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 thanks to Yahweh, call on his name; make known his deeds among the nations.
2 Sing to him; praise him as you sing to him; tell others about his wonderful miracles.
Sing to him, sing praises to him; speak of all his marvelous deeds.
3 Be happy because [you know that] he [MTY] is holy! You people who worship Yahweh, rejoice!
Boast in his holy name; let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
4 Ask Yahweh to help you and give you his strength, and continue to ask him!
Seek Yahweh and his strength; seek his presence continually.
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].
Recall the marvelous things he has done, his miracles and the decrees from his mouth,
you descendants of Abraham his servant, you people of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He is Yahweh, our God. He rules and judges [people] throughout the earth.
He is Yahweh, our God. His decrees are on all the earth.
8 He never forgets the agreement that he made; he made a promise that will last for 1,000 generations;
He keeps in mind his covenant forever, the word that he commanded for a thousand generations.
9 that is the agreement that he made with Abraham, and he repeated that agreement with Isaac.
He calls to mind the covenant that he made with Abraham and his oath to Isaac.
10 [Later] he confirmed it [again] to Jacob as an agreement for the Israeli [people] that would last forever.
This is what he confirmed to Jacob as a statute and to Israel as an everlasting covenant.
11 What he said was, “I will give you the Canaan region; it will belong to you [and your descendants forever].”
He said, “I will give you the land of Canaan as your share of your inheritance.”
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 few in number, so very few, and were strangers in the land.
13 They continued to wander from one place to another, from one kingdom to another.
They went from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another.
14 But he did not allow others to oppress them. He warned those kings by saying to them,
He did not allow anyone to oppress them; he rebuked kings for their sakes.
15 “Do not do harm the [people] whom I have chosen! Do not harm my prophets!”
He said, “Do not touch my anointed ones, and do not harm my prophets.”
16 He sent a famine to Canaan, and [as a result all the people] had no food to eat.
He called for a famine on the land; he cut off the whole supply of bread.
17 So his people went to Egypt, but first he sent someone there. He sent Joseph, who had been sold to be a slave.
He sent a man ahead of them; Joseph was sold as a servant.
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.
His feet were bound by shackles; on his neck was put an iron collar,
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 what he had said came to pass. The word of Yahweh 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 servants to release him; the ruler 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 him in charge of his house as ruler of all his possessions
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 instruct his princes as he wished and to teach his elders wisdom.
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 came into Egypt, and Jacob lived for a time 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.
Yahweh made his people fruitful, and made them stronger 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 caused their enemies to hate his people, to mistreat his servants.
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 Moses, his servant, and 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 performed his 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 sent darkness and made that land dark, but its people did not obey his commands.
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 and killed their fish.
30 [Then he caused] the land to become full of frogs; the king and his officials even had frogs in their bedrooms.
Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms 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 spoke, and swarms of flies and gnats came throughout their country.
32 Instead of sending rain, Yahweh sent [terrible] hail, and lightning flashed throughout the land.
He turned their rain into hail, with fire flaming on their land.
33 The hail ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the [other] trees.
He destroyed their vines and fig trees; he broke the trees of their country.
34 He commanded locusts to come, and swarms of them came; [so many that] they could not be counted.
He spoke, and the locusts came, so many locusts.
35 The locusts ate every green plant in the land, ruining all the crops.
The locusts ate up all of the vegetation in their land; They ate up all the crops of the ground.
36 [Then] Yahweh killed the oldest son in every house [of the people of Egypt] [DOU].
He killed every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their 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.
He brought the Israelites out with silver and gold; none of his tribes stumbled on the way.
38 [The people of] Egypt were glad when the Israeli people left, because they had become very afraid of the Israelis.
Egypt was glad when they went away, for the Egyptians were afraid of them.
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 for a covering and made a fire to light up the night.
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].
The Israelites asked for food, and he brought quail and satisfied them with bread from heaven.
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, and waters gushed from it; they flowed in the wilderness like a river.
42 [He did that] because he kept thinking about the sacred promise [that he had given] to his servant, Abraham.
For he called to mind his holy promise that he made to Abraham his servant.
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.
He led his people out with joy, his chosen with shouts of triumph.
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 nations; they took possession of the wealth of the peoples
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!
so that they might keep his statutes and obey his laws. Praise Yahweh.
