Psalms 105
1 O GIVE thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name: make known his deeds among the nations.
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of 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 the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Seek after the Lord and his strength, seek his face evermore.
5 Remember his marvellous works that 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 children 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 covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
The covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac,
10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
and confirmed as a statute to Jacob, a pact everlasting to Israel
11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, 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 few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
And when they were very few, few and but pilgrims therein,
13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
wandering from nation to nation, journeying from people to people,
14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
he allowed no one to oppress them, even punishing kings for their sakes.
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
He forbade them to touch his anointed, or do any hurt to his prophets.
16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff 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, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
he sent before them a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
His feet were galled with fetters, he was laid in chains of iron,
19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.
till the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord that had tried him.
20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
The king sent and freed him, the ruler of nations released him.
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
He made him lord of his household, and ruler of all his possessions,
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
to admonish his princes at will and instruct his elders in wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Thus Israel came into Egypt, Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
His people he made very fruitful, and mightier than their foes.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
He inspired them to hate his people, and to deal with his servants craftily.
26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen,
27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
portents he wrought in Egypt, and signs in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
Darkness he sent, and it fell: yet they gave no heed to his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, thus causing their fish to die.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
Their land was alive with frogs, swarming even in the royal chambers.
31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
At his command came flies, and lice in all their borders.
32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
He gave them hail for rain and fire that flashed through the land,
33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
smiting their vines and figs, breaking the trees of their border.
34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
At his command came locusts, young locusts beyond all counting,
35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
which ate every herb in the land, ate up, too, the fruit of their ground.
36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
He struck down in their land all the firstborn, the firstlings of all their strength
37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
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 fell upon them.
Egypt was glad when they left, for terror had fallen upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
He spread out a cloud to screen them, and fire to give light in the night.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
He sent quails at their entreaty, and heavenly bread in abundance.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
He opened the rock; waters gushed: in the desert they ran like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
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 gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour 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 statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.
that so they might keep his statutes, and be of his laws observant. Hallelujah.
