Psalms 105
1 Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name: make known his deeds among the nations.
2 Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate 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 the Lord.
Make your boast in his holy name, be glad at heart, you who seek the Lord.
4 Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
Seek after the Lord and his strength, seek his face evermore.
5 Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
Remember the wonders he did, his portents, the judgments he uttered,
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
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 in all the earth.
He is the Lord our God: in all the earth are his judgments.
8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
He remembers forever his covenant, his promise for a thousand generations
9 Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:
The covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac,
10 And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
and confirmed as a statute to Jacob, a pact everlasting to Israel
11 Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
to give them the land of Canaan as the lot which they should inherit.
12 When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
And when they were very few, few and but pilgrims therein,
13 And 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 suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
he allowed no one to oppress them, even punishing kings for their sakes.
15 Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to 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 broke in pieces all the support 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, who was sold for a slave.
he sent before them a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
His feet were galled with fetters, he was laid in chains of iron,
19 Until his word came. The word 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 he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
The king sent and freed him, the ruler of nations released him.
21 He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
He made him lord of his household, and ruler of all his possessions,
22 That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
to admonish his princes at will and instruct his elders in wisdom.
23 And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
Thus Israel came into Egypt, Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people exceedingly: and 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: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen,
27 He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
portents he wrought in Egypt, and signs in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.
Darkness he sent, and it fell: yet they gave no heed to his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, thus causing their fish to die.
30 Their land brought forth frogs, 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 divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
At his command came flies, and lice in all their borders.
32 He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.
He gave them hail for rain and fire that flashed through the land,
33 And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
smiting their vines and figs, breaking the trees of their border.
34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.
At his command came locusts, young locusts beyond all counting,
35 And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
which ate every herb in the land, ate up, too, the fruit of their ground.
36 And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
He struck down in their land all the firstborn, the firstlings of all their strength
37 And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
Then forth he led Israel with silver and gold, and among his tribes no one was weary.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.
Egypt was glad when they left, for terror had fallen upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
He spread out a cloud to screen them, and fire to give light in the night.
40 They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
He sent quails at their entreaty, and heavenly bread in abundance.
41 He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
He opened the rock; waters gushed: in the desert they ran like a river.
42 Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
So he led out his people with joy, his elect with a ringing cry.
44 And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:
And he gave them the lands of the nations, the fruit of their toil for possession,
45 That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.
that so they might keep his statutes, and be of his laws observant. Hallelujah.
