Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to Yahweh, and tell others that he is very great! Tell everyone in the world what he has done!
Give the Lord thanks, worship his wonderful nature, let people know what he's done!
2 Sing to him; praise him as you sing to him; tell others about his wonderful miracles.
Sing to him, sing his praises; tell everyone the great things he's done!
3 Be happy because [you know that] he [MTY] is holy! You people who worship Yahweh, rejoice!
Be proud of his holy character; be happy, all who come to the Lord!
4 Ask Yahweh to help you and give you his strength, and continue to ask him!
Look for the Lord, and his strength; always look to be in his presence.
5 You people who are descendants of God’s servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, the man God chose, think about [all] the wonderful things that he has done: He performed miracles, and he punished [all our enemies].
Remember all the wonderful things he's done, the miracles he's performed, and the judgments he's carried out,
descendants of Abraham, children of Israel, his chosen people.
7 He is Yahweh, our God. He rules and judges [people] throughout the earth.
He is the Lord, our God, his judgments cover the whole earth.
8 He never forgets the agreement that he made; he made a promise that will last for 1,000 generations;
He remembers his agreement forever, the promise he made lasts for a thousand generations;
9 that is the agreement that he made with Abraham, and he repeated that agreement with Isaac.
the agreement he made with Abraham, the vow he gave to Isaac.
10 [Later] he confirmed it [again] to Jacob as an agreement for the Israeli [people] that would last forever.
The Lord legally confirmed it with Jacob, he made this binding agreement with Israel:
11 What he said was, “I will give you the Canaan region; it will belong to you [and your descendants forever].”
saying to you, “I will give the land of Canaan for you to possess.”
12 [He said that to them] when there were only a few of them, a tiny group of people who were living in that land like strangers.
He said this when they were only a few, just a small group of foreigners in the land.
13 They continued to wander from one place to another, from one kingdom to another.
They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to the next.
14 But he did not allow others to oppress them. He warned those kings by saying to them,
He didn't let anyone one treat them badly; warning kings to leave them alone:
15 “Do not do harm the [people] whom I have chosen! Do not harm my prophets!”
“Don't touch my chosen people; don't harm my prophets!”
16 He sent a famine to Canaan, and [as a result all the people] had no food to eat.
He caused a famine in the Land of Canaan so that there was no food.
17 So his people went to Egypt, but first he sent someone there. He sent Joseph, who had been sold to be a slave.
Before that he sent a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 [Later, while Joseph was in prison in Egypt], they put his legs in shackles that bruised his feet, and they put an iron collar around his neck.
They hurt his feet by placing them in shackles, and they put an iron collar around his neck,
19 There, Yahweh (refined Joseph’s character/tested Joseph to see if Joseph would continue to trust him), until what Joseph predicted would happen (came true/happened).
until the time predicted came when the Lord tested him.
20 The king [of Egypt] summoned him, and he set Joseph free; this ruler of many people-groups released Joseph [from prison].
The king sent for him and released him; the king of the people set him free.
21 [Then] he appointed him to take care of everything in the king’s household, to take care of everything that the king possessed.
He put Joseph in charge of the royal household, manager of everything he had,
22 (Joseph was permitted/He permitted Joseph) to command the king’s servants to do anything that Joseph wanted them to do, and [even] to tell the king’s advisors the things that they should do [for the people of Egypt].
to teach the king's officials whatever he wanted, to make the king's advisors wise.
23 Later, [Joseph’s father] Jacob arrived in Egypt. He lived like a foreigner in the land that belonged to the descendants of Ham.
Then Israel entered Egypt—Jacob settled as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
24 And [years later] Yahweh caused the descendants of Jacob to become very numerous. [As a result], their enemies, [the Egyptians], considered that the Israelis were too strong.
The Lord made his people more fertile and more powerful than their enemies.
25 [So] Yahweh caused the rulers of Egypt to (turn against/hate) the Israeli people, and they planned ways to get rid of his people.
He made the Egyptians change their minds and hate his people and act deceptively towards them.
26 [But then] Yahweh sent his servant Moses along with [Moses’ older brother] Aaron, whom Yahweh had [also] chosen [to be his servant].
He sent his servant Moses, together with Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 Those two performed amazing miracles among the people of Egypt, in that land where the descendants of Ham lived.
They carried out his miraculous signs among the Egyptians, his wonders in the land of Ham.
28 Yahweh sent darkness, so that the people of Egypt could not see anything [DOU], but the rulers of Egypt refused [RHQ] to obey when [Moses and Aaron] commanded [them to let the Israeli people leave Egypt].
He plunged the country into darkness—for hadn't they defied what the Lord had said?
29 Yahweh caused [all] the water in Egypt to become (blood/[red like] blood), and [his doing that] caused all the fish to die.
He turned their water into blood, killing all the fish.
30 [Then he caused] the land to become full of frogs; the king and his officials even had frogs in their bedrooms.
Then he sent a plague of frogs across the land that even entered the bedrooms of their rulers.
31 [Then] Yahweh commanded that flies come, and swarms of them descended [on the people of Egypt], and gnats [also] swarmed across the whole country.
He gave the command, and flies spread throughout their land; mosquitoes were everywhere.
32 Instead of sending rain, Yahweh sent [terrible] hail, and lightning flashed throughout the land.
He rained down hail on them, and lightning flashed across their land.
33 The hail ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the [other] trees.
He struck down their grape vines, and tore down their trees.
34 He commanded locusts to come, and swarms of them came; [so many that] they could not be counted.
He gave the command, and swarms of locusts came—countless locusts:
35 The locusts ate every green plant in the land, ruining all the crops.
they ate up all the vegetation in their land; they consumed all the growing crops.
36 [Then] Yahweh killed the oldest son in every house [of the people of Egypt] [DOU].
He killed all the firstborn in Egypt, the first to be produced in their vigor and strength.
37 Then he brought the Israeli [people] out [from Egypt]; they were carrying loads of [jewelry made of] silver and gold [that the women of Egypt had given to them]. No one was left behind because of being sick.
Then he led his people out of Egypt, carrying silver and gold—not one among the tribes was stumbling along.
38 [The people of] Egypt were glad when the Israeli people left, because they had become very afraid of the Israelis.
The Egyptians were delighted to see them go, for they were frightened of the Israelites.
39 [Then] Yahweh spread a cloud to cover the Israelis; and [at night it became] a big fire [in the sky] to give them light.
He spread a cloud above them as a covering, and at night a fire to give them light.
40 [Later] the Israelis asked for [meat to eat], and Yahweh sent [flocks of] quail to them, and he gave them plenty of manna [food] from the sky [each morning].
He gave them quails to eat when they asked him; he fed them with the bread of heaven until they were full.
41 [One day] he caused a rock to open up and water poured out [for them to drink]; it was like a river flowing in that desert.
He split the rock open, and water gushed out—a river flowing through the desert.
42 [He did that] because he kept thinking about the sacred promise [that he had given] to his servant, Abraham.
For he remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.
43 So his people were joyful as he brought them out from Egypt; those people whom he had chosen were shouting joyfully as they went.
So he led his people out, his chosen ones, as they sang for joy.
44 He gave to them the land that belonged to the people-groups [that lived there in Canaan], and the Israelis harvested crops that [other] people had planted.
He gave them the lands of the heathen nations, and they inherited what other people had worked for.
45 [Yahweh did all these things] in order that his people would do all the things that he had commanded them to do [DOU]. Praise Yahweh!
The Lord did this so they could follow his instructions and keep his laws. Praise the Lord!
