Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to Yahweh, and tell others that he is very great! Tell everyone in the world what he has done!
Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
2 Sing to him; praise him as you sing to him; tell others about his wonderful miracles.
Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
3 Be happy because [you know that] he [MTY] is holy! You people who worship Yahweh, rejoice!
Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4 Ask Yahweh to help you and give you his strength, and continue to ask him!
Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
5 You people who are descendants of God’s servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, the man God chose, think about [all] the wonderful things that he has done: He performed miracles, and he punished [all our enemies].
Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
7 He is Yahweh, our God. He rules and judges [people] throughout the earth.
He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
8 He never forgets the agreement that he made; he made a promise that will last for 1,000 generations;
He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
9 that is the agreement that he made with Abraham, and he repeated that agreement with Isaac.
the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
10 [Later] he confirmed it [again] to Jacob as an agreement for the Israeli [people] that would last forever.
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 What he said was, “I will give you the Canaan region; it will belong to you [and your descendants forever].”
“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
12 [He said that to them] when there were only a few of them, a tiny group of people who were living in that land like strangers.
When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
13 They continued to wander from one place to another, from one kingdom to another.
they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
14 But he did not allow others to oppress them. He warned those kings by saying to them,
He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
15 “Do not do harm the [people] whom I have chosen! Do not harm my prophets!”
“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
16 He sent a famine to Canaan, and [as a result all the people] had no food to eat.
He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
17 So his people went to Egypt, but first he sent someone there. He sent Joseph, who had been sold to be a slave.
He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
18 [Later, while Joseph was in prison in Egypt], they put his legs in shackles that bruised his feet, and they put an iron collar around his neck.
They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
19 There, Yahweh (refined Joseph’s character/tested Joseph to see if Joseph would continue to trust him), until what Joseph predicted would happen (came true/happened).
until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
20 The king [of Egypt] summoned him, and he set Joseph free; this ruler of many people-groups released Joseph [from prison].
The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.
21 [Then] he appointed him to take care of everything in the king’s household, to take care of everything that the king possessed.
He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,
22 (Joseph was permitted/He permitted Joseph) to command the king’s servants to do anything that Joseph wanted them to do, and [even] to tell the king’s advisors the things that they should do [for the people of Egypt].
to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
23 Later, [Joseph’s father] Jacob arrived in Egypt. He lived like a foreigner in the land that belonged to the descendants of Ham.
Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
24 And [years later] Yahweh caused the descendants of Jacob to become very numerous. [As a result], their enemies, [the Egyptians], considered that the Israelis were too strong.
And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
25 [So] Yahweh caused the rulers of Egypt to (turn against/hate) the Israeli people, and they planned ways to get rid of his people.
whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
26 [But then] Yahweh sent his servant Moses along with [Moses’ older brother] Aaron, whom Yahweh had [also] chosen [to be his servant].
He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
27 Those two performed amazing miracles among the people of Egypt, in that land where the descendants of Ham lived.
They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 Yahweh sent darkness, so that the people of Egypt could not see anything [DOU], but the rulers of Egypt refused [RHQ] to obey when [Moses and Aaron] commanded [them to let the Israeli people leave Egypt].
He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.
29 Yahweh caused [all] the water in Egypt to become (blood/[red like] blood), and [his doing that] caused all the fish to die.
He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.
30 [Then he caused] the land to become full of frogs; the king and his officials even had frogs in their bedrooms.
Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
31 [Then] Yahweh commanded that flies come, and swarms of them descended [on the people of Egypt], and gnats [also] swarmed across the whole country.
He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.
32 Instead of sending rain, Yahweh sent [terrible] hail, and lightning flashed throughout the land.
He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.
33 The hail ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the [other] trees.
He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
34 He commanded locusts to come, and swarms of them came; [so many that] they could not be counted.
He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.
35 The locusts ate every green plant in the land, ruining all the crops.
They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.
36 [Then] Yahweh killed the oldest son in every house [of the people of Egypt] [DOU].
Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
37 Then he brought the Israeli [people] out [from Egypt]; they were carrying loads of [jewelry made of] silver and gold [that the women of Egypt had given to them]. No one was left behind because of being sick.
He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.
38 [The people of] Egypt were glad when the Israeli people left, because they had become very afraid of the Israelis.
Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39 [Then] Yahweh spread a cloud to cover the Israelis; and [at night it became] a big fire [in the sky] to give them light.
He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
40 [Later] the Israelis asked for [meat to eat], and Yahweh sent [flocks of] quail to them, and he gave them plenty of manna [food] from the sky [each morning].
They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 [One day] he caused a rock to open up and water poured out [for them to drink]; it was like a river flowing in that desert.
He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
42 [He did that] because he kept thinking about the sacred promise [that he had given] to his servant, Abraham.
For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
43 So his people were joyful as he brought them out from Egypt; those people whom he had chosen were shouting joyfully as they went.
He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
44 He gave to them the land that belonged to the people-groups [that lived there in Canaan], and the Israelis harvested crops that [other] people had planted.
He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
45 [Yahweh did all these things] in order that his people would do all the things that he had commanded them to do [DOU]. Praise Yahweh!
that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
