Psalms 105
1 Give ye thanks to Yahweh, Call upon his Name, Make known, among the peoples, his doings;
Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations.
2 Sing ye to him, Make ye music to him, Speak ye of all his wonders.
Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.
3 Make your boast in his holy Name, Joyful be the heart of them who are seeking Yahweh.
Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Search out Yahweh and his strength, Seek diligently his face at all times.
Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always.
5 Remember his wonders which he hath done, His portents, and the just decisions of his mouth.
Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:
6 O ye Seed of Abraham—his servants, Sons of Jacob—his chosen ones:
you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect.
7 Yahweh himself, is our God, Through all the land, are his just decision.
He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth.
8 He hath remembered, unto times age-abiding, his covenant, The word he commanded, to a thousand generations;
He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations,
9 Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac;
which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac.
10 And confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel, as a covenant age-abiding;
And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament,
11 Saying, To thee, will I give the land of Canaan, As your inherited portion;
saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance.
12 While as yet they were men easily counted, —A very few, and sojourners therein;
Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there,
13 And they wandered from nation to nation, From a kingdom, to another people.
and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people,
14 He suffered no son of earth to oppress them, And reproved—for their sakes—[even] kings!
he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.
15 Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And, to my Prophets, may ye do no wrong.
Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets.
16 Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread, he brake;
And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread.
17 He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold—[even] Joseph;
He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
18 They forced, into a fetter, his foot, Into the iron, entered his soul;
They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,
19 Until the time when his word came to pass, Speech of Yahweh, proved him;
until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him.
20 The king sent, and set him free, One having dominion over peoples, yet loosed he his bonds;
The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him.
21 He appointed him lord to his household, And one having dominion over all he possessed;
He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions,
22 That he might bind his rulers as he pleased, And, his elders, he might embue with wisdom.
so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence.
23 So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, sojourned in the land of Ham;
And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.
24 And he made his people exceeding fruitful, —And caused them to become stronger than their adversaries.
And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.
25 He let them turn their heart—To hate his people, To deal treacherously with his servants;
He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant, Aaron, whom he had chosen.
He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose.
27 He set among them his threatening signs, And his wonders, in the land of Ham;
He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark, But they rebelled against his words;
He sent darkness and made it conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech.
29 He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die;
He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs, In the chambers of their kings!
Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings.
31 He spake, and there came in the gad-fly, Gnats, in all their bounds;
He spoke, and there came forth common flies and gnats, in every region.
32 He made their showers—hail, A fire flaming throughout their land;
He gave them a shower of hail and a burning fire, in the same land.
33 And he smote their vines, and their fig-trees, And brake in pieces the trees of their bounds;
And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and he crushed the trees of their region.
34 He spake—then came the swarming locust, —The devouring locust, and that without number;
He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number.
35 And devoured all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.
And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land.
36 Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength;
And he struck all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their labor.
37 Thus brought he them forth, with silver and gold, Nor was there, throughout his tribes, one that faltered;
And he led them out with silver and gold, and there was not an infirm one among their tribes.
38 Egypt rejoiced when they went out, For the dread of them had fallen upon them.
Egypt was joyful at their departure, for the fear of them lay heavy upon them.
39 He spread out a cloud as a covering, And fire, to give light by night,
He spread a cloud for their protection, and a fire, to give them light through the night.
40 They asked, and he brought in the quail, —And, with the bread of the heavens, he satisfied them;
They petitioned, and the quail came; and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and there gushed forth waters, They flowed along, through parched places, as a river;
He ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: rivers gushed in the dry land.
42 For he remembered his holy word, With Abraham his servant.
For he had called to mind his holy word, which he kept near to his servant Abraham.
43 Thus brought he forth his people with gladness, —With shouts of triumph, his chosen ones;
And he led forth his people in exultation, and his elect in rejoicing.
44 And gave them, the lands of the nations, And, of the toil of the peoples, took they possession:
And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, and they possessed the labors of the peoples,
45 In order that they might observe his statutes, And, over his laws, might keep watch, Praise ye Yah.
so that they might observe his justifications, and inquire about his law.
