Psalms 105
1 O give thanks unto the Lord; call on his name: make known among the people his deeds.
Give thanks to YHWH—call on His Name, Make His acts known among the peoples.
2 Sing unto, him, sing praises unto him: speak of all his wonderful works.
Sing to Him—sing praise to Him, Meditate on all His wonders.
3 Glorify yourselves in his holy name: let the heart of those rejoice that seek the Lord.
Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking YHWH rejoices.
4 Inquire after the Lord and his strength: seek his presence evermore.
Seek YHWH and His strength, Seek His face continually.
5 Remember his wonderful works which he hath done; his tokens, and the decrees of his mouth;
Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob, his elect.
O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
7 He is the Lord our God: over all the earth are his decrees.
He [is] our God YHWH, 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 has remembered His covenant for all time, The word He commanded to one thousand generations,
9 Which he covenanted with Abraham; and his oath unto Isaac;
That He has made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
10 And which he established unto Jacob as a statute, unto Israel as an everlasting covenant:
And establishes it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel—a perpetual covenant,
11 Saying, “Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, as the portion of your inheritance.”
Saying, “I give the land of Canaan to you, The portion of your inheritance,”
12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it;
In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.
13 And when they wandered from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people:
And they go up and down, from nation to nation, From a kingdom to another people.
14 He suffered no man to oppress them; yea, he reproved kings for their sake;
He has not permitted any to oppress them And He reproves kings for their sakes.
15 [Saying, ] “Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm,”—
“Do not strike against 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 calls a famine on the land, He has broken the whole staff of bread.
17 He sent a man before them; for a servant was Joseph sold;
He has sent a man before them, Joseph has been sold for a servant.
18 They forced into fetters his feet; in iron was his body put:
They have afflicted his feet with chains, Iron has entered his soul,
19 Until the time that his word came to pass, [when] the saying of the Lord had purified him.
Until the time of the coming of His word The saying of YHWH has tried him.
20 The king sent and unfettered him; the ruler of people, and let him go free.
The king has sent, and looses him, The ruler of the peoples, and draws him out.
21 He appointed him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possession:
He has made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.
22 That he might bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his ancients wisdom.
To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And he makes his elderly wise.
23 Then came Israel into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
And Israel comes into Egypt, And Jacob has sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
And He makes His people very fruitful, And makes it mightier than its adversaries.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilely with his servants.
He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant, Aaron also whom he had made choice of.
He has sent His servant Moses, Aaron whom He had fixed on.
27 They displayed among them his effective signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
He has sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.
29 He changed their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
He has turned their waters to blood, And puts their fish to death.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the very chambers of their kings.
Their land has teemed [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and there came various wild beasts, lice also within all their boundary.
He has commanded, and the beetle comes, Lice into all their border.
32 He gave them as their rain hail, and flames of fire in their land.
He has made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.
33 And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees within their boundary.
And He strikes their vine and their fig, And shatters the trees of their border.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and crickets, and that without number;
He has commanded, and the locust comes, And the cankerworm—innumerable,
35 And they ate up all the herbs in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
And it consumes every herb in their land, And it consumes the fruit of their ground.
36 And he smote all the first-born in their land, the first of all their strength.
And He strikes every firstborn in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,
37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold: and there was not one that stumbled among his tribes.
And brings them out with silver and gold, And there is not a feeble one in its tribes.
38 Egypt rejoiced when they departed; for the dread of them was fallen upon them.
Egypt has rejoiced in their going forth, For their fear had fallen on them.
39 He spread out a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
He has spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and with heavenly bread he satisfied them.
They have asked, and He brings quails, And satisfies them [with] bread of the heavens.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out: they ran in the dry places like a river.
He has opened a rock, and waters flow, They have gone on in dry places—a river.
42 For he remembered his holy word given to Abraham his servant.
For He has remembered His holy word, With His servant Abraham,
43 And he brought forth his people with gladness, with joyful song his elect.
And He brings forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with singing.
44 And he gave them the lands of nations; and the labor of people they obtained as an inheritance:
And He gives to them the lands of nations, And they possess the labor of peoples,
45 So that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Hallelujah.
That they may observe His statutes, And may keep His laws. Praise YAH!
