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 on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
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 marvelous works.
3 Be happy because [you know that] he [MTY] is holy! You people who worship Yahweh, rejoice!
Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4 Ask Yahweh to help you and give you his strength, and continue to ask him!
Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
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 marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children 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 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 has remembered his covenant forever, 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.
the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
10 [Later] he confirmed it [again] to Jacob as an agreement for the Israeli [people] that would last forever.
and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11 What he said was, “I will give you the Canaan region; it will belong to you [and your descendants forever].”
saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, 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 few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
13 They continued to wander from one place to another, from one kingdom to another.
They went about from nation to nation, 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 allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
15 “Do not do harm the [people] whom I have chosen! Do not harm my prophets!”
“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
16 He sent a famine to Canaan, and [as a result all the people] had no food to eat.
He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
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 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 bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked 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 the time that his word happened, and the LORD’s word proved him true.
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 freed him, even the ruler of peoples, and let him go 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 lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions,
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 discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to 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.
Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived 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.
He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
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, 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 miracles 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 made it dark. They didn’t rebel against 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 killed 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 swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms 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 swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
32 Instead of sending rain, Yahweh sent [terrible] hail, and lightning flashed throughout the land.
He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
33 The hail ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the [other] trees.
He struck their vines and also their 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 with the grasshoppers, without number.
35 The locusts ate every green plant in the land, ruining all the crops.
They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 [Then] Yahweh killed the oldest son in every house [of the people of Egypt] [DOU].
He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
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 them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
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 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 for a covering, fire to give 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 he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
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 gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
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 word, and 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 his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.
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. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
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 observe his laws. Praise the LORD!
