Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to YHWH—call on His Name, Make His acts known among the peoples.
Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
2 Sing to Him—sing praise to Him, Meditate on all His wonders.
Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
3 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking YHWH rejoices.
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
4 Seek YHWH and His strength, Seek His face continually.
Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
5 Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.
Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
6 O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
7 He [is] our God YHWH, His judgments [are] in all the earth.
He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He has remembered His covenant for all time, The word He commanded to one thousand generations,
He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 That He has made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:
10 And establishes it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel—a perpetual covenant,
And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
11 Saying, “I give the land of Canaan to you, The portion of your inheritance,”
Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
12 In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.
When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
13 And they go up and down, from nation to nation, From a kingdom to another people.
And 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 suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
15 “Do not strike against My anointed, And do no evil to My prophets.”
Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to 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 broke in pieces all the support of bread.
17 He has sent a man before them, Joseph has been sold for a servant.
He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
18 They have afflicted his feet with chains, Iron has entered his soul,
They humbled his feet in fetters: 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 came. The word 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 he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
21 He has made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.
He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
22 To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And he makes his elderly wise.
That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
23 And Israel comes into Egypt, And Jacob has sojourned in the land of Ham.
And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
24 And He makes His people very fruitful, And makes it mightier than its adversaries.
And he increased his people exceedingly: and 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: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
27 They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
28 He has sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.
He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.
29 He has turned their waters to blood, And puts their fish to death.
He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.
30 Their land has teemed [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.
Their land brought forth frogs, 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 divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
32 He has made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.
He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.
33 And He strikes their vine and their fig, And shatters the trees of their border.
And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
34 He has commanded, and the locust comes, And the cankerworm—innumerable,
He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.
35 And it consumes every herb in their land, And it consumes the fruit of their ground.
And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
36 And He strikes every firstborn in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,
And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
37 And brings them out with silver and gold, And there is not a feeble one in its tribes.
And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
38 Egypt has rejoiced in their going forth, For their fear had fallen on them.
Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay 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 fire to give them light in the night.
40 They have asked, and He brings quails, And satisfies them [with] bread of the heavens.
They asked, and the quail came: and he filled 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 the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
42 For He has remembered His holy word, With His servant Abraham,
Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
43 And He brings forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with singing.
And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
44 And He gives to them the lands of nations, And they possess the labor of peoples,
And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:
45 That they may observe His statutes, And may keep His laws. Praise YAH!
That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.
