Psalms 105
1 Give ye thanks to Jehovah — call ye in His name, Make known among the peoples His acts.
Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
2 Sing ye to Him — sing praise to Him, Meditate ye on all His wonders.
Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
3 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth.
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
4 Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually.
Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
5 Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.
Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
6 O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
7 He [is] Jehovah our God, In all the earth [are] His judgments.
He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He hath remembered to the age His covenant, The word He commanded to a thousand generations,
He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:
10 And doth establish it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel — a covenant age-during,
And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
11 Saying, 'To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,'
Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
12 In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.
When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
13 And they go up and down, from nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto another people.
And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
14 He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings.
He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
15 'Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.'
Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
16 And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.
And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
17 He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.
He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
18 They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul,
They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
19 Till the time of the coming of His word The saying of Jehovah hath tried him.
Until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.
20 The king hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out.
The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
21 He hath made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.
He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
22 To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And his elders he maketh wise.
That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
23 And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham.
And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
24 And He maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries.
And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies,
25 He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.
He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
26 He hath sent Moses His servant, Aaron whom He had fixed on.
He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
27 They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
28 He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.
He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.
29 He hath turned their waters to blood, And putteth to death their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.
30 Teemed hath their land [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.
Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.
31 He hath said, and the beetle cometh, Lice into all their border.
He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
32 He hath made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.
He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.
33 And He smiteth their vine and their fig, And shivereth the trees of their border.
And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
34 He hath said, and the locust cometh, And the cankerworm — innumerable,
He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.
35 And it consumeth every herb in their land, And it consumeth the fruit of their ground.
And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
36 And He smiteth every first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,
And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
37 And bringeth them out with silver and gold, And there is not in its tribes a feeble one.
And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
38 Rejoiced hath Egypt in their going forth, For their fear had fallen upon them.
Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.
39 He hath spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night.
He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
40 They have asked, and He bringeth quails, And [with] bread of heaven satisfieth them.
They asked, and the quail came: and he filled 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 the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
42 For He hath remembered His holy word, With Abraham His servant,
Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
43 And He bringeth forth His people with joy, With singing His chosen ones.
And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
44 And He giveth to them the lands of nations, And the labour of peoples they possess,
And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:
45 That they may observe His statutes, And His laws may keep. Praise ye Jehovah!
That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.
