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