Psalms 105
1 O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.
Give ye thanks to Yahweh, Call upon his Name, Make known, among the peoples, his doings;
2 Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.
Sing ye to him, Make ye music to him, Speak ye of all his wonders.
3 Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.
Make your boast in his holy Name, Joyful be the heart of them who are seeking Yahweh.
4 Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.
Search out Yahweh and his strength, Seek diligently his face at all times.
5 Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;
Remember his wonders which he hath done, His portents, and the just decisions of his mouth.
6 O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.
O ye Seed of Abraham—his servants, Sons of Jacob—his chosen ones:
7 He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth.
Yahweh himself, is our God, Through all the land, are his just decision.
8 He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;
He hath remembered, unto times age-abiding, his covenant, The word he commanded, to a thousand generations;
9 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac;
10 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;
And confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel, as a covenant age-abiding;
11 Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:
Saying, To thee, will I give the land of Canaan, As your inherited portion;
12 When they were still small in number, and strange in the land;
While as yet they were men easily counted, —A very few, and sojourners therein;
13 When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people.
And they wandered from nation to nation, From a kingdom, to another people.
14 He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,
He suffered no son of earth to oppress them, And reproved—for their sakes—[even] kings!
15 Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.
Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And, to my Prophets, may ye do no wrong.
16 And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread.
Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread, he brake;
17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price:
He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold—[even] Joseph;
18 His feet were fixed in chains; his neck was put in iron bands;
They forced, into a fetter, his foot, Into the iron, entered his soul;
19 Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord.
Until the time when his word came to pass, Speech of Yahweh, proved him;
20 The king sent men to take off his chains; even the ruler of the people, who let him go free.
The king sent, and set him free, One having dominion over peoples, yet loosed he his bonds;
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler over everything he had;
He appointed him lord to his household, And one having dominion over all he possessed;
22 To give his chiefs teaching at his pleasure, and so that his law-givers might get wisdom from him.
That he might bind his rulers as he pleased, And, his elders, he might embue with wisdom.
23 Then Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob was living in the land of Ham.
So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, sojourned in the land of Ham;
24 And his people were greatly increased, and became stronger than those who were against them.
And he made his people exceeding fruitful, —And caused them to become stronger than their adversaries.
25 Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them.
He let them turn their heart—To hate his people, To deal treacherously with his servants;
26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the man of his selection.
He sent Moses his servant, Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 He let his signs be seen among the people, and his wonders in the land of Ham.
He set among them his threatening signs, And his wonders, in the land of Ham;
28 He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word.
He sent darkness, and made it dark, But they rebelled against his words;
29 At his word their waters were turned to blood, and he sent death on all their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die;
30 Their land was full of frogs, even in the rooms of the king.
Their land swarmed with frogs, In the chambers of their kings!
31 He gave the word, and there came the dog-fly, and insects over all the land.
He spake, and there came in the gad-fly, Gnats, in all their bounds;
32 He gave them ice for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
He made their showers—hail, A fire flaming throughout their land;
33 He gave their vines and their fig-trees to destruction, and the trees of their land were broken down.
And he smote their vines, and their fig-trees, And brake in pieces the trees of their bounds;
34 At his word the locusts came, and young locusts more than might be numbered,
He spake—then came the swarming locust, —The devouring locust, and that without number;
35 And put an end to all the plants of their land, taking all the fruit of the earth for food.
And devoured all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 He put to death the first child of every family in the land, the first-fruits of their strength.
Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength;
37 He took his people out with silver and gold: there was not one feeble person among them.
Thus brought he them forth, with silver and gold, Nor was there, throughout his tribes, one that faltered;
38 Egypt was glad when they went; for the fear of them had come down on them.
Egypt rejoiced when they went out, For the dread of them had fallen upon them.
39 A cloud was stretched over them for a cover; and he sent fire to give light in the night.
He spread out a cloud as a covering, And fire, to give light by night,
40 At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.
They asked, and he brought in the quail, —And, with the bread of the heavens, he satisfied them;
41 His hand made the rock open, and the waters came streaming out; they went down through the dry places like a river.
He opened the rock, and there gushed forth waters, They flowed along, through parched places, as a river;
42 For he kept in mind his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
For he remembered his holy word, With Abraham his servant.
43 And he took his people out with joy, the men of his selection with glad cries:
Thus brought he forth his people with gladness, —With shouts of triumph, his chosen ones;
44 And gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the work of the peoples for a heritage;
And gave them, the lands of the nations, And, of the toil of the peoples, took they possession:
45 So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.
In order that they might observe his statutes, And, over his laws, might keep watch, Praise ye Yah.
