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 his doings known amongst the peoples.
2 Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvellous works.
3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4 Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
5 Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
Remember his marvellous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgements of his mouth,
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you 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 judgements are in all the earth.
8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
He has remembered his covenant forever, 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, his oath to Isaac,
10 And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
and confirmed it to 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, “To you I will 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, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
13 And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
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 allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
15 Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
16 And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
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 slave.
18 They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
19 Until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.
until the time that his word happened, and the LORD’s word proved him true.
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, 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 of his possessions,
22 That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
23 And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies,
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 conspire against 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 performed miracles amongst them, 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. They didn’t rebel against his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
30 Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.
Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
31 He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
He spoke, and swarms of flies came, 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, with lightning in their land.
33 And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.
He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number.
35 And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
37 And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person amongst 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 on 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, 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 the sky.
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 as a river in the dry places.
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.
He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.
44 And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:
He gave them the lands of the nations. 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 the LORD!
