Psalms 105
1 Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; make known his acts among the peoples.
Give the Lord thanks, worship his wonderful nature, let people know what he's done!
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; meditate upon all his wondrous works.
Sing to him, sing his praises; tell everyone the great things he's done!
3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.
Be proud of his holy character; be happy, all who come to the Lord!
4 Seek Jehovah and his strength, seek his face continually;
Look for the Lord, and his strength; always look to be in his presence.
5 Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles 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 Ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
descendants of Abraham, children of Israel, his chosen people.
7 He, Jehovah, is our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
He is the Lord, our God, his judgments cover the whole earth.
8 He is ever mindful of his covenant, — the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, —
He remembers his agreement forever, the promise he made lasts for a thousand generations;
9 Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
the agreement he made with Abraham, the vow he gave to Isaac.
10 And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, unto Israel for an everlasting covenant,
The Lord legally confirmed it with Jacob, he made this binding agreement with Israel:
11 Saying, Unto thee will I 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 a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it.
He said this when they were only a few, just a small group of foreigners in the land.
13 And they went from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to the next.
14 He suffered no man to oppress them, and reproved kings for their sakes,
He didn't let anyone one treat them badly; warning kings to leave them alone:
15 [Saying, ] Touch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.
“Don't touch my chosen people; don't harm my prophets!”
16 And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.
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 bondman.
Before that he sent a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 They afflicted his feet with fetters; his soul came into irons;
They hurt his feet by placing them in shackles, and they put an iron collar around his neck,
19 Until the time when what he said came about: the word of Jehovah tried him.
until the time predicted came when the Lord tested him.
20 The king sent and loosed him — 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 over all his possessions:
He put Joseph in charge of the royal household, manager of everything he had,
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.
to teach the king's officials whatever he wanted, to make the king's advisors wise.
23 And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Then Israel entered Egypt—Jacob settled as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
24 And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors.
The Lord made his people more fertile and more powerful than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with 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 set his signs among them, and miracles 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; and they rebelled not against his word.
He plunged the country into darkness—for hadn't they defied what the Lord had said?
29 He turned their waters into blood, and caused their fish to die.
He turned their water into blood, killing all the fish.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs, — in the chambers 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 there came dog-flies, [and] gnats in all their borders.
He gave the command, and flies spread throughout their land; mosquitoes were everywhere.
32 He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land;
He rained down hail on them, and lightning flashed across their land.
33 And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees of their borders.
He struck down their grape vines, and tore down their trees.
34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, even without number;
He gave the command, and swarms of locusts came—countless locusts:
35 And they devoured every herb 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 And he smote every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigour.
He killed all the firstborn in Egypt, the first to be produced in their vigor and strength.
37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble among their tribes.
Then he led his people out of Egypt, carrying silver and gold—not one among the tribes was stumbling along.
38 Egypt rejoiced at their departure; for the fear of them had fallen upon them.
The Egyptians were delighted to see them go, for they were frightened of the Israelites.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering, and 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 heaven.
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 forth; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
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 And he brought forth his people with gladness, his chosen with rejoicing;
So he led his people out, his chosen ones, as they sang for joy.
44 And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:
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. Hallelujah!
The Lord did this so they could follow his instructions and keep his laws. Praise the Lord!
