Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to YHWH—call on His Name, Make His acts known among the peoples.
Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen.
2 Sing to Him—sing praise to Him, Meditate on all His wonders.
Sing to him, yes, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works.
3 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking YHWH rejoices.
Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Seek YHWH and His strength, Seek His face continually.
Seek you the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually.
5 Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.
Remember his wonderful 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.
[you] seed of Abraam, his servants, [you] children 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 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 for a thousand generation:
9 That He has made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and [he remembered] his oath to Isaac.
10 And establishes it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel—a perpetual covenant,
And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, 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 Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:
12 In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.
when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it.
13 And they go up and down, from nation to nation, From a kingdom to another people.
And they went 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 wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes:
15 “Do not strike against My anointed, And do no evil to My prophets.”
[saying], Touch not my anointed ones; 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 upon the land; he broke the whole 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 was sold for a slave.
18 They have afflicted his feet with chains, Iron has entered his soul,
They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron,
19 Until the time of the coming of His word The saying of YHWH has tried him.
until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire.
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 prince 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 over his house, and ruler of all his substance;
22 To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And he makes his elderly wise.
to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders 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 Cham.
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.
And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
26 He has sent His servant Moses, Aaron whom He had fixed on.
He sent fort 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.
He established among them 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 forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against his words.
29 He has turned their waters to blood, And puts their fish to death.
He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
30 Their land has teemed [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.
Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings.
31 He has commanded, and the beetle comes, Lice into all their border.
He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts.
32 He has made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.
He turned their rain into hail, [and sent] flaming fire in their land.
33 And He strikes their vine and their fig, And shatters the trees of their border.
And he struck their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast.
34 He has commanded, and the locust comes, And the cankerworm—innumerable,
He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable,
35 And it consumes every herb in their land, And it consumes the fruit of their ground.
and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground.
36 And He strikes every firstborn in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,
He struck also every firstborn of 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 brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes.
38 Egypt has rejoiced in their going forth, For their fear had fallen on them.
Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them.
39 He has spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night.
He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by 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 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 clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places.
42 For He has remembered His holy word, With His servant Abraham,
For he remembered his holy word, which [he promised] to Abraam his servant.
43 And He brings forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with singing.
And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy;
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 labors of the people;
45 That they may observe His statutes, And may keep His laws. Praise YAH!
that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law.
