Psalms 105

1 Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; make known his acts among the peoples.

Give ye thanks to Yahweh, Call upon his Name, Make known, among the peoples, his doings;

2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; meditate upon all his wondrous works.

Sing ye to him, Make ye music to him, Speak ye of all his wonders.

3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.

Make your boast in his holy Name, Joyful be the heart of them who are seeking Yahweh.

4 Seek Jehovah and his strength, seek his face continually;

Search out Yahweh and his strength, Seek diligently his face at all times.

5 Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth:

Remember his wonders which he hath done, His portents, and the just decisions of his mouth.

6 Ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

O ye Seed of Abraham—his servants, Sons of Jacob—his chosen ones:

7 He, Jehovah, is our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

Yahweh himself, is our God, Through all the land, are his just decision.

8 He is ever mindful of his covenant, — the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, —

He hath remembered, unto times age-abiding, his covenant, The word he commanded, to a thousand generations;

9 Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac;

10 And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, unto Israel for an everlasting covenant,

And confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel, as a covenant age-abiding;

11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;

Saying, To thee, will I give the land of Canaan, As your inherited portion;

12 When they were a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it.

While as yet they were men easily counted, —A very few, and sojourners therein;

13 And they went from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

And they wandered from nation to nation, From a kingdom, to another people.

14 He suffered no man to oppress them, and reproved kings for their sakes,

He suffered no son of earth to oppress them, And reproved—for their sakes—[even] kings!

15 [Saying, ] Touch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.

Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And, to my Prophets, may ye do no wrong.

16 And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.

Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread, he brake;

17 He sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a bondman.

He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold—[even] Joseph;

18 They afflicted his feet with fetters; his soul came into irons;

They forced, into a fetter, his foot, Into the iron, entered his soul;

19 Until the time when what he said came about: the word of Jehovah tried him.

Until the time when his word came to pass, Speech of Yahweh, proved him;

20 The king sent and loosed him — the ruler of peoples — and 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 all his possessions:

He appointed him lord to his household, And one having dominion over all he possessed;

22 To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.

That he might bind his rulers as he pleased, And, his elders, he might embue with wisdom.

23 And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, sojourned in the land of Ham;

24 And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors.

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, to deal subtilly 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 whom he had chosen:

He sent Moses his servant, Aaron, whom he had chosen.

27 They set his signs among them, and miracles 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 dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

He sent darkness, and made it dark, But they rebelled against his words;

29 He turned their waters into blood, and caused their fish to die.

He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die;

30 Their land swarmed with frogs, — in the chambers of their kings.

Their land swarmed with frogs, In the chambers of their kings!

31 He spoke, and there came dog-flies, [and] gnats in all their borders.

He spake, and there came in the gad-fly, Gnats, in all their bounds;

32 He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land;

He made their showers—hail, A fire flaming throughout their land;

33 And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees of their borders.

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, and the cankerworm, even without number;

He spake—then came the swarming locust, —The devouring locust, and that without number;

35 And they devoured every herb in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.

And devoured all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.

36 And he smote every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigour.

Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength;

37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble among their tribes.

Thus brought he them forth, with silver and gold, Nor was there, throughout his tribes, one that faltered;

38 Egypt rejoiced at their departure; for the fear of them had fallen upon them.

Egypt rejoiced when they went out, For the dread of them 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 as a covering, And fire, to give light by night,

40 They asked, and he brought quails, and 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 opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in 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 remembered his holy word, [and] Abraham his servant;

For he remembered his holy word, With Abraham his servant.

43 And he brought forth his people with gladness, his chosen with rejoicing;

Thus brought he forth his people with gladness, —With shouts of triumph, his chosen ones;

44 And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:

And gave them, the lands of the nations, And, of the toil of the peoples, took they possession:

45 That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah!

In order that they might observe his statutes, And, over his laws, might keep watch, Praise ye Yah.