandth generation.
9 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
Which he covenanted with Abraham; and his oath unto Isaac;
10 and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
And which he established unto Jacob as a statute, unto Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,”
Saying, “Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, as the portion of your inheritance.”
12 when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it;
13 They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
And when they wandered from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people:
14 He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
He suffered no man to oppress them; yea, he reproved kings for their sake;
15 “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
[Saying, ] “Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm,”—
16 He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
And he called for a famine over the land; every staff of bread he broke.
17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
He sent a man before them; for a servant was Joseph sold;
18 They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
They forced into fetters his feet; in iron was his body put:
19 until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh’s word proved him true.
Until the time that his word came to pass, [when] the saying of the Lord had purified him.
20 The king sent and freed him, even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
The king sent and unfettered him; the ruler of people, and let him go free.
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions,
He appointed him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possession:
22 to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
That he might bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his ancients wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
Then came Israel into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilely with his servants.
26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
He sent Moses his servant, Aaron also whom he had made choice of.
27 They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
They displayed among them his effective signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
He changed their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the very chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
He spoke, and there came various wild beasts, lice also within all their boundary.
32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
He gave them as their rain hail, and flames of fire in their land.
33 He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees within their boundary.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number.
He spoke, and the locusts came, and crickets, and that without number;
35 They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
And they ate up all the herbs in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
And he smote all the first-born in their land, the first of all their strength.
37 He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
And he brought them forth with silver and gold: and there was not one that stumbled among his tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.
Egypt rejoiced when they departed; for the dread of them was fallen upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
He spread out a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
40 They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
The people asked, and he brought quails, and with heavenly bread he satisfied them.
41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out: they ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
For he remembered his holy word given to Abraham his servant.
43 He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.
And he brought forth his people with gladness, with joyful song his elect.
44 He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
And he gave them the lands of nations; and the labor of people they obtained as an inheritance:
45 that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!
So that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Hallelujah.
