Psalms 105
1 Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen.
O give thanks unto the Lord; call on his name: make known among the people his deeds.
2 Sing to him, yes, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works.
Sing unto, him, sing praises unto him: speak of all his wonderful works.
3 Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice.
Glorify yourselves in his holy name: let the heart of those rejoice that seek the Lord.
4 Seek you the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually.
Inquire after the Lord and his strength: seek his presence evermore.
5 Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
Remember his wonderful works which he hath done; his tokens, and the decrees of his mouth;
6 [you] seed of Abraam, his servants, [you] children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob, his elect.
7 He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
He is the Lord our God: over all the earth are his decrees.
8 He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generation:
He remembereth his covenant for ever, the word which he hath commanded, to the thousandth generation.
9 which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and [he remembered] his oath to Isaac.
Which he covenanted with Abraham; and his oath unto Isaac;
10 And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant;
And which he established unto Jacob as a statute, unto Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 saying To you will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:
Saying, “Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, as the portion of your inheritance.”
12 when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it.
When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it;
13 And they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people.
And when they wandered from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people:
14 He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes:
He suffered no man to oppress them; yea, he reproved kings for their sake;
15 [saying], Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm.
[Saying, ] “Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm,”—
16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread.
And he called for a famine over the land; every staff of bread he broke.
17 He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.
He sent a man before them; for a servant was Joseph sold;
18 They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron,
They forced into fetters his feet; in iron was his body put:
19 until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire.
Until the time that his word came to pass, [when] the saying of the Lord had purified him.
20 The king sent and loosed him; [even] the prince of the people, and let him go free.
The king sent and unfettered him; the ruler of people, and let him go free.
21 He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance;
He appointed him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possession:
22 to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
That he might bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his ancients wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham.
Then came Israel 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 increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
25 And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilely with his servants.
26 He sent fort Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he had chosen.
He sent Moses his servant, Aaron also whom he had made choice of.
27 He established among them his signs, and [his] wonders in the land of Cham.
They displayed among them his effective signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against his words.
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
He changed their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
30 Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings.
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the very chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts.
He spoke, and there came various wild beasts, lice also within all their boundary.
32 He turned their rain into hail, [and sent] flaming fire in their land.
He gave them as their rain hail, and flames of fire in their land.
33 And he struck their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast.
And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees within their boundary.
34 He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable,
He spoke, and the locusts came, and crickets, and that without number;
35 and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground.
And they ate up all the herbs in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 He struck also every firstborn of their land, the first fruits of all their labor.
And he smote all the first-born in their land, the first of all their strength.
37 And he brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes.
And he brought them forth with silver and gold: and there was not one that stumbled among his tribes.
38 Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them.
Egypt rejoiced when they departed; for the dread of them was fallen upon them.
39 He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night.
He spread out a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
40 They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
The people asked, and he brought quails, and with heavenly bread he satisfied them.
41 He clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places.
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out: they ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy word, which [he promised] to Abraam his servant.
For he remembered his holy word given to Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy;
And he brought forth his people with gladness, with joyful song his elect.
44 and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labors of the people;
And he gave them the lands of nations; and the labor of people they obtained as an inheritance:
45 that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law.
So that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Hallelujah.
