Psalms 105
1 O give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
2 Sing to him, sing psalms to him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
5 Remember his wonderful works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
7 He [is] the LORD our God: his judgments [are] in all the earth.
He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations.
He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
9 Which [covenant] he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
10 And confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant:
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 Saying, To thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
12 When they were a few men in number; yes, very few, and strangers in it.
When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
13 When they went from one nation to another, from [one] kingdom to another people;
they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yes, he reproved kings for their sakes;
He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
15 [Saying], Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.
He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
17 He sent a man before them, [even] Joseph, [who] was sold for a servant:
He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
20 The king sent and loosed him; [even] the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant; [and] Aaron whom he had chosen.
He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
27 They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
31 He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies, [and] lice in all their borders.
He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.
32 He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land.
He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.
33 He smote their vines also and their fig-trees; and broke the trees of their borders.
He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number,
He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.
35 And ate up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.
36 He smote also all the first-born in their land, the chief of all their strength.
Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and [there was] not one feeble [person] among their tribes.
He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
40 [The people] asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
42 For he remembered his holy promise, [and] Abraham his servant.
For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, [and] his chosen with gladness:
He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labor of the people;
He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
