Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
O give thanks unto the LORD; Call upon his name; Make known his deeds among the people!
2 Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
Sing unto him; sing psalms unto him; Tell ye of all his wondrous works!
3 Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
Glory ye in his holy name; Let the hearts of them that seek the LORD rejoice!
4 Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
Seek the LORD, and his majesty; Seek his face continually!
5 Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
Remember the wonders he hath wrought, His miracles and the judgments of his mouth,
6 you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
Ye offspring of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob his chosen!
7 He is the LORD, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
Jehovah, he is our God, His judgments are over all the earth.
8 He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
He remembereth his covenant for ever, And the promise to a thousand generations;
9 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
The covenant which he made with Abraham, And the oath which he gave to Isaac;
10 and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
Which he confirmed to Jacob for a decree, And to Israel for an everlasting covenant.
11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,”
“To thee,” said he, “will I give the land of Canaan For the lot of your inheritance.”
12 when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
When they were yet few in number, Very few, and strangers in the land;
13 They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
When they went from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people,
14 He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
He suffered no man to oppress them; Yea, he rebuked kings for their sakes.
15 “Do not touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
“Touch not,” said he, “mine anointed, And do my prophets no harm!”
16 He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
Again, when he commanded a famine in the land, And broke the whole staff of bread,
17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold as a slave.
18 They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
His feet they hurt with fetters; He was bound in chains of iron;
19 until the time that his word happened, and the LORD’s word proved him true.
Until his prediction came to pass, And the word of the LORD proved him.
20 The king sent and freed him, even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
Then the king sent, and loosed him; The ruler of nations, and set him free;
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions,
He made him governor of his house, And lord of all his possessions;
22 to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his counsellors wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
Israel also came into Egypt, And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham;
24 He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
Where God increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
He turned their hearts to hate his people, And form devices against his servants.
26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
Then sent he Moses his servant, And Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
They showed his signs among them, And his wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark. They did not rebel against his words.
He sent darkness upon them, and made it dark; And they did not disobey his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, And caused their fish to die.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, Even in the chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
He spake, and there came flies, And lice in all their coasts.
32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
Instead of rain he gave them hail, And flaming fire in their land.
33 He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
He smote also their vines and fig-trees, And broke the trees of their coasts.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number.
He spake, and the locusts came. Destructive locusts without number,
35 They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
Which ate up all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruits of their fields.
36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
Then he smote all the first-born in their land, The first-fruits of all their strength.
37 He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
He led forth his people with silver and gold; Nor was there one feeble person in all their tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.
Egypt was glad when they departed, For their terror had fallen upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
He spread out a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light by night.
40 They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed forth, And ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
For he remembered his holy promise, Which he had made to Abraham his servant;
43 He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.
And he led forth his people with joy, And his chosen with gladness.
44 He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
He gave to them the lands of the nations, And they inherited the labor of the peoples;
45 that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise the LORD!
That they might observe his statutes, And obey his laws. Praise ye the LORD!
