Psalms 105
1 Give ye thanks to Yahweh, Call upon his Name, Make known, among the peoples, his doings;
O give thanks unto the LORD; Call upon 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 unto him; sing psalms unto him; Tell ye of all his wondrous works!
3 Make your boast in his holy Name, Joyful be the heart of them who are seeking Yahweh.
Glory ye in his holy name; Let the hearts of them that seek the LORD rejoice!
4 Search out Yahweh and his strength, Seek diligently his face at all times.
Seek the LORD, and his majesty; Seek his face continually!
5 Remember his wonders which he hath done, His portents, and the just decisions of his mouth.
Remember the wonders he hath wrought, His miracles and the judgments of his mouth,
6 O ye Seed of Abraham—his servants, Sons of Jacob—his chosen ones:
Ye offspring of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob his chosen!
7 Yahweh himself, is our God, Through all the land, are his just decision.
Jehovah, he is our God, His judgments are over all the earth.
8 He hath remembered, unto times age-abiding, his covenant, The word he commanded, to a thousand generations;
He remembereth his covenant for ever, And the promise to a thousand generations;
9 Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac;
The covenant which he made with Abraham, And the oath which he gave to Isaac;
10 And confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel, as a covenant age-abiding;
Which he confirmed to Jacob for a decree, And to Israel for an everlasting covenant.
11 Saying, To thee, will I give the land of Canaan, As your inherited portion;
“To thee,” said he, “will I give the land of Canaan For the lot of your inheritance.”
12 While as yet they were men easily counted, —A very few, and sojourners therein;
When they were yet few in number, Very few, and strangers in the land;
13 And they wandered from nation to nation, From a kingdom, to another people.
When they went from nation to nation, 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 oppress them; Yea, he rebuked kings for their sakes.
15 Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And, to my Prophets, may ye do no wrong.
“Touch not,” said he, “mine anointed, And do my prophets no harm!”
16 Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread, he brake;
Again, when he commanded a famine in the land, And 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; Joseph was sold as a slave.
18 They forced, into a fetter, his foot, Into the iron, entered his soul;
His feet they hurt with fetters; He was bound in chains of iron;
19 Until the time when his word came to pass, Speech of Yahweh, proved him;
Until his prediction came to pass, And the word of the LORD proved him.
20 The king sent, and set him free, One having dominion over peoples, yet loosed he his bonds;
Then the king sent, and loosed him; The ruler of nations, and set him free;
21 He appointed him lord to his household, And one having dominion over all he possessed;
He made him governor of his house, And lord of all his possessions;
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 counsellors 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.
Where God 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 hearts to hate his people, And form devices against his servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant, Aaron, whom he had chosen.
Then sent he 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 his wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark, But they rebelled against his words;
He sent darkness upon them, and made it dark; And they did not disobey his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die;
He turned their waters into blood, And caused their fish to die.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs, In the chambers of their kings!
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, Even in the chambers of their kings.
31 He spake, and there came in the gad-fly, Gnats, in all their bounds;
He spake, and there came flies, And lice in all their coasts.
32 He made their showers—hail, A fire flaming throughout their land;
Instead of rain he gave them hail, 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 also their vines and 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 spake, and the locusts came. Destructive locusts without number,
35 And devoured all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.
Which ate up all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruits of their fields.
36 Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength;
Then he smote all the first-born in their land, The first-fruits of all their strength.
37 Thus brought he them forth, with silver and gold, Nor was there, throughout his tribes, one that faltered;
He led forth his people with silver and gold; Nor was there one feeble person in all 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 their terror had fallen upon them.
39 He spread out a cloud as a covering, And fire, to give light by night,
He spread out a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light by night.
40 They asked, and he brought in the quail, —And, with the bread of the heavens, he satisfied them;
They 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 forth, And 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, Which he had made to Abraham his servant;
43 Thus brought he forth his people with gladness, —With shouts of triumph, his chosen ones;
And he led 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:
He gave to them the lands of the nations, And they inherited the labor of the peoples;
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 obey his laws. Praise ye the LORD!
