Psalms 105
1 O give thanks unto the Lord; call on his name: make known among the people his deeds.
Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
2 Sing unto, him, sing praises unto him: speak of all his wonderful works.
Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
3 Glorify yourselves in his holy name: let the heart of those rejoice that seek the Lord.
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
4 Inquire after the Lord and his strength: seek his presence evermore.
Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
5 Remember his wonderful works which he hath done; his tokens, and the decrees of his mouth;
Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob, his elect.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
7 He is the Lord our God: over all the earth are his decrees.
He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He remembereth his covenant for ever, the word which he hath commanded, to the thousandth generation.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 Which he covenanted with Abraham; and his oath unto Isaac;
Which he made 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 appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
11 Saying, “Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, as the portion of your inheritance.”
Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it;
When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
13 And when they wandered from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people:
And 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 suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
15 [Saying, ] “Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm,”—
Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to 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 broke in pieces all the support of bread.
17 He sent a man before them; for a servant was Joseph sold;
He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
18 They forced into fetters his feet; in iron was his body put:
They humbled his feet in fetters: 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 came. The word 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 he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
21 He appointed him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possession:
He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
22 That he might bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his ancients wisdom.
That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
23 Then came Israel into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
24 And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
And he increased his people exceedingly: and 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: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
27 They displayed among them his effective signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
He gave them power to shew 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 darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.
29 He changed their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the very chambers of their kings.
Their land brought forth frogs, 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 divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
32 He gave them as their rain hail, and flames of fire in their land.
He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.
33 And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees within their boundary.
And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and crickets, and that without number;
He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, 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 they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
36 And he smote all the first-born in their land, the first of all their strength.
And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits 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 among their tribes one that was feeble.
38 Egypt rejoiced when they departed; for the dread of them was fallen upon them.
Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay 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 fire to give them light in the night.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and with heavenly bread he satisfied them.
They asked, and the quail came: and he filled 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 opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
42 For he remembered his holy word given to Abraham his servant.
Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
43 And he brought forth his people with gladness, with joyful song his elect.
And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
44 And he gave them the lands of nations; and the labor of people they obtained as an inheritance:
And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:
45 So that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Hallelujah.
That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.
