Psalms 105
1 O give thanks to the LORD; call on his name: make known his deeds among the people.
Give the Lord thanks, worship his wonderful nature, let people know what he's done!
2 Sing to him, sing psalms to him: talk you of all his wondrous works.
Sing to him, sing his praises; tell everyone the great things he's done!
3 Glory you in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
Be proud of his holy character; be happy, all who come to the Lord!
4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face ever more.
Look for the Lord, and his strength; always look to be in his presence.
5 Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
Remember all the wonderful things he's done, the miracles he's performed, and the judgments he's carried out,
6 O you seed of Abraham his servant, you children of Jacob his chosen.
descendants of Abraham, children of Israel, his chosen people.
7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
He is the Lord, our God, his judgments cover the whole earth.
8 He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
He remembers his agreement forever, the promise he made lasts for a thousand generations;
9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
the agreement he made with Abraham, the vow he gave to Isaac.
10 And confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
The Lord legally confirmed it with Jacob, he made this binding agreement with Israel:
11 Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
saying to you, “I will give the land of Canaan for you to possess.”
12 When they were but a few men in number; yes, very few, and strangers in it.
He said this when they were only a few, just a small group of foreigners in the land.
13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to the next.
14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yes, he reproved kings for their sakes;
He didn't let anyone one treat them badly; warning kings to leave them alone:
15 Saying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
“Don't touch my chosen people; don't harm my prophets!”
16 Moreover he called for a famine on the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.
He caused a famine in the Land of Canaan so that there was no food.
17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
Before that he sent a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
They hurt his feet by placing them in shackles, and they put an iron collar around his neck,
19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
until the time predicted came when the Lord tested him.
20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
The king sent for him and released him; the king of the people set him free.
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
He put Joseph in charge of the royal household, manager of everything he had,
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
to teach the king's officials whatever he wanted, to make the king's advisors wise.
23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Then Israel entered Egypt—Jacob settled as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
The Lord made his people more fertile and more powerful than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtly with his servants.
He made the Egyptians change their minds and hate his people and act deceptively towards them.
26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
He sent his servant Moses, together with Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
They carried out his miraculous signs among the Egyptians, his wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
He plunged the country into darkness—for hadn't they defied what the Lord had said?
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
He turned their water into blood, killing all the fish.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
Then he sent a plague of frogs across the land that even entered the bedrooms of their rulers.
31 He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
He gave the command, and flies spread throughout their land; mosquitoes were everywhere.
32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
He rained down hail on them, and lightning flashed across their land.
33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and broke the trees of their coasts.
He struck down their grape vines, and tore down their trees.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number,
He gave the command, and swarms of locusts came—countless locusts:
35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
they ate up all the vegetation in their land; they consumed all the growing crops.
36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
He killed all the firstborn in Egypt, the first to be produced in their vigor and strength.
37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
Then he led his people out of Egypt, carrying silver and gold—not one among the tribes was stumbling along.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell on them.
The Egyptians were delighted to see them go, for they were frightened of the Israelites.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
He spread a cloud above them as a covering, and at night a fire to give them light.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
He gave them quails to eat when they asked him; he fed them with the bread of heaven until they were full.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
He split the rock open, and water gushed out—a river flowing through the desert.
42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
For he remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
So he led his people out, his chosen ones, as they sang for joy.
44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labor of the people;
He gave them the lands of the heathen nations, and they inherited what other people had worked for.
45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise you the LORD.
The Lord did this so they could follow his instructions and keep his laws. Praise the Lord!
