Psalms 105
1 Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name; make known his doings among the peoples.
2 Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; talk ye of all his marvelous works.
3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
4 Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
Seek ye 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 his marvelous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye 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: his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
9 Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:
[The covenant] which he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
10 And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
11 Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
12 When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and sojourners in it;
13 And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
And they went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
14 He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
He suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
15 Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
[Saying], Touch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.
16 And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
And he called for a famine upon the land; he brake the whole staff of bread.
17 He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:
18 They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
His feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in [chains of] iron:
19 Until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.
Until the time that his word came to pass; the word of the LORD 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 loosed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
21 He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
22 That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his senators wisdom.
23 And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies,
And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
He sent Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
They set among them his signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
30 Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.
Their land swarmed with frogs, in the chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
He spake, and there came swarms of 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] flaming fire in their land.
33 And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their borders.
34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.
He spake, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, and that without number,
35 And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
And did eat up every herb in their land, and did eat up the fruit of their ground.
36 And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief 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.
And he brought them forth with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among his tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.
Egypt was glad when they departed; for the fear of them had fallen upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
40 They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
42 Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
For he remembered his holy word, [and] Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
And he brought forth his people with joy, [and] his chosen with singing.
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; and they took the labour of the peoples in possession:
45 That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.
That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
