Psalms 105
1 O give thanks unto the Lord; call on his name: make known among the people his deeds.
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name: make known his deeds among the nations.
2 Sing unto, him, sing praises unto him: speak of all his wonderful works.
Sing to him, make music to him, tell of all his wondrous works.
3 Glorify yourselves in his holy name: let the heart of those rejoice that seek the Lord.
Make your boast in his holy name, be glad at heart, you who seek the Lord.
4 Inquire after the Lord and his strength: seek his presence evermore.
Seek after the Lord and his strength, seek his face evermore.
5 Remember his wonderful works which he hath done; his tokens, and the decrees of his mouth;
Remember the wonders he did, his portents, the judgments he uttered,
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob, his elect.
you who are offspring of Abraham, his servant, the 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: in all the earth are his judgments.
8 He remembereth his covenant for ever, the word which he hath commanded, to the thousandth generation.
He remembers forever his covenant, his promise for a thousand generations
9 Which he covenanted with Abraham; and his oath unto Isaac;
The covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac,
10 And which he established unto Jacob as a statute, unto Israel as an everlasting covenant:
and confirmed as a statute to Jacob, a pact everlasting to Israel
11 Saying, “Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, as the portion of your inheritance.”
to give them the land of Canaan as the lot which they should inherit.
12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it;
And when they were very few, few and but pilgrims therein,
13 And when they wandered from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people:
wandering from nation to nation, journeying from people to people,
14 He suffered no man to oppress them; yea, he reproved kings for their sake;
he allowed no one to oppress them, even punishing kings for their sakes.
15 [Saying, ] “Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm,”—
He forbade them to touch his anointed, or do any hurt to his prophets.
16 And he called for a famine over the land; every staff of bread he broke.
When he called down famine on the land, and cut off the bread which sustained them,
17 He sent a man before them; for a servant was Joseph sold;
he sent before them a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 They forced into fetters his feet; in iron was his body put:
His feet were galled with fetters, he was laid in chains of iron,
19 Until the time that his word came to pass, [when] the saying of the Lord had purified him.
till the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord that had tried him.
20 The king sent and unfettered him; the ruler of people, and let him go free.
The king sent and freed him, the ruler of nations released him.
21 He appointed him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possession:
He made him lord of his household, and ruler of all his possessions,
22 That he might bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his ancients wisdom.
to admonish his princes at will and instruct his elders in wisdom.
23 Then came Israel into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Thus Israel came into Egypt, Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
His people he made very fruitful, and mightier than their foes.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilely with his servants.
He inspired them to hate his people, and to deal with his servants craftily.
26 He sent Moses his servant, Aaron also whom he had made choice of.
He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen,
27 They displayed among them his effective signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
portents he wrought in Egypt, and signs in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
Darkness he sent, and it fell: yet they gave no heed to his word.
29 He changed their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, thus causing their fish to die.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the very chambers of their kings.
Their land was alive with frogs, swarming even in the royal chambers.
31 He spoke, and there came various wild beasts, lice also within all their boundary.
At his command came flies, and lice in all their borders.
32 He gave them as their rain hail, and flames of fire in their land.
He gave them hail for rain and fire that flashed through the land,
33 And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees within their boundary.
smiting their vines and figs, breaking the trees of their border.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and crickets, and that without number;
At his command came locusts, young locusts beyond all counting,
35 And they ate up all the herbs in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
which ate every herb in the land, ate up, too, the fruit of their ground.
36 And he smote all the first-born in their land, the first of all their strength.
He struck down in their land all the firstborn, the firstlings of all their strength
37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold: and there was not one that stumbled among his tribes.
Then forth he led Israel with silver and gold, and among his tribes no one was weary.
38 Egypt rejoiced when they departed; for the dread of them was fallen upon them.
Egypt was glad when they left, for terror had fallen upon them.
39 He spread out a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
He spread out a cloud to screen them, and fire to give light in the night.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and with heavenly bread he satisfied them.
He sent quails at their entreaty, and heavenly bread in abundance.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out: they ran in the dry places like a river.
He opened the rock; waters gushed: in the desert they ran like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy word given to Abraham his servant.
For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with gladness, with joyful song his elect.
So he led out his people with joy, his elect with a ringing cry.
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 nations, the fruit of their toil for possession,
45 So that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Hallelujah.
that so they might keep his statutes, and be of his laws observant. Hallelujah.
