< Psalms 105 >

1 O give thanks unto Yhwh; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
Give ye thanks to Yahweh, Call upon his Name, Make known, among the peoples, his doings;
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
Sing ye to him, Make ye music to him, Speak ye of all his wonders.
3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek Yhwh.
Make your boast in his holy Name, Joyful be the heart of them who are seeking Yahweh.
4 Seek Yhwh, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Search out Yahweh and his strength, Seek diligently his face at all times.
5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
Remember his wonders which he hath done, His portents, and the just decisions of his mouth.
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
O ye Seed of Abraham—his servants, Sons of Jacob—his chosen ones:
7 He is Yhwh our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
Yahweh himself, is our God, Through all the land, are his just decision.
8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
He hath remembered, unto times age-abiding, his covenant, The word he commanded, to a thousand generations;
9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac;
10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
And confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel, as a covenant age-abiding;
11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
Saying, To thee, will I give the land of Canaan, As your inherited portion;
12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
While as yet they were men easily counted, —A very few, and sojourners therein;
13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
And they wandered from nation to nation, From a kingdom, to another people.
14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
He suffered no son of earth to oppress them, And reproved—for their sakes—[even] kings!
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And, to my Prophets, may ye do no wrong.
16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread, he brake;
17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold—[even] Joseph;
18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
They forced, into a fetter, his foot, Into the iron, entered his soul;
19 Until the time that his word came: the word of Yhwh tried him.
Until the time when his word came to pass, Speech of Yahweh, proved him;
20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
The king sent, and set him free, One having dominion over peoples, yet loosed he his bonds;
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
He appointed him lord to his household, And one having dominion over all he possessed;
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
That he might bind his rulers as he pleased, And, his elders, he might embue with wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, sojourned in the land of Ham;
24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
And he made his people exceeding fruitful, —And caused them to become stronger than their adversaries.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal deceitfully, conspiring against his servants.
He let them turn their heart—To hate his people, To deal treacherously with his servants;
26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
He sent Moses his servant, Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
He set among them his threatening signs, And his wonders, in the land of Ham;
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
He sent darkness, and made it dark, But they rebelled against his words;
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die;
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
Their land swarmed with frogs, In the chambers of their kings!
31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
He spake, and there came in the gad-fly, Gnats, in all their bounds;
32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
He made their showers—hail, A fire flaming throughout their land;
33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
And he smote their vines, and their fig-trees, And brake in pieces the trees of their bounds;
34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
He spake—then came the swarming locust, —The devouring locust, and that without number;
35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
And devoured all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength;
37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
Thus brought he them forth, with silver and gold, Nor was there, throughout his tribes, one that faltered;
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
Egypt rejoiced when they went out, For the dread of them 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 as a covering, And fire, to give light by night,
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
They asked, and he brought in the quail, —And, with the bread of the heavens, he satisfied them;
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
He opened the rock, and there gushed forth waters, They flowed along, through parched places, as a river;
42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
For he remembered his holy word, With Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
Thus brought he forth his people with gladness, —With shouts of triumph, his chosen ones;
44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
And gave them, the lands of the nations, And, of the toil of the peoples, took they possession:
45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws.
In order that they might observe his statutes, And, over his laws, might keep watch, Praise ye Yah.

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