< Psalms 105 >
1 Praise the Lord, and call vpon his Name: declare his workes among the people.
Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; make known his acts among the peoples.
2 Sing vnto him, sing prayse vnto him, and talke of all his wonderous workes.
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; meditate upon all his wondrous works.
3 Reioyce in his holy Name: let the heart of them that seeke the Lord, reioyce.
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.
4 Seeke the Lord and his strength: seeke his face continually.
Seek Jehovah and his strength, seek his face continually;
5 Remember his marueilous woorkes, that he hath done, his wonders and the iudgements of his mouth,
Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth:
6 Ye seede of Abraham his seruant, ye children of Iaakob, which are his elect.
Ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He is the Lord our God: his iudgements are through all the earth.
He, Jehovah, is our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He hath alway remembred his couenant and promise, that he made to a thousand generations,
He is ever mindful of his covenant, — the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, —
9 Euen that which he made with Abraham, and his othe vnto Izhak:
Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
10 And since hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,
And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, unto Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11 Saying, Vnto thee will I giue the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
12 Albeit they were fewe in nomber, yea, very fewe, and strangers in the land,
When they were a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it.
13 And walked about from nation to nation, from one kingdome to another people,
And they went from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
14 Yet suffered he no man to doe them wrong, but reprooued Kings for their sakes, saying,
He suffered no man to oppress them, and reproved kings for their sakes,
15 Touche not mine anointed, and doe my Prophets no harme.
[Saying, ] Touch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.
16 Moreouer, he called a famine vpon ye land, and vtterly brake the staffe of bread.
And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.
17 But he sent a man before them: Ioseph was solde for a slaue.
He sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a bondman.
18 They helde his feete in the stockes, and he was laide in yrons,
They afflicted his feet with fetters; his soul came into irons;
19 Vntill his appointed time came, and the counsell of the Lord had tryed him.
Until the time when what he said came about: the word of Jehovah tried him.
20 The King sent and loosed him: euen the Ruler of the people deliuered him.
The king sent and loosed him — the ruler of peoples — and let him go free.
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance,
He made him lord of his house, and ruler over all his possessions:
22 That he shoulde binde his princes vnto his will, and teach his Ancients wisedome.
To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.
23 Then Israel came to Egypt, and Iaakob was a stranger in the land of Ham.
And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people exceedingly, and made them stronger then their oppressours.
And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deale craftily with his seruants.
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
26 Then sent he Moses his seruant, and Aaron whom he had chosen.
He sent Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he had chosen:
27 They shewed among them the message of his signes, and wonders in the land of Ham.
They set his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkenesse, and made it darke: and they were not disobedient vnto his commission.
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slewe their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, and caused their fish to die.
30 Their land brought foorth frogs, euen in their Kings chambers.
Their land swarmed with frogs, — in the chambers of their kings.
31 He spake, and there came swarmes of flies and lice in all their quarters.
He spoke, and there came dog-flies, [and] gnats in all their borders.
32 He gaue them haile for raine, and flames of fire in their land.
He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land;
33 He smote their vines also and their figge trees, and brake downe the trees in their coastes.
And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees of their borders.
34 He spake, and the grashoppers came, and caterpillers innumerable,
He spoke, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, even without number;
35 And did eate vp all the grasse in their land, and deuoured the fruite of their ground.
And they devoured every herb in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 He smote also all the first borne in their land, euen the beginning of all their strength.
And he smote every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigour.
37 He brought them forth also with siluer and golde, and there was none feeble among their tribes.
And he brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble among their tribes.
38 Egypt was glad at their departing: for the feare of them had fallen vpon them.
Egypt rejoiced at their departure; for the fear of them had fallen upon them.
39 He spred a cloude to be a couering, and fire to giue light in the night.
He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
40 They asked, and he brought quailes, and he filled them with the bread of heauen.
They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rocke, and the waters flowed out, and ranne in the drye places like a riuer.
He opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
42 For he remembred his holy promise to Abraham his seruant,
For he remembered his holy word, [and] Abraham his servant;
43 And he brought forth his people with ioy, and his chosen with gladnesse,
And he brought forth his people with gladness, his chosen with rejoicing;
44 And gaue them the lands of the heathen, and they tooke the labours of the people in possession,
And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:
45 That they might keepe his statutes, and obserue his Lawes. Prayse ye the Lord.
That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah!