Psalms 105
1 Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; make known his acts among the peoples.
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name: make known his deeds among the nations.
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; meditate upon all his wondrous works.
Sing to him, make music to him, tell of all his wondrous works.
3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.
Make your boast in his holy name, be glad at heart, you who seek the Lord.
4 Seek Jehovah and his strength, seek his face continually;
Seek after the Lord and his strength, seek his face evermore.
5 Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth:
Remember the wonders he did, his portents, the judgments he uttered,
6 Ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
you who are offspring of Abraham, his servant, the children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He, Jehovah, is our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
He is the Lord our God: in all the earth are his judgments.
8 He is ever mindful of his covenant, — the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, —
He remembers forever his covenant, his promise for a thousand generations
9 Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
The covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac,
10 And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, unto Israel for an everlasting covenant,
and confirmed as a statute to Jacob, a pact everlasting to Israel
11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
to give them the land of Canaan as the lot which they should inherit.
12 When they were a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it.
And when they were very few, few and but pilgrims therein,
13 And they went from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
wandering from nation to nation, journeying from people to people,
14 He suffered no man to oppress them, and reproved kings for their sakes,
he allowed no one to oppress them, even punishing kings for their sakes.
15 [Saying, ] Touch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.
He forbade them to touch his anointed, or do any hurt to his prophets.
16 And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of 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 was sold for a bondman.
he sent before them a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 They afflicted his feet with fetters; his soul came into irons;
His feet were galled with fetters, he was laid in chains of iron,
19 Until the time when what he said came about: the word of Jehovah tried him.
till the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord that had tried him.
20 The king sent and loosed him — the ruler of peoples — and let him go free.
The king sent and freed him, the ruler of nations released him.
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler over all his possessions:
He made him lord of his household, and ruler of all his possessions,
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.
to admonish his princes at will and instruct his elders in wisdom.
23 And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Thus Israel came into Egypt, Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors.
His people he made very fruitful, and mightier than their foes.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly 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 whom he had chosen:
He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen,
27 They set his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.
portents he wrought in Egypt, and signs in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
Darkness he sent, and it fell: yet they gave no heed to his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and caused their fish to die.
He turned their waters into blood, thus causing their fish to die.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs, — in the chambers of their kings.
Their land was alive with frogs, swarming even in the royal chambers.
31 He spoke, and there came dog-flies, [and] gnats in all their borders.
At his command came flies, and lice in all their borders.
32 He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land;
He gave them hail for rain and fire that flashed through the land,
33 And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees of their borders.
smiting their vines and figs, breaking the trees of their border.
34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, even without number;
At his command came locusts, young locusts beyond all counting,
35 And they devoured every herb in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
which ate every herb in the land, ate up, too, the fruit of their ground.
36 And he smote every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigour.
He struck down in their land all the firstborn, the firstlings of all their strength
37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble among their tribes.
Then forth he led Israel with silver and gold, and among his tribes no one was weary.
38 Egypt rejoiced at their departure; for the fear of them had fallen upon them.
Egypt was glad when they left, for terror had fallen upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
He spread out a cloud to screen them, and fire to give light in the night.
40 They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
He sent quails at their entreaty, and heavenly bread in abundance.
41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
He opened the rock; waters gushed: in the desert they ran like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy word, [and] Abraham his servant;
For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with gladness, his chosen with rejoicing;
So he led out his people with joy, his elect with a ringing cry.
44 And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:
And he gave them the lands of the nations, the fruit of their toil for possession,
45 That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah!
that so they might keep his statutes, and be of his laws observant. Hallelujah.
