Psalms 105
1 Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations.
Give ye thanks to Yahweh, Call upon his Name, Make known, among the peoples, his doings;
2 Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.
Sing ye to him, Make ye music to him, Speak ye of all his wonders.
3 Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
Make your boast in his holy Name, Joyful be the heart of them who are seeking Yahweh.
4 Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always.
Search out Yahweh and his strength, Seek diligently his face at all times.
5 Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:
Remember his wonders which he hath done, His portents, and the just decisions of his mouth.
6 you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect.
O ye Seed of Abraham—his servants, Sons of Jacob—his chosen ones:
7 He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth.
Yahweh himself, is our God, Through all the land, are his just decision.
8 He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations,
He hath remembered, unto times age-abiding, his covenant, The word he commanded, to a thousand generations;
9 which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac.
Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac;
10 And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament,
And confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel, as a covenant age-abiding;
11 saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance.
Saying, To thee, will I give the land of Canaan, As your inherited portion;
12 Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there,
While as yet they were men easily counted, —A very few, and sojourners therein;
13 and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people,
And they wandered from nation to nation, From a kingdom, to another people.
14 he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.
He suffered no son of earth to oppress them, And reproved—for their sakes—[even] kings!
15 Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets.
Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And, to my Prophets, may ye do no wrong.
16 And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread.
Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread, he brake;
17 He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold—[even] Joseph;
18 They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,
They forced, into a fetter, his foot, Into the iron, entered his soul;
19 until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him.
Until the time when his word came to pass, Speech of Yahweh, proved him;
20 The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him.
The king sent, and set him free, One having dominion over peoples, yet loosed he his bonds;
21 He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions,
He appointed him lord to his household, And one having dominion over all he possessed;
22 so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence.
That he might bind his rulers as he pleased, And, his elders, he might embue with wisdom.
23 And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.
So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, sojourned in the land of Ham;
24 And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.
And he made his people exceeding fruitful, —And caused them to become stronger than their adversaries.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
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 one whom he chose.
He sent Moses his servant, Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham.
He set among them his threatening signs, And his wonders, in the land of Ham;
28 He sent darkness and made it conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech.
He sent darkness, and made it dark, But they rebelled against his words;
29 He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die;
30 Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings.
Their land swarmed with frogs, In the chambers of their kings!
31 He spoke, and there came forth common flies and gnats, in every region.
He spake, and there came in the gad-fly, Gnats, in all their bounds;
32 He gave them a shower of hail and a burning fire, in the same land.
He made their showers—hail, A fire flaming throughout their land;
33 And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and he crushed the trees of their region.
And he smote their vines, and their fig-trees, And brake in pieces the trees of their bounds;
34 He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number.
He spake—then came the swarming locust, —The devouring locust, and that without number;
35 And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land.
And devoured all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 And he struck all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their labor.
Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength;
37 And he led them out with silver and gold, and there was not an infirm one among their tribes.
Thus brought he them forth, with silver and gold, Nor was there, throughout his tribes, one that faltered;
38 Egypt was joyful at their departure, for the fear of them lay heavy upon them.
Egypt rejoiced when they went out, For the dread of them 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 as a covering, And fire, to give light by night,
40 They petitioned, and the quail came; and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
They asked, and he brought in the quail, —And, with the bread of the heavens, he satisfied them;
41 He ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: rivers gushed in the dry land.
He opened the rock, and there gushed forth waters, They flowed along, through parched places, as 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 word, With Abraham his servant.
43 And he led forth his people in exultation, and his elect in rejoicing.
Thus brought he forth his people with gladness, —With shouts of triumph, his chosen ones;
44 And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, and they possessed the labors of the peoples,
And gave them, the lands of the nations, And, of the toil of the peoples, took they possession:
45 so that they might observe his justifications, and inquire about his law.
In order that they might observe his statutes, And, over his laws, might keep watch, Praise ye Yah.
