Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name: make known his deeds among the nations.
Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen.
2 Sing to him, make music to him, tell of all his wondrous works.
Sing to him, yes, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works.
3 Make your boast in his holy name, be glad at heart, you who seek the Lord.
Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Seek after the Lord and his strength, seek his face evermore.
Seek you the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually.
5 Remember the wonders he did, his portents, the judgments he uttered,
Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
6 you who are offspring of Abraham, his servant, the children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
[you] seed of Abraam, his servants, [you] children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He is the Lord our God: in all the earth are his judgments.
He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He remembers forever his covenant, his promise for a thousand generations
He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generation:
9 The covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac,
which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and [he remembered] his oath to Isaac.
10 and confirmed as a statute to Jacob, a pact everlasting to Israel
And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant;
11 to give them the land of Canaan as the lot which they should inherit.
saying To you will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:
12 And when they were very few, few and but pilgrims therein,
when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it.
13 wandering from nation to nation, journeying from people to people,
And they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people.
14 he allowed no one to oppress them, even punishing kings for their sakes.
He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes:
15 He forbade them to touch his anointed, or do any hurt to his prophets.
[saying], Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm.
16 When he called down famine on the land, and cut off the bread which sustained them,
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread.
17 he sent before them a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.
18 His feet were galled with fetters, he was laid in chains of iron,
They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron,
19 till the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord that had tried him.
until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire.
20 The king sent and freed him, the ruler of nations released him.
The king sent and loosed him; [even] the prince of the people, and let him go free.
21 He made him lord of his household, and ruler of all his possessions,
He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance;
22 to admonish his princes at will and instruct his elders in wisdom.
to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
23 Thus Israel came into Egypt, Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham.
24 His people he made very fruitful, and mightier than their foes.
And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.
25 He inspired them to hate his people, and to deal with his servants craftily.
And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
26 He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen,
He sent fort Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 portents he wrought in Egypt, and signs in the land of Ham.
He established among them his signs, and [his] wonders in the land of Cham.
28 Darkness he sent, and it fell: yet they gave no heed to his word.
He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood, thus causing their fish to die.
He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
30 Their land was alive with frogs, swarming even in the royal chambers.
Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings.
31 At his command came flies, and lice in all their borders.
He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts.
32 He gave them hail for rain and fire that flashed through the land,
He turned their rain into hail, [and sent] flaming fire in their land.
33 smiting their vines and figs, breaking the trees of their border.
And he struck their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast.
34 At his command came locusts, young locusts beyond all counting,
He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable,
35 which ate every herb in the land, ate up, too, the fruit of their ground.
and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground.
36 He struck down in their land all the firstborn, the firstlings of all their strength
He struck also every firstborn of their land, the first fruits of all their labor.
37 Then forth he led Israel with silver and gold, and among his tribes no one was weary.
And he brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they left, for terror had fallen upon them.
Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them.
39 He spread out a cloud to screen them, and fire to give light in the night.
He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night.
40 He sent quails at their entreaty, and heavenly bread in abundance.
They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock; waters gushed: in the desert they ran like a river.
He clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places.
42 For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant.
For he remembered his holy word, which [he promised] to Abraam his servant.
43 So he led out his people with joy, his elect with a ringing cry.
And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy;
44 And he gave them the lands of the nations, the fruit of their toil for possession,
and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labors of the people;
45 that so they might keep his statutes, and be of his laws observant. Hallelujah.
that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law.
