Psalms 105
1 Give ye thanks to Yahweh, Call upon his Name, Make known, among the peoples, his doings;
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name: make known his deeds among the nations.
2 Sing ye to him, Make ye music to him, Speak ye of all his wonders.
Sing to him, make music to him, tell of all his wondrous works.
3 Make your boast in his holy Name, Joyful be the heart of them who are seeking Yahweh.
Make your boast in his holy name, be glad at heart, you who seek the Lord.
4 Search out Yahweh and his strength, Seek diligently his face at all times.
Seek after the Lord and his strength, seek his face evermore.
5 Remember his wonders which he hath done, His portents, and the just decisions of his mouth.
Remember the wonders he did, his portents, the judgments he uttered,
6 O ye Seed of Abraham—his servants, Sons of Jacob—his chosen ones:
you who are offspring of Abraham, his servant, the children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 Yahweh himself, is our God, Through all the land, are his just decision.
He is the Lord our God: in all the earth are his judgments.
8 He hath remembered, unto times age-abiding, his covenant, The word he commanded, to a thousand generations;
He remembers forever his covenant, his promise for a thousand generations
9 Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac;
The covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac,
10 And confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel, as a covenant age-abiding;
and confirmed as a statute to Jacob, a pact everlasting to Israel
11 Saying, To thee, will I give the land of Canaan, As your inherited portion;
to give them the land of Canaan as the lot which they should inherit.
12 While as yet they were men easily counted, —A very few, and sojourners therein;
And when they were very few, few and but pilgrims therein,
13 And they wandered from nation to nation, From a kingdom, to another people.
wandering from nation to nation, journeying from people to people,
14 He suffered no son of earth to oppress them, And reproved—for their sakes—[even] kings!
he allowed no one to oppress them, even punishing kings for their sakes.
15 Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And, to my Prophets, may ye do no wrong.
He forbade them to touch his anointed, or do any hurt to his prophets.
16 Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread, he brake;
When he called down famine on the land, and cut off the bread which sustained them,
17 He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold—[even] Joseph;
he sent before them a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 They forced, into a fetter, his foot, Into the iron, entered his soul;
His feet were galled with fetters, he was laid in chains of iron,
19 Until the time when his word came to pass, Speech of Yahweh, proved him;
till the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord that had tried him.
20 The king sent, and set him free, One having dominion over peoples, yet loosed he his bonds;
The king sent and freed him, the ruler of nations released him.
21 He appointed him lord to his household, And one having dominion over all he possessed;
He made him lord of his household, and ruler of all his possessions,
22 That he might bind his rulers as he pleased, And, his elders, he might embue with wisdom.
to admonish his princes at will and instruct his elders in wisdom.
23 So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, sojourned in the land of Ham;
Thus Israel came into Egypt, Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And he made his people exceeding fruitful, —And caused them to become stronger than their adversaries.
His people he made very fruitful, and mightier than their foes.
25 He let them turn their heart—To hate his people, To deal treacherously with his servants;
He inspired them to hate his people, and to deal with his servants craftily.
26 He sent Moses his servant, Aaron, whom he had chosen.
He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen,
27 He set among them his threatening signs, And his wonders, in the land of Ham;
portents he wrought in Egypt, and signs in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark, But they rebelled against his words;
Darkness he sent, and it fell: yet they gave no heed to his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die;
He turned their waters into blood, thus causing their fish to die.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs, In the chambers of their kings!
Their land was alive with frogs, swarming even in the royal chambers.
31 He spake, and there came in the gad-fly, Gnats, in all their bounds;
At his command came flies, and lice in all their borders.
32 He made their showers—hail, A fire flaming throughout their land;
He gave them hail for rain and fire that flashed through the land,
33 And he smote their vines, and their fig-trees, And brake in pieces the trees of their bounds;
smiting their vines and figs, breaking the trees of their border.
34 He spake—then came the swarming locust, —The devouring locust, and that without number;
At his command came locusts, young locusts beyond all counting,
35 And devoured all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.
which ate every herb in the land, ate up, too, the fruit of their ground.
36 Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength;
He struck down in their land all the firstborn, the firstlings of all their strength
37 Thus brought he them forth, with silver and gold, Nor was there, throughout his tribes, one that faltered;
Then forth he led Israel with silver and gold, and among his tribes no one was weary.
38 Egypt rejoiced when they went out, For the dread of them had fallen upon them.
Egypt was glad when they left, for 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 to screen them, 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;
He sent quails at their entreaty, and heavenly bread in abundance.
41 He opened the rock, and there gushed forth waters, They flowed along, through parched places, as a river;
He opened the rock; waters gushed: in the desert they ran like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy word, With Abraham his servant.
For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant.
43 Thus brought he forth his people with gladness, —With shouts of triumph, his chosen ones;
So he led out his people with joy, his elect with a ringing cry.
44 And gave them, the lands of the nations, And, of the toil of the peoples, took they possession:
And he gave them the lands of the nations, the fruit of their toil for possession,
45 In order that they might observe his statutes, And, over his laws, might keep watch, Praise ye Yah.
that so they might keep his statutes, and be of his laws observant. Hallelujah.
