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