< Psalms 105 >
1 Give ye thanks to Yahweh, Call upon his Name, Make known, among the peoples, his doings;
O give thanks to the LORD; call on his name: make known his deeds among the people.
2 Sing ye to him, Make ye music to him, Speak ye of all his wonders.
Sing to him, sing psalms to him: talk you of all his wondrous works.
3 Make your boast in his holy Name, Joyful be the heart of them who are seeking Yahweh.
Glory you in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
4 Search out Yahweh and his strength, Seek diligently his face at all times.
Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face ever more.
5 Remember his wonders which he hath done, His portents, and the just decisions of his mouth.
Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
6 O ye Seed of Abraham—his servants, Sons of Jacob—his chosen ones:
O you seed of Abraham his servant, you children of Jacob his chosen.
7 Yahweh himself, is our God, Through all the land, are his just decision.
He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the 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 ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac;
Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
10 And confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel, as a covenant age-abiding;
And confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
11 Saying, To thee, will I give the land of Canaan, As your inherited portion;
Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
12 While as yet they were men easily counted, —A very few, and sojourners therein;
When they were but a few men in number; yes, very few, and strangers in it.
13 And they wandered 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 suffered no son of earth to oppress them, And reproved—for their sakes—[even] kings!
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yes, he reproved kings for their sakes;
15 Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And, to my Prophets, may ye do no wrong.
Saying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
16 Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread, he brake;
Moreover he called for a famine on the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.
17 He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold—[even] Joseph;
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
18 They forced, into a fetter, his foot, Into the iron, entered his soul;
Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
19 Until the time when his word came to pass, Speech of Yahweh, proved him;
Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
20 The king sent, and set him free, One having dominion over peoples, yet loosed he his bonds;
The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
21 He appointed him lord to his household, And one having dominion over all he possessed;
He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
22 That he might bind his rulers as he pleased, And, his elders, he might embue with wisdom.
To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
23 So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, sojourned in the land of Ham;
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And he made his people exceeding fruitful, —And caused them to become stronger than their adversaries.
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than 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, to deal subtly with his servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant, Aaron, whom he had chosen.
He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 He set among them his threatening signs, And his wonders, in the land of Ham;
They showed his signs among them, and wonders 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 dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die;
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs, In the chambers of their kings!
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
31 He spake, and there came in the gad-fly, Gnats, in all their bounds;
He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
32 He made their showers—hail, A fire flaming throughout their land;
He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
33 And he smote their vines, and their fig-trees, And brake in pieces the trees of their bounds;
He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and broke the trees of their coasts.
34 He spake—then came the swarming locust, —The devouring locust, and that without number;
He spoke, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number,
35 And devoured all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.
And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength;
He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
37 Thus brought he them forth, with silver and gold, Nor was there, throughout his tribes, one that faltered;
He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
38 Egypt rejoiced when they went out, For the dread of them had fallen upon them.
Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell on them.
39 He spread out a cloud as a covering, And fire, to give light by night,
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
40 They asked, and he brought in the quail, —And, with the bread of the heavens, he satisfied them;
The people asked, and he brought quails, and 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 opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy word, With Abraham his servant.
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
43 Thus brought he forth his people with gladness, —With shouts of triumph, his chosen ones;
And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
44 And gave them, the lands of the nations, And, of the toil of the peoples, took they possession:
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labor of the people;
45 In order that they might observe his statutes, And, over his laws, might keep watch, Praise ye Yah.
That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise you the LORD.