Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to YHWH—call on His Name, Make His acts known among the peoples.
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name: make known his deeds among the nations.
2 Sing to Him—sing praise to Him, Meditate on all His wonders.
Sing to him, make music to him, tell of all his wondrous works.
3 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking YHWH rejoices.
Make your boast in his holy name, be glad at heart, you who seek the Lord.
4 Seek YHWH and His strength, Seek His face continually.
Seek after the Lord and his strength, seek his face evermore.
5 Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.
Remember the wonders he did, his portents, the judgments he uttered,
6 O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
you who are offspring of Abraham, his servant, the 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: in all the earth are his judgments.
8 He has remembered His covenant for all time, The word He commanded to one thousand generations,
He remembers forever his covenant, his promise for a thousand generations
9 That He has made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
The covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac,
10 And establishes it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel—a perpetual covenant,
and confirmed as a statute to Jacob, a pact everlasting to Israel
11 Saying, “I give the land of Canaan to you, The portion of your inheritance,”
to give them the land of Canaan as the lot which they should inherit.
12 In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.
And when they were very few, few and but pilgrims therein,
13 And they go up and down, from nation to nation, From a kingdom to another people.
wandering from nation to nation, journeying from people to people,
14 He has not permitted any to oppress them And He reproves kings for their sakes.
he allowed no one to oppress them, even punishing kings for their sakes.
15 “Do not strike against My anointed, And do no evil to My prophets.”
He forbade them to touch his anointed, or do any hurt to his prophets.
16 And He calls a famine on the land, He has broken the whole staff of bread.
When he called down famine on the land, and cut off the bread which sustained them,
17 He has sent a man before them, Joseph has been sold for a servant.
he sent before them a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 They have afflicted his feet with chains, Iron has entered his soul,
His feet were galled with fetters, he was laid in chains of iron,
19 Until the time of the coming of His word The saying of YHWH has tried him.
till the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord that had tried him.
20 The king has sent, and looses him, The ruler of the peoples, and draws him out.
The king sent and freed him, the ruler of nations released him.
21 He has made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.
He made him lord of his household, and ruler of all his possessions,
22 To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And he makes his elderly wise.
to admonish his princes at will and instruct his elders in wisdom.
23 And Israel comes into Egypt, And Jacob has sojourned in the land of Ham.
Thus Israel came into Egypt, Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And He makes His people very fruitful, And makes it mightier than its adversaries.
His people he made very fruitful, and mightier than their foes.
25 He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.
He inspired them to hate his people, and to deal with his servants craftily.
26 He has sent His servant Moses, Aaron whom He had fixed on.
He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen,
27 They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
portents he wrought in Egypt, and signs in the land of Ham.
28 He has sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.
Darkness he sent, and it fell: yet they gave no heed to his word.
29 He has turned their waters to blood, And puts their fish to death.
He turned their waters into blood, thus causing their fish to die.
30 Their land has teemed [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.
Their land was alive with frogs, swarming even in the royal chambers.
31 He has commanded, and the beetle comes, Lice into all their border.
At his command came flies, and lice in all their borders.
32 He has made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.
He gave them hail for rain and fire that flashed through the land,
33 And He strikes their vine and their fig, And shatters the trees of their border.
smiting their vines and figs, breaking the trees of their border.
34 He has commanded, and the locust comes, And the cankerworm—innumerable,
At his command came locusts, young locusts beyond all counting,
35 And it consumes every herb in their land, And it consumes the fruit of their ground.
which ate every herb in the land, ate up, too, the fruit of their ground.
36 And He strikes every firstborn in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,
He struck down in their land all the firstborn, the firstlings of all their strength
37 And brings them out with silver and gold, And there is not a feeble one in its tribes.
Then forth he led Israel with silver and gold, and among his tribes no one was weary.
38 Egypt has rejoiced in their going forth, For their fear had fallen on them.
Egypt was glad when they left, for terror had fallen upon them.
39 He has spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night.
He spread out a cloud to screen them, and fire to give light in the night.
40 They have asked, and He brings quails, And satisfies them [with] bread of the heavens.
He sent quails at their entreaty, and heavenly bread in abundance.
41 He has opened a rock, and waters flow, They have gone on in dry places—a river.
He opened the rock; waters gushed: in the desert they ran like a river.
42 For He has remembered His holy word, With His servant Abraham,
For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant.
43 And He brings forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with singing.
So he led out his people with joy, his elect with a ringing cry.
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 nations, the fruit of their toil for possession,
45 That they may observe His statutes, And may keep His laws. Praise YAH!
that so they might keep his statutes, and be of his laws observant. Hallelujah.
