Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to Yahweh, and tell others that he is very great! Tell everyone in the world what he has done!
Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
2 Sing to him; praise him as you sing to him; tell others about his wonderful miracles.
Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
3 Be happy because [you know that] he [MTY] is holy! You people who worship Yahweh, rejoice!
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
4 Ask Yahweh to help you and give you his strength, and continue to ask him!
Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
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 his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
7 He is Yahweh, our God. He rules and judges [people] throughout the earth.
He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He never forgets the agreement that he made; he made a promise that will last for 1,000 generations;
He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 that is the agreement that he made with Abraham, and he repeated that agreement with Isaac.
Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:
10 [Later] he confirmed it [again] to Jacob as an agreement for the Israeli [people] that would last forever.
And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
11 What he said was, “I will give you the Canaan region; it will belong to you [and your descendants forever].”
Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot 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 but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
13 They continued to wander from one place to another, from one kingdom to another.
And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
14 But he did not allow others to oppress them. He warned those kings by saying to them,
He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
15 “Do not do harm the [people] whom I have chosen! Do not harm my prophets!”
Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
16 He sent a famine to Canaan, and [as a result all the people] had no food to eat.
And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
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, who was sold for 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 humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
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 word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.
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 he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
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 house, and ruler of all his possession.
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].
That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients 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.
And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
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 he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies,
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.
He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with 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: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
27 Those two performed amazing miracles among the people of Egypt, in that land where the descendants of Ham lived.
He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
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 made it obscure: and grieved not 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 into blood, and destroyed their fish.
30 [Then he caused] the land to become full of frogs; the king and his officials even had frogs in their bedrooms.
Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.
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 there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
32 Instead of sending rain, Yahweh sent [terrible] hail, and lightning flashed throughout the land.
He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.
33 The hail ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the [other] trees.
And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
34 He commanded locusts to come, and swarms of them came; [so many that] they could not be counted.
He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.
35 The locusts ate every green plant in the land, ruining all the crops.
And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
36 [Then] Yahweh killed the oldest son in every house [of the people of Egypt] [DOU].
And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
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.
And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
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 fear of them lay upon 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 for their protection, and fire to give them light in 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 the quail came: and he filled 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 the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
42 [He did that] because he kept thinking about the sacred promise [that he had given] to his servant, Abraham.
Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
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.
And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
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.
And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:
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 observe his justifications, and seek after his law.
