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 on 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, make music to him, tell of all his wondrous works.
3 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth.
Make your boast in his holy name, be glad at heart, you who seek the Lord.
4 Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually.
Seek after the Lord and his strength, seek his face evermore.
5 Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.
Remember the wonders he did, his portents, the judgments he uttered,
6 O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
you who are offspring of Abraham, his servant, the children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He [is] Jehovah our God, In all the earth [are] His judgments.
He is the Lord our God: in all the earth are his judgments.
8 He hath remembered to the age His covenant, The word He commanded to a thousand generations,
He remembers forever his covenant, his promise for a thousand generations
9 That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
The covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac,
10 And doth establish it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel — a covenant age-during,
and confirmed as a statute to Jacob, a pact everlasting to Israel
11 Saying, 'To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,'
to give them the land of Canaan as the lot which they should inherit.
12 In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.
And when they were very few, few and but pilgrims therein,
13 And they go up and down, from nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto another people.
wandering from nation to nation, journeying from people to people,
14 He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings.
he allowed no one to oppress them, even punishing kings for their sakes.
15 'Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.'
He forbade them to touch his anointed, or do any hurt to his prophets.
16 And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.
When he called down famine on the land, and cut off the bread which sustained them,
17 He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.
he sent before them a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul,
His feet were galled with fetters, he was laid in chains of iron,
19 Till the time of the coming of His word The saying of Jehovah hath tried him.
till the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord that had tried him.
20 The king hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out.
The king sent and freed him, the ruler of nations released him.
21 He hath made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.
He made him lord of his household, and ruler of all his possessions,
22 To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And his elders he maketh wise.
to admonish his princes at will and instruct his elders in wisdom.
23 And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham.
Thus Israel came into Egypt, Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And He maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its 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 hath sent Moses His servant, Aaron whom He had fixed on.
He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen,
27 They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
portents he wrought in Egypt, and signs in the land of Ham.
28 He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.
Darkness he sent, and it fell: yet they gave no heed to his word.
29 He hath turned their waters to blood, And putteth to death their fish.
He turned their waters into blood, thus causing their fish to die.
30 Teemed hath their land [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.
Their land was alive with frogs, swarming even in the royal chambers.
31 He hath said, and the beetle cometh, Lice into all their border.
At his command came flies, and lice in all their borders.
32 He hath made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.
He gave them hail for rain and fire that flashed through the land,
33 And He smiteth their vine and their fig, And shivereth the trees of their border.
smiting their vines and figs, breaking the trees of their border.
34 He hath said, and the locust cometh, And the cankerworm — innumerable,
At his command came locusts, young locusts beyond all counting,
35 And it consumeth every herb in their land, And it consumeth the fruit of their ground.
which ate every herb in the land, ate up, too, the fruit of their ground.
36 And He smiteth every first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,
He struck down in their land all the firstborn, the firstlings of all their strength
37 And bringeth them out with silver and gold, And there is not in its tribes a feeble one.
Then forth he led Israel with silver and gold, and among his tribes no one was weary.
38 Rejoiced hath Egypt in their going forth, For their fear had fallen upon them.
Egypt was glad when they left, for terror had fallen upon them.
39 He hath spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night.
He spread out a cloud to screen them, and fire to give light in the night.
40 They have asked, and He bringeth quails, And [with] bread of heaven satisfieth them.
He sent quails at their entreaty, and heavenly bread in abundance.
41 He hath opened a rock, and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places — a river.
He opened the rock; waters gushed: in the desert they ran like a river.
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.
So he led out his people with joy, his elect with a ringing cry.
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 nations, the fruit of their toil for possession,
45 That they may observe His statutes, And His laws may keep. Praise ye Jehovah!
that so they might keep his statutes, and be of his laws observant. Hallelujah.
