Psalms 105
1 O give thanks unto the Lord; call on his name: make known among the people his deeds.
Give ye thanks to Yahweh, Call upon his Name, Make known, among the peoples, his doings;
2 Sing unto, him, sing praises unto him: speak of all his wonderful works.
Sing ye to him, Make ye music to him, Speak ye of all his wonders.
3 Glorify yourselves in his holy name: let the heart of those rejoice that seek the Lord.
Make your boast in his holy Name, Joyful be the heart of them who are seeking Yahweh.
4 Inquire after the Lord and his strength: seek his presence evermore.
Search out Yahweh and his strength, Seek diligently his face at all times.
5 Remember his wonderful works which he hath done; his tokens, and the decrees of his mouth;
Remember his wonders which he hath done, His portents, and the just decisions of his mouth.
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob, his elect.
O ye Seed of Abraham—his servants, Sons of Jacob—his chosen ones:
7 He is the Lord our God: over all the earth are his decrees.
Yahweh himself, is our God, Through all the land, are his just decision.
8 He remembereth his covenant for ever, the word which he hath commanded, to the thousandth generation.
He hath remembered, unto times age-abiding, his covenant, The word he commanded, to a thousand generations;
9 Which he covenanted with Abraham; and his oath unto Isaac;
Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac;
10 And which he established unto Jacob as a statute, unto Israel as an everlasting covenant:
And confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel, as a covenant age-abiding;
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 Canaan, As your inherited portion;
12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it;
While as yet they were men easily counted, —A very few, and sojourners therein;
13 And when they wandered from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people:
And they wandered 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 suffered no son of earth to oppress them, And reproved—for their sakes—[even] kings!
15 [Saying, ] “Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm,”—
Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And, to my Prophets, may ye do no wrong.
16 And he called for a famine over the land; every staff of bread he broke.
Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread, he brake;
17 He sent a man before them; for a servant was Joseph sold;
He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold—[even] Joseph;
18 They forced into fetters his feet; in iron was his body put:
They forced, into a fetter, his foot, Into the iron, 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 when his word came to pass, Speech of Yahweh, proved him;
20 The king sent and unfettered him; the ruler of people, and let him go free.
The king sent, and set him free, One having dominion over peoples, yet loosed he his bonds;
21 He appointed him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possession:
He appointed him lord to his household, And one having dominion over all he possessed;
22 That he might bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his ancients wisdom.
That he might bind his rulers as he pleased, And, his elders, he might embue with wisdom.
23 Then came Israel into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, sojourned in the land of Ham;
24 And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
And he made his people exceeding fruitful, —And caused them to become stronger than their adversaries.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilely with his servants.
He let them turn their heart—To hate his people, To deal treacherously with his servants;
26 He sent Moses his servant, Aaron also whom he had made choice of.
He sent Moses his servant, Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They displayed among them his effective signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
He set among them his threatening signs, And his wonders, 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 dark, But they rebelled against his words;
29 He changed their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die;
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the very chambers of their kings.
Their land swarmed with frogs, In the chambers of their kings!
31 He spoke, and there came various wild beasts, lice also within all their boundary.
He spake, and there came in the gad-fly, Gnats, in all their bounds;
32 He gave them as their rain hail, and flames of fire in their land.
He made their showers—hail, A fire flaming throughout their land;
33 And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees within their boundary.
And he smote their vines, and their fig-trees, And brake in pieces the trees of their bounds;
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and crickets, and that without number;
He spake—then came the swarming locust, —The devouring locust, and that without number;
35 And they ate up all the herbs in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
And devoured all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 And he smote all the first-born in their land, the first of all their strength.
Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength;
37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold: and there was not one that stumbled among his tribes.
Thus brought he them forth, with silver and gold, Nor was there, throughout his tribes, one that faltered;
38 Egypt rejoiced when they departed; for the dread of them was fallen upon them.
Egypt rejoiced when they went out, For the dread of them 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 as a covering, And fire, to give light by night,
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and with heavenly bread he satisfied them.
They asked, and he brought in the quail, —And, with the bread of the heavens, he satisfied them;
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out: they ran in the dry places like a river.
He opened the rock, and there gushed forth waters, They flowed along, through parched places, as a river;
42 For he remembered his holy word given to Abraham his servant.
For he remembered his holy word, With Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with gladness, with joyful song his elect.
Thus brought he forth his people with gladness, —With shouts of triumph, his chosen ones;
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 nations, And, of the toil of the peoples, took they possession:
45 So that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Hallelujah.
In order that they might observe his statutes, And, over his laws, might keep watch, Praise ye Yah.
