Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to YHWH—call on His Name, Make His acts known among the peoples.
Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations.
2 Sing to Him—sing praise to Him, Meditate on all His wonders.
Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.
3 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking YHWH rejoices.
Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Seek YHWH and His strength, Seek His face continually.
Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always.
5 Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.
Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:
6 O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect.
7 He [is] our God YHWH, His judgments [are] in all the earth.
He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth.
8 He has remembered His covenant for all time, The word He commanded to one thousand generations,
He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations,
9 That He has made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac.
10 And establishes it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel—a perpetual covenant,
And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament,
11 Saying, “I give the land of Canaan to you, The portion of your inheritance,”
saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance.
12 In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.
Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there,
13 And they go up and down, from nation to nation, From a kingdom to another people.
and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people,
14 He has not permitted any to oppress them And He reproves kings for their sakes.
he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.
15 “Do not strike against My anointed, And do no evil to My prophets.”
Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets.
16 And He calls a famine on the land, He has broken the whole staff of bread.
And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread.
17 He has sent a man before them, Joseph has been sold for a servant.
He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
18 They have afflicted his feet with chains, Iron has entered his soul,
They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,
19 Until the time of the coming of His word The saying of YHWH has tried him.
until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him.
20 The king has sent, and looses him, The ruler of the peoples, and draws him out.
The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him.
21 He has made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.
He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions,
22 To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And he makes his elderly wise.
so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence.
23 And Israel comes into Egypt, And Jacob has sojourned in the land of Ham.
And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.
24 And He makes His people very fruitful, And makes it mightier than its adversaries.
And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.
He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
26 He has sent His servant Moses, Aaron whom He had fixed on.
He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose.
27 They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
He placed with them signs of his word, and portents 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 made it conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech.
29 He has turned their waters to blood, And puts their fish to death.
He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish.
30 Their land has teemed [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.
Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings.
31 He has commanded, and the beetle comes, Lice into all their border.
He spoke, and there came forth common flies and gnats, in every region.
32 He has made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.
He gave them a shower of hail and a burning fire, in the same land.
33 And He strikes their vine and their fig, And shatters the trees of their border.
And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and he crushed the trees of their region.
34 He has commanded, and the locust comes, And the cankerworm—innumerable,
He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number.
35 And it consumes every herb in their land, And it consumes the fruit of their ground.
And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land.
36 And He strikes every firstborn in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,
And he struck all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their labor.
37 And brings them out with silver and gold, And there is not a feeble one in its tribes.
And he led them out with silver and gold, and there was not an infirm one among their tribes.
38 Egypt has rejoiced in their going forth, For their fear had fallen on them.
Egypt was joyful at their departure, for the fear of them lay heavy upon them.
39 He has spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night.
He spread a cloud for their protection, and a fire, to give them light through the night.
40 They have asked, and He brings quails, And satisfies them [with] bread of the heavens.
They petitioned, and the quail came; and he 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 ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: rivers gushed in the dry land.
42 For He has remembered His holy word, With His servant Abraham,
For he had called to mind his holy word, which he kept near to his servant Abraham.
43 And He brings forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with singing.
And he led forth his people in exultation, and his elect in rejoicing.
44 And He gives to them the lands of nations, And they possess the labor of peoples,
And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, and they possessed the labors of the peoples,
45 That they may observe His statutes, And may keep His laws. Praise YAH!
so that they might observe his justifications, and inquire about his law.
