Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make his doings known amongst the peoples.
Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works amongst the heathen.
2 Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvellous works.
Sing to him, yes, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works.
3 Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
Seek you the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually.
5 Remember his marvellous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgements of his mouth,
Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgements of his mouth;
6 you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
[you] seed of Abraam, his servants, [you] children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He is the LORD, our God. His judgements are in all the earth.
He is the Lord our God; his judgements are in all the earth.
8 He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generation:
9 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and [he remembered] his oath to Isaac.
10 and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant;
11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,”
saying To you will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:
12 when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it.
13 They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
And they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people.
14 He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes:
15 “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
[saying], Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm.
16 He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread.
17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.
18 They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron,
19 until the time that his word happened, and the LORD’s word proved him true.
until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire.
20 The king sent and freed him, even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
The king sent and loosed him; [even] the prince of the people, and let him go free.
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions,
He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance;
22 to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham.
24 He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
He sent fort Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 They performed miracles amongst them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
He established amongst them his signs, and [his] wonders in the land of Cham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.
He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts.
32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
He turned their rain into hail, [and sent] flaming fire in their land.
33 He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
And he struck their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number.
He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable,
35 They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground.
36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
He struck also every firstborn of their land, the first fruits of all their labour.
37 He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person amongst his tribes.
And he brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one amongst their tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.
Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night.
40 They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
He clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places.
42 For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
For he remembered his holy word, which [he promised] to Abraam his servant.
43 He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.
And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy;
44 He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labour of the peoples in possession,
and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labours of the people;
45 that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise the LORD!
that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law.
