Psalms 105
1 O give thanks unto the Lord; call on his name: make known among the people his deeds.
Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations.
2 Sing unto, him, sing praises unto him: speak of all his wonderful works.
Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.
3 Glorify yourselves in his holy name: let the heart of those rejoice that seek the Lord.
Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Inquire after the Lord and his strength: seek his presence evermore.
Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always.
5 Remember his wonderful works which he hath done; his tokens, and the decrees of his mouth;
Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob, his elect.
you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect.
7 He is the Lord our God: over all the earth are his decrees.
He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth.
8 He remembereth his covenant for ever, the word which he hath commanded, to the thousandth generation.
He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations,
9 Which he covenanted with Abraham; and his oath unto Isaac;
which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac.
10 And which he established unto Jacob as a statute, unto Israel as an everlasting covenant:
And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament,
11 Saying, “Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, as the portion of your inheritance.”
saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance.
12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it;
Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there,
13 And when they wandered from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people:
and though they passed 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 allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.
15 [Saying, ] “Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm,”—
Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets.
16 And he called for a famine over the land; every staff of bread he broke.
And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread.
17 He sent a man before them; for a servant was Joseph sold;
He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
18 They forced into fetters his feet; in iron was his body put:
They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,
19 Until the time that his word came to pass, [when] the saying of the Lord had purified him.
until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him.
20 The king sent and unfettered him; the ruler of people, and let him go free.
The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him.
21 He appointed him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possession:
He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions,
22 That he might bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his ancients wisdom.
so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence.
23 Then came Israel into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilely with his servants.
He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant, Aaron also whom he had made choice of.
He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose.
27 They displayed among them his effective signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
He placed with them signs of his word, and portents 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 conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech.
29 He changed their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the very chambers of their kings.
Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and there came various wild beasts, lice also within all their boundary.
He spoke, and there came forth common flies and gnats, in every region.
32 He gave them as their rain hail, and flames of fire in their land.
He gave them a shower of hail and a burning fire, in the same land.
33 And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees within their boundary.
And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and he crushed the trees of their region.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and crickets, and that without number;
He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number.
35 And they ate up all the herbs in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land.
36 And he smote all the first-born in their land, the first of all their strength.
And he struck all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their labor.
37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold: and there was not one that stumbled among his tribes.
And he led them out with silver and gold, and there was not an infirm one among their tribes.
38 Egypt rejoiced when they departed; for the dread of them was fallen upon them.
Egypt was joyful at their departure, for the fear of them lay heavy upon them.
39 He spread out a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
He spread a cloud for their protection, and a fire, to give them light through the night.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and with heavenly bread he satisfied them.
They petitioned, 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 ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: rivers gushed in the dry land.
42 For he remembered his holy word given to Abraham his servant.
For he had called to mind his holy word, which he kept near to his servant Abraham.
43 And he brought forth his people with gladness, with joyful song his elect.
And he led forth his people in exultation, and his elect in rejoicing.
44 And he gave them the lands of nations; and the labor of people they obtained as an inheritance:
And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, and they possessed the labors of the peoples,
45 So that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Hallelujah.
so that they might observe his justifications, and inquire about his law.
