Psalms 105
1 Give ye thanks to Jehovah — call ye in His name, Make known among the peoples His acts.
Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
2 Sing ye to Him — sing praise to Him, Meditate ye on all His wonders.
Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
3 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth.
Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4 Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually.
Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
5 Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.
Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
6 O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
7 He [is] Jehovah our God, In all the earth [are] His judgments.
He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
8 He hath remembered to the age His covenant, The word He commanded to a thousand generations,
He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
9 That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
10 And doth establish it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel — a covenant age-during,
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 Saying, 'To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,'
“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
12 In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.
When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
13 And they go up and down, from nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto another people.
they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
14 He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings.
He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
15 'Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.'
“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
16 And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.
He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
17 He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.
He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
18 They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul,
They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
19 Till the time of the coming of His word The saying of Jehovah hath tried him.
until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
20 The king hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out.
The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.
21 He hath made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.
He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,
22 To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And his elders he maketh wise.
to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
23 And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham.
Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
24 And He maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries.
And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
25 He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.
whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
26 He hath sent Moses His servant, Aaron whom He had fixed on.
He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
27 They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.
He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.
29 He hath turned their waters to blood, And putteth to death their fish.
He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.
30 Teemed hath their land [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.
Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
31 He hath said, and the beetle cometh, Lice into all their border.
He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.
32 He hath made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.
He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.
33 And He smiteth their vine and their fig, And shivereth the trees of their border.
He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
34 He hath said, and the locust cometh, And the cankerworm — innumerable,
He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.
35 And it consumeth every herb in their land, And it consumeth the fruit of their ground.
They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.
36 And He smiteth every first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,
Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
37 And bringeth them out with silver and gold, And there is not in its tribes a feeble one.
He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.
38 Rejoiced hath Egypt in their going forth, For their fear had fallen upon them.
Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39 He hath spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night.
He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
40 They have asked, and He bringeth quails, And [with] bread of heaven satisfieth them.
They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He hath opened a rock, and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places — a river.
He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
42 For He hath remembered His holy word, With Abraham His servant,
For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
43 And He bringeth forth His people with joy, With singing His chosen ones.
He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
44 And He giveth to them the lands of nations, And the labour of peoples they possess,
He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
45 That they may observe His statutes, And His laws may keep. Praise ye Jehovah!
that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
