Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to YHWH—call on His Name, Make His acts known among the peoples.
Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
2 Sing to Him—sing praise to Him, Meditate on all His wonders.
Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
3 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking YHWH rejoices.
Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4 Seek YHWH and His strength, Seek His face continually.
Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
5 Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.
Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
6 O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
7 He [is] our God YHWH, His judgments [are] in all the earth.
He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
8 He has remembered His covenant for all time, The word He commanded to one thousand generations,
He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
9 That He has made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
10 And establishes it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel—a perpetual covenant,
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 Saying, “I give the land of Canaan to you, The portion of your inheritance,”
“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
12 In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.
When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
13 And they go up and down, from nation to nation, From a kingdom to another people.
they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
14 He has not permitted any to oppress them And He reproves kings for their sakes.
He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
15 “Do not strike against My anointed, And do no evil to My prophets.”
“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
16 And He calls a famine on the land, He has broken the whole staff of bread.
He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
17 He has sent a man before them, Joseph has been sold for a servant.
He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
18 They have afflicted his feet with chains, Iron has entered his soul,
They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
19 Until the time of the coming of His word The saying of YHWH has tried him.
until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
20 The king has sent, and looses him, The ruler of the peoples, and draws him out.
The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.
21 He has made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.
He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,
22 To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And he makes his elderly wise.
to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
23 And Israel comes into Egypt, And Jacob has sojourned in the land of Ham.
Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
24 And He makes His people very fruitful, And makes it mightier than its adversaries.
And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
25 He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.
whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
26 He has sent His servant Moses, Aaron whom He had fixed on.
He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
27 They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He has sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.
He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.
29 He has turned their waters to blood, And puts their fish to death.
He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.
30 Their land has teemed [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.
Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
31 He has commanded, and the beetle comes, Lice into all their border.
He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.
32 He has made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.
He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.
33 And He strikes their vine and their fig, And shatters the trees of their border.
He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
34 He has commanded, and the locust comes, And the cankerworm—innumerable,
He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.
35 And it consumes every herb in their land, And it consumes the fruit of their ground.
They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.
36 And He strikes every firstborn in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,
Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
37 And brings them out with silver and gold, And there is not a feeble one in its tribes.
He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.
38 Egypt has rejoiced in their going forth, For their fear had fallen on them.
Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39 He has spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night.
He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
40 They have asked, and He brings quails, And satisfies them [with] bread of the heavens.
They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He has opened a rock, and waters flow, They have gone on in dry places—a river.
He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
42 For He has remembered His holy word, With His servant Abraham,
For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
43 And He brings forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with singing.
He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
44 And He gives to them the lands of nations, And they possess the labor of peoples,
He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
45 That they may observe His statutes, And may keep His laws. Praise YAH!
that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
