Psalms 105
1 Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations.
Give thanks to Yahweh, and tell others that he is very great! Tell everyone in the world what he has done!
2 Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.
Sing to him; praise him as you sing to him; tell others about his wonderful miracles.
3 Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
Be happy because [you know that] he [MTY] is holy! You people who worship Yahweh, rejoice!
4 Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always.
Ask Yahweh to help you and give you his strength, and continue to ask him!
5 Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:
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].
6 you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect.
7 He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth.
He is Yahweh, our God. He rules and judges [people] throughout the earth.
8 He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations,
He never forgets the agreement that he made; he made a promise that will last for 1,000 generations;
9 which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac.
that is the agreement that he made with Abraham, and he repeated that agreement with Isaac.
10 And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament,
[Later] he confirmed it [again] to Jacob as an agreement for the Israeli [people] that would last forever.
11 saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance.
What he said was, “I will give you the Canaan region; it will belong to you [and your descendants forever].”
12 Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there,
[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.
13 and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people,
They continued to wander from one place to another, from one kingdom to another.
14 he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.
But he did not allow others to oppress them. He warned those kings by saying to them,
15 Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets.
“Do not do harm the [people] whom I have chosen! Do not harm my prophets!”
16 And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread.
He sent a famine to Canaan, and [as a result all the people] had no food to eat.
17 He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
So his people went to Egypt, but first he sent someone there. He sent Joseph, who had been sold to be a slave.
18 They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,
[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.
19 until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him.
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).
20 The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him.
The king [of Egypt] summoned him, and he set Joseph free; this ruler of many people-groups released Joseph [from prison].
21 He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions,
[Then] he appointed him to take care of everything in the king’s household, to take care of everything that the king possessed.
22 so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence.
(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].
23 And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.
Later, [Joseph’s father] Jacob arrived in Egypt. He lived like a foreigner in the land that belonged to the descendants of Ham.
24 And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.
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.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
[So] Yahweh caused the rulers of Egypt to (turn against/hate) the Israeli people, and they planned ways to get rid of his people.
26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose.
[But then] Yahweh sent his servant Moses along with [Moses’ older brother] Aaron, whom Yahweh had [also] chosen [to be his servant].
27 He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham.
Those two performed amazing miracles among the people of Egypt, in that land where the descendants of Ham lived.
28 He sent darkness and made it conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech.
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].
29 He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish.
Yahweh caused [all] the water in Egypt to become (blood/[red like] blood), and [his doing that] caused all the fish to die.
30 Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings.
[Then he caused] the land to become full of frogs; the king and his officials even had frogs in their bedrooms.
31 He spoke, and there came forth common flies and gnats, in every region.
[Then] Yahweh commanded that flies come, and swarms of them descended [on the people of Egypt], and gnats [also] swarmed across the whole country.
32 He gave them a shower of hail and a burning fire, in the same land.
Instead of sending rain, Yahweh sent [terrible] hail, and lightning flashed throughout the land.
33 And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and he crushed the trees of their region.
The hail ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the [other] trees.
34 He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number.
He commanded locusts to come, and swarms of them came; [so many that] they could not be counted.
35 And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land.
The locusts ate every green plant in the land, ruining all the crops.
36 And he struck all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their labor.
[Then] Yahweh killed the oldest son in every house [of the people of Egypt] [DOU].
37 And he led them out with silver and gold, and there was not an infirm one among their tribes.
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.
38 Egypt was joyful at their departure, for the fear of them lay heavy upon them.
[The people of] Egypt were glad when the Israeli people left, because they had become very afraid of the Israelis.
39 He spread a cloud for their protection, and a fire, to give them light through the night.
[Then] Yahweh spread a cloud to cover the Israelis; and [at night it became] a big fire [in the sky] to give them light.
40 They petitioned, and the quail came; and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
[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].
41 He ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: rivers gushed in the dry land.
[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.
42 For he had called to mind his holy word, which he kept near to his servant Abraham.
[He did that] because he kept thinking about the sacred promise [that he had given] to his servant, Abraham.
43 And he led forth his people in exultation, and his elect in rejoicing.
So his people were joyful as he brought them out from Egypt; those people whom he had chosen were shouting joyfully as they went.
44 And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, and they possessed the labors of the peoples,
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.
45 so that they might observe his justifications, and inquire about his law.
[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!
