Psalms 105

1 Give ye thanks to Jehovah — call ye in His name, Make known among the peoples His acts.

Give ye thanks to Yahweh, Call upon his Name, Make known, among the peoples, his doings;

2 Sing ye to Him — sing praise to Him, Meditate ye on all His wonders.

Sing ye to him, Make ye music to him, Speak ye of all his wonders.

3 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth.

Make your boast in his holy Name, Joyful be the heart of them who are seeking Yahweh.

4 Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually.

Search out Yahweh and his strength, Seek diligently his face at all times.

5 Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.

Remember his wonders which he hath done, His portents, and the just decisions of his mouth.

6 O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.

O ye Seed of Abraham—his servants, Sons of Jacob—his chosen ones:

7 He [is] Jehovah our God, In all the earth [are] His judgments.

Yahweh himself, is our God, Through all the land, are his just decision.

8 He hath remembered to the age His covenant, The word He commanded to a thousand generations,

He hath remembered, unto times age-abiding, his covenant, The word he commanded, to a thousand generations;

9 That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,

Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac;

10 And doth establish it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel — a covenant age-during,

And confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel, as a covenant age-abiding;

11 Saying, 'To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,'

Saying, To thee, will I give the land of Canaan, As your inherited portion;

12 In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.

While as yet they were men easily counted, —A very few, and sojourners therein;

13 And they go up and down, from nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto another people.

And they wandered from nation to nation, From a kingdom, to another people.

14 He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings.

He suffered no son of earth to oppress them, And reproved—for their sakes—[even] kings!

15 'Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.'

Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And, to my Prophets, may ye do no wrong.

16 And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.

Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread, he brake;

17 He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.

He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold—[even] Joseph;

18 They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul,

They forced, into a fetter, his foot, Into the iron, entered his soul;

19 Till the time of the coming of His word The saying of Jehovah hath tried him.

Until the time when his word came to pass, Speech of Yahweh, proved him;

20 The king hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out.

The king sent, and set him free, One having dominion over peoples, yet loosed he his bonds;

21 He hath made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.

He appointed him lord to his household, And one having dominion over all he possessed;

22 To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And his elders he maketh wise.

That he might bind his rulers as he pleased, And, his elders, he might embue with wisdom.

23 And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham.

So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, sojourned in the land of Ham;

24 And He maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries.

And he made his people exceeding fruitful, —And caused them to become stronger than their adversaries.

25 He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.

He let them turn their heart—To hate his people, To deal treacherously with his servants;

26 He hath sent Moses His servant, Aaron whom He had fixed on.

He sent Moses his servant, Aaron, whom he had chosen.

27 They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.

He set among them his threatening signs, And his 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 made it dark, But they rebelled against his words;

29 He hath turned their waters to blood, And putteth to death their fish.

He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die;

30 Teemed hath their land [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.

Their land swarmed with frogs, In the chambers of their kings!

31 He hath said, and the beetle cometh, Lice into all their border.

He spake, and there came in the gad-fly, Gnats, in all their bounds;

32 He hath made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.

He made their showers—hail, A fire flaming throughout their land;

33 And He smiteth their vine and their fig, And shivereth the trees of their border.

And he smote their vines, and their fig-trees, And brake in pieces the trees of their bounds;

34 He hath said, and the locust cometh, And the cankerworm — innumerable,

He spake—then came the swarming locust, —The devouring locust, and that without number;

35 And it consumeth every herb in their land, And it consumeth the fruit of their ground.

And devoured all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.

36 And He smiteth every first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,

Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength;

37 And bringeth them out with silver and gold, And there is not in its tribes a feeble one.

Thus brought he them forth, with silver and gold, Nor was there, throughout his tribes, one that faltered;

38 Rejoiced hath Egypt in their going forth, For their fear had fallen upon them.

Egypt rejoiced when they went out, For the dread of them had fallen upon them.

39 He hath spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night.

He spread out a cloud as a covering, And fire, to give light by night,

40 They have asked, and He bringeth quails, And [with] bread of heaven satisfieth them.

They asked, and he brought in the quail, —And, with the bread of the heavens, he satisfied them;

41 He hath opened a rock, and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places — a river.

He opened the rock, and there gushed forth waters, They flowed along, through parched places, as a river;

42 For He hath remembered His holy word, With Abraham His servant,

For he remembered his holy word, With Abraham his servant.

43 And He bringeth forth His people with joy, With singing His chosen ones.

Thus brought he forth his people with gladness, —With shouts of triumph, his chosen ones;

44 And He giveth to them the lands of nations, And the labour of peoples they possess,

And gave them, the lands of the nations, And, of the toil of the peoples, took they possession:

45 That they may observe His statutes, And His laws may keep. Praise ye Jehovah!

In order that they might observe his statutes, And, over his laws, might keep watch, Praise ye Yah.