Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to YHWH—call on His Name, Make His acts known among the peoples.
Give the Lord thanks, worship his wonderful nature, let people know what he's done!
2 Sing to Him—sing praise to Him, Meditate on all His wonders.
Sing to him, sing his praises; tell everyone the great things he's done!
3 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking YHWH rejoices.
Be proud of his holy character; be happy, all who come to the Lord!
4 Seek YHWH and His strength, Seek His face continually.
Look for the Lord, and his strength; always look to be in his presence.
5 Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.
Remember all the wonderful things he's done, the miracles he's performed, and the judgments he's carried out,
6 O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
descendants of Abraham, children of Israel, his chosen people.
7 He [is] our God YHWH, His judgments [are] in all the earth.
He is the Lord, our God, his judgments cover the whole earth.
8 He has remembered His covenant for all time, The word He commanded to one thousand generations,
He remembers his agreement forever, the promise he made lasts for a thousand generations;
9 That He has made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
the agreement he made with Abraham, the vow he gave to Isaac.
10 And establishes it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel—a perpetual covenant,
The Lord legally confirmed it with Jacob, he made this binding agreement with Israel:
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 for you to possess.”
12 In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.
He said this when they were only a few, just a small group of foreigners in the land.
13 And they go up and down, from nation to nation, From a kingdom to another people.
They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to the next.
14 He has not permitted any to oppress them And He reproves kings for their sakes.
He didn't let anyone one treat them badly; warning kings to leave them alone:
15 “Do not strike against My anointed, And do no evil to My prophets.”
“Don't touch my chosen people; don't harm my prophets!”
16 And He calls a famine on the land, He has broken the whole staff of bread.
He caused a famine in the Land of Canaan so that there was no food.
17 He has sent a man before them, Joseph has been sold for a servant.
Before that he sent a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 They have afflicted his feet with chains, Iron has entered his soul,
They hurt his feet by placing them in shackles, and they put an iron collar around his neck,
19 Until the time of the coming of His word The saying of YHWH has tried him.
until the time predicted came when the Lord tested him.
20 The king has sent, and looses him, The ruler of the peoples, and draws him out.
The king sent for him and released him; the king of the people set him free.
21 He has made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.
He put Joseph in charge of the royal household, manager of everything he had,
22 To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And he makes his elderly wise.
to teach the king's officials whatever he wanted, to make the king's advisors wise.
23 And Israel comes into Egypt, And Jacob has sojourned in the land of Ham.
Then Israel entered Egypt—Jacob settled as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
24 And He makes His people very fruitful, And makes it mightier than its adversaries.
The Lord made his people more fertile and more powerful than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.
He made the Egyptians change their minds and hate his people and act deceptively towards them.
26 He has sent His servant Moses, Aaron whom He had fixed on.
He sent his servant Moses, together with Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
They carried out his miraculous signs among the Egyptians, his wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He has sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.
He plunged the country into darkness—for hadn't they defied what the Lord had said?
29 He has turned their waters to blood, And puts their fish to death.
He turned their water into blood, killing all the fish.
30 Their land has teemed [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.
Then he sent a plague of frogs across the land that even entered the bedrooms of their rulers.
31 He has commanded, and the beetle comes, Lice into all their border.
He gave the command, and flies spread throughout their land; mosquitoes were everywhere.
32 He has made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.
He rained down hail on them, and lightning flashed across their land.
33 And He strikes their vine and their fig, And shatters the trees of their border.
He struck down their grape vines, and tore down their trees.
34 He has commanded, and the locust comes, And the cankerworm—innumerable,
He gave the command, and swarms of locusts came—countless locusts:
35 And it consumes every herb in their land, And it consumes the fruit of their ground.
they ate up all the vegetation in their land; they consumed all the growing crops.
36 And He strikes every firstborn in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,
He killed all the firstborn in Egypt, the first to be produced in their vigor and strength.
37 And brings them out with silver and gold, And there is not a feeble one in its tribes.
Then he led his people out of Egypt, carrying silver and gold—not one among the tribes was stumbling along.
38 Egypt has rejoiced in their going forth, For their fear had fallen on them.
The Egyptians were delighted to see them go, for they were frightened of the Israelites.
39 He has spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night.
He spread a cloud above them as a covering, and at night a fire to give them light.
40 They have asked, and He brings quails, And satisfies them [with] bread of the heavens.
He gave them quails to eat when they asked him; he fed them with the bread of heaven until they were full.
41 He has opened a rock, and waters flow, They have gone on in dry places—a river.
He split the rock open, and water gushed out—a river flowing through the desert.
42 For He has remembered His holy word, With His servant Abraham,
For he remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.
43 And He brings forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with singing.
So he led his people out, his chosen ones, as they sang for 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 heathen nations, and they inherited what other people had worked for.
45 That they may observe His statutes, And may keep His laws. Praise YAH!
The Lord did this so they could follow his instructions and keep his laws. Praise the Lord!
