Psalms 105
1 Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations.
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name: make known his deeds among the nations.
2 Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.
Sing to him, make music to him, tell of all his wondrous works.
3 Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
Make your boast in his holy name, be glad at heart, you who seek the Lord.
4 Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always.
Seek after the Lord and his strength, seek his face evermore.
5 Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:
Remember the wonders he did, his portents, the judgments he uttered,
6 you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect.
you who are offspring of Abraham, his servant, the children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth.
He is the Lord our God: in all the earth are his judgments.
8 He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations,
He remembers forever his covenant, his promise for a thousand generations
9 which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac.
The covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac,
10 And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament,
and confirmed as a statute to Jacob, a pact everlasting to Israel
11 saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance.
to give them the land of Canaan as the lot which they should inherit.
12 Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there,
And when they were very few, few and but pilgrims therein,
13 and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people,
wandering from nation to nation, journeying from people to people,
14 he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.
he allowed no one to oppress them, even punishing kings for their sakes.
15 Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets.
He forbade them to touch his anointed, or do any hurt to his prophets.
16 And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread.
When he called down famine on the land, and cut off the bread which sustained them,
17 He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
he sent before them a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,
His feet were galled with fetters, he was laid in chains of iron,
19 until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him.
till the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord that had tried him.
20 The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him.
The king sent and freed him, the ruler of nations released him.
21 He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions,
He made him lord of his household, and ruler of all his possessions,
22 so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence.
to admonish his princes at will and instruct his elders in wisdom.
23 And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.
Thus Israel came into Egypt, Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.
His people he made very fruitful, and mightier than their foes.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
He inspired them to hate his people, and to deal with his servants craftily.
26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose.
He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen,
27 He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham.
portents he wrought in Egypt, and signs in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness and made it conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech.
Darkness he sent, and it fell: yet they gave no heed to his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, thus causing their fish to die.
30 Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings.
Their land was alive with frogs, swarming even in the royal chambers.
31 He spoke, and there came forth common flies and gnats, in every region.
At his command came flies, and lice in all their borders.
32 He gave them a shower of hail and a burning fire, in the same land.
He gave them hail for rain and fire that flashed through the land,
33 And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and he crushed the trees of their region.
smiting their vines and figs, breaking the trees of their border.
34 He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number.
At his command came locusts, young locusts beyond all counting,
35 And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land.
which ate every herb in the land, ate up, too, the fruit of their ground.
36 And he struck all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their labor.
He struck down in their land all the firstborn, the firstlings of all their strength
37 And he led them out with silver and gold, and there was not an infirm one among their tribes.
Then forth he led Israel with silver and gold, and among his tribes no one was weary.
38 Egypt was joyful at their departure, for the fear of them lay heavy upon them.
Egypt was glad when they left, for terror had fallen upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for their protection, and a fire, to give them light through the night.
He spread out a cloud to screen them, and fire to give light in the night.
40 They petitioned, and the quail came; and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
He sent quails at their entreaty, and heavenly bread in abundance.
41 He ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: rivers gushed in the dry land.
He opened the rock; waters gushed: in the desert they ran like a river.
42 For he had called to mind his holy word, which he kept near to his servant Abraham.
For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant.
43 And he led forth his people in exultation, and his elect in rejoicing.
So he led out his people with joy, his elect with a ringing cry.
44 And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, and they possessed the labors of the peoples,
And he gave them the lands of the nations, the fruit of their toil for possession,
45 so that they might observe his justifications, and inquire about his law.
that so they might keep his statutes, and be of his laws observant. Hallelujah.
