Psalms 105
1 Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name: make known his deeds among the nations.
2 Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
Sing to him, make music to him, tell of all his wondrous works.
3 Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
Make your boast in his holy name, be glad at heart, you who seek the Lord.
4 Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
Seek after the Lord and his strength, seek his face evermore.
5 Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
Remember the wonders he did, his portents, the judgments he uttered,
6 you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
you who are offspring of Abraham, his servant, the children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
He is the Lord our God: in all the earth are his judgments.
8 He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
He remembers forever his covenant, his promise for a thousand generations
9 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
The covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac,
10 and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
and confirmed as a statute to Jacob, a pact everlasting to Israel
11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,”
to give them the land of Canaan as the lot which they should inherit.
12 when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
And when they were very few, few and but pilgrims therein,
13 They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
wandering from nation to nation, journeying from people to people,
14 He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
he allowed no one to oppress them, even punishing kings for their sakes.
15 “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
He forbade them to touch his anointed, or do any hurt to his prophets.
16 He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
When he called down famine on the land, and cut off the bread which sustained them,
17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
he sent before them a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
His feet were galled with fetters, he was laid in chains of iron,
19 until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh’s word proved him true.
till the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord that had tried him.
20 The king sent and freed him, even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
The king sent and freed him, the ruler of nations released him.
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions,
He made him lord of his household, and ruler of all his possessions,
22 to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
to admonish his princes at will and instruct his elders in wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
Thus Israel came into Egypt, Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
His people he made very fruitful, and mightier than their foes.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
He inspired them to hate his people, and to deal with his servants craftily.
26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen,
27 They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
portents he wrought in Egypt, and signs in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.
Darkness he sent, and it fell: yet they gave no heed to his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, thus causing their fish to die.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
Their land was alive with frogs, swarming even in the royal chambers.
31 He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
At his command came flies, and lice in all their borders.
32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
He gave them hail for rain and fire that flashed through the land,
33 He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
smiting their vines and figs, breaking the trees of their border.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number.
At his command came locusts, young locusts beyond all counting,
35 They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
which ate every herb in the land, ate up, too, the fruit of their ground.
36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
He struck down in their land all the firstborn, the firstlings of all their strength
37 He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
Then forth he led Israel with silver and gold, and among his tribes no one was weary.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.
Egypt was glad when they left, for terror had fallen upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
He spread out a cloud to screen them, and fire to give light in the night.
40 They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
He sent quails at their entreaty, and heavenly bread in abundance.
41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
He opened the rock; waters gushed: in the desert they ran like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant.
43 He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.
So he led out his people with joy, his elect with a ringing cry.
44 He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
And he gave them the lands of the nations, the fruit of their toil for possession,
45 that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!
that so they might keep his statutes, and be of his laws observant. Hallelujah.
