תהילים 105
| הודו ליהוה קראו בשמו הודיעו בעמים עלילותיו | 1 |
Yadah ·Extend hands in thankful praise· to Adonai! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
| שירו-לו זמרו-לו שיחו בכל-נפלאותיו | 2 |
Sing to him, sing zahmar ·musical praise· to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
| התהללו בשם קדשו ישמח לב מבקשי יהוה | 3 |
Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Adonai rejoice.
| דרשו יהוה ועזו בקשו פניו תמיד | 4 |
Seek Adonai and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
| זכרו--נפלאותיו אשר-עשה מפתיו ומשפטי-פיו | 5 |
Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
| זרע אברהם עבדו בני יעקב בחיריו | 6 |
you offspring of Abraham [Father of a multitude], his servant, you children of Jacob [Supplanter], his chosen ones.
| הוא יהוה אלהינו בכל-הארץ משפטיו | 7 |
He is Adonai, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
| זכר לעולם בריתו דבר צוה לאלף דור | 8 |
He has remembered his covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties· forever, the word which he enjoined to a thousand generations,
| אשר כרת את-אברהם ושבועתו לישחק | 9 |
the covenant which he made with Abraham [Father of a multitude], his oath to Isaac [Laughter],
| ויעמידה ליעקב לחק לישראל ברית עולם | 10 |
and confirmed the same to Jacob [Supplanter] for a statute; to Israel [God prevails] for an everlasting covenant,
| לאמר--לך אתן את-ארץ-כנען חבל נחלתכם | 11 |
saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan [Humbled], the lot of your inheritance;”
| בהיותם מתי מספר כמעט וגרים בה | 12 |
when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
| ויתהלכו מגוי אל-גוי מממלכה אל-עם אחר | 13 |
They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
| לא-הניח אדם לעשקם ויוכח עליהם מלכים | 14 |
He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
| אל-תגעו במשיחי ולנביאי אל-תרעו | 15 |
“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
| ויקרא רעב על-הארץ כל-מטה-לחם שבר | 16 |
He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
| שלח לפניהם איש לעבד נמכר יוסף | 17 |
He sent a man before them. Joseph [May he add] was sold for a slave.
| ענו בכבל רגליו (רגלו) ברזל באה נפשו | 18 |
They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
| עד-עת בא-דברו-- אמרת יהוה צרפתהו | 19 |
until the time that his word happened, and Adonai’s word proved him true.
| שלח מלך ויתירהו משל עמים ויפתחהו | 20 |
The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
| שמו אדון לביתו ומשל בכל-קנינו | 21 |
He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions;
| לאסר שריו בנפשו וזקניו יחכם | 22 |
to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
| ויבא ישראל מצרים ויעקב גר בארץ-חם | 23 |
Israel [God prevails] also came into Egypt [Abode of slavery]. Jacob [Supplanter] lived in the land of Ham [Hot, Intensity, Passion].
| ויפר את-עמו מאד ויעצמהו מצריו | 24 |
He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
| הפך לבם לשנא עמו להתנכל בעבדיו | 25 |
He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
| שלח משה עבדו אהרן אשר בחר-בו | 26 |
He sent Moses [Drawn out], his servant, and Aaron [Light-bringer], whom he had chosen.
| שמו-בם דברי אתותיו ומפתים בארץ חם | 27 |
They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham [Hot, Intensity, Passion].
| שלח חשך ויחשך ולא-מרו את-דבריו (דברו) | 28 |
He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.
| הפך את-מימיהם לדם וימת את-דגתם | 29 |
He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
| שרץ ארצם צפרדעים בחדרי מלכיהם | 30 |
Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
| אמר ויבא ערב כנים בכל-גבולם | 31 |
He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
| נתן גשמיהם ברד אש להבות בארצם | 32 |
He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
| ויך גפנם ותאנתם וישבר עץ גבולם | 33 |
He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
| אמר ויבא ארבה וילק ואין מספר | 34 |
He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,
| ויאכל כל-עשב בארצם ויאכל פרי אדמתם | 35 |
ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit of their ground.
| ויך כל-בכור בארצם ראשית לכל-אונם | 36 |
He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
| ויוציאם בכסף וזהב ואין בשבטיו כושל | 37 |
He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
| שמח מצרים בצאתם כי-נפל פחדם עליהם | 38 |
Egypt [Abode of slavery] was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.
| פרש ענן למסך ואש להאיר לילה | 39 |
He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
| שאל ויבא שלו ולחם שמים ישביעם | 40 |
They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
| פתח צור ויזובו מים הלכו בציות נהר | 41 |
He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
| כי-זכר את-דבר קדשו את-אברהם עבדו | 42 |
For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham [Father of a multitude], his servant.
| ויוצא עמו בששון ברנה את-בחיריו | 43 |
He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.
| ויתן להם ארצות גוים ועמל לאמים יירשו | 44 |
He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
| בעבור ישמרו חקיו-- ותורתיו ינצרו הללו-יה | 45 |
that they might keep his statutes, and observe his torot ·teachings·. Halleluyah ·praise Yah·!
