Psalms 105
1 O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.
Give thanks to YHWH—call on His Name, Make His acts known among the peoples.
2 Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.
Sing to Him—sing praise to Him, Meditate on all His wonders.
3 Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.
Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking YHWH rejoices.
4 Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.
Seek YHWH and His strength, Seek His face continually.
5 Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;
Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.
6 O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.
O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
7 He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth.
He [is] our God YHWH, His judgments [are] in all the earth.
8 He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;
He has remembered His covenant for all time, The word He commanded to one thousand generations,
9 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
That He has made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
10 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;
And establishes it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel—a perpetual covenant,
11 Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:
Saying, “I give the land of Canaan to you, The portion of your inheritance,”
12 When they were still small in number, and strange in the land;
In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.
13 When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people.
And they go up and down, from nation to nation, From a kingdom to another people.
14 He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,
He has not permitted any to oppress them And He reproves kings for their sakes.
15 Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.
“Do not strike against My anointed, And do no evil to My prophets.”
16 And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread.
And He calls a famine on the land, He has broken the whole staff of bread.
17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price:
He has sent a man before them, Joseph has been sold for a servant.
18 His feet were fixed in chains; his neck was put in iron bands;
They have afflicted his feet with chains, Iron has entered his soul,
19 Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord.
Until the time of the coming of His word The saying of YHWH has tried him.
20 The king sent men to take off his chains; even the ruler of the people, who let him go free.
The king has sent, and looses him, The ruler of the peoples, and draws him out.
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler over everything he had;
He has made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.
22 To give his chiefs teaching at his pleasure, and so that his law-givers might get wisdom from him.
To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And he makes his elderly wise.
23 Then Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob was living in the land of Ham.
And Israel comes into Egypt, And Jacob has sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And his people were greatly increased, and became stronger than those who were against them.
And He makes His people very fruitful, And makes it mightier than its adversaries.
25 Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them.
He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.
26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the man of his selection.
He has sent His servant Moses, Aaron whom He had fixed on.
27 He let his signs be seen among the people, and his wonders in the land of Ham.
They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word.
He has sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.
29 At his word their waters were turned to blood, and he sent death on all their fish.
He has turned their waters to blood, And puts their fish to death.
30 Their land was full of frogs, even in the rooms of the king.
Their land has teemed [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.
31 He gave the word, and there came the dog-fly, and insects over all the land.
He has commanded, and the beetle comes, Lice into all their border.
32 He gave them ice for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
He has made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.
33 He gave their vines and their fig-trees to destruction, and the trees of their land were broken down.
And He strikes their vine and their fig, And shatters the trees of their border.
34 At his word the locusts came, and young locusts more than might be numbered,
He has commanded, and the locust comes, And the cankerworm—innumerable,
35 And put an end to all the plants of their land, taking all the fruit of the earth for food.
And it consumes every herb in their land, And it consumes the fruit of their ground.
36 He put to death the first child of every family in the land, the first-fruits of their strength.
And He strikes every firstborn in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,
37 He took his people out with silver and gold: there was not one feeble person among them.
And brings them out with silver and gold, And there is not a feeble one in its tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they went; for the fear of them had come down on them.
Egypt has rejoiced in their going forth, For their fear had fallen on them.
39 A cloud was stretched over them for a cover; and he sent fire to give light in the night.
He has spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night.
40 At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.
They have asked, and He brings quails, And satisfies them [with] bread of the heavens.
41 His hand made the rock open, and the waters came streaming out; they went down through the dry places like a river.
He has opened a rock, and waters flow, They have gone on in dry places—a river.
42 For he kept in mind his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
For He has remembered His holy word, With His servant Abraham,
43 And he took his people out with joy, the men of his selection with glad cries:
And He brings forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with singing.
44 And gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the work of the peoples for a heritage;
And He gives to them the lands of nations, And they possess the labor of peoples,
45 So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.
That they may observe His statutes, And may keep His laws. Praise YAH!
