Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to YHWH—call on His Name, Make His acts known among the peoples.
O give thanks to the LORD; call on his name: make known his deeds among the people.
2 Sing to Him—sing praise to Him, Meditate on all His wonders.
Sing to him, sing psalms to him: talk you of all his wondrous works.
3 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking YHWH rejoices.
Glory you 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 the LORD, and his strength: seek his face ever more.
5 Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.
Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
6 O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
O you seed of Abraham his servant, you children 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 has 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 covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
10 And establishes it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel—a perpetual covenant,
And confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
11 Saying, “I give the land of Canaan to you, The portion of your inheritance,”
Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
12 In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.
When they were but a few men in number; yes, very few, and strangers in it.
13 And they go up and down, from nation to nation, From a kingdom to another people.
When they went from one nation to another, 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 do them wrong: yes, he reproved kings for their sakes;
15 “Do not strike against My anointed, And do no evil to My prophets.”
Saying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
16 And He calls a famine on the land, He has broken the whole staff of bread.
Moreover he called for a famine on the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.
17 He has sent a man before them, Joseph has been sold for a servant.
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
18 They have afflicted his feet with chains, Iron has entered his soul,
Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
19 Until the time of the coming of His word The saying of YHWH has tried him.
Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
20 The king has sent, and looses him, The ruler of the peoples, and draws him out.
The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
21 He has made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.
He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
22 To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And he makes his elderly wise.
To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
23 And Israel comes into Egypt, And Jacob has sojourned in the land of Ham.
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And He makes His people very fruitful, And makes it mightier than its adversaries.
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtly with 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 showed his 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 made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
29 He has turned their waters to blood, And puts their fish to death.
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
30 Their land has teemed [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the 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 lice in all their coasts.
32 He has made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.
He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
33 And He strikes their vine and their fig, And shatters the trees of their border.
He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and broke the trees of their coasts.
34 He has commanded, and the locust comes, And the cankerworm—innumerable,
He spoke, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number,
35 And it consumes every herb in their land, And it consumes the fruit of their ground.
And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 And He strikes every firstborn in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,
He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
37 And brings them out with silver and gold, And there is not a feeble one in its tribes.
He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
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 fell on them.
39 He has spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night.
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
40 They have asked, and He brings quails, And satisfies them [with] bread of the heavens.
The people asked, and he brought quails, 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 the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For He has remembered His holy word, With His servant Abraham,
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
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 gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labor of the people;
45 That they may observe His statutes, And may keep His laws. Praise YAH!
That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise you the LORD.
