Psalm 105
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1Give thanks to Yahweh, call on His name; proclaim His deeds among the peoples. 1Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, and make his deeds known among the people.
2Sing to Him, sing praise to Him; tell about all His wonderful works! 2Sing to him! Praise him! Declare all his awesome deeds!
3Honor His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. 3Exult in his holy name; let all those who seek the LORD rejoice!
4Search for the LORD and for His strength; seek His face always. 4Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face continually.
5Remember the wonderful works He has done, His wonders, and the judgments He has pronounced, 5Remember his awesome deeds that he has done, his wonders and the judgments he declared.
6you offspring of Abraham His servant, Jacob's descendants--His chosen ones. 6You descendants of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7He is the LORD our God; His judgments govern the whole earth. 7He is the LORD our God; his judgments extend to the entire earth.
8He remembers His covenant forever, the promise He ordained for a thousand generations-- 8He remembers his eternal covenant— every promise he made for a thousand generations,
9the covenant He made with Abraham, swore to Isaac, 9like the covenant he made with Abraham, and his promise to Isaac.
10and confirmed to Jacob as a decree and to Israel as an everlasting covenant:" 10He presented it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant.
11I will give the land of Canaan to you as your inherited portion." 11He said: "I will give Canaan to you as the allotted portion that is your inheritance."
12When they were few in number, very few indeed, and temporary residents in Canaan, 12When the Hebrews were few in number—so very few— and were sojourners in it,
13wandering from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another, 13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
14He allowed no one to oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:" 14He did not allow anyone to oppress them, or any kings to reprove them.
15Do not touch My anointed ones, or harm My prophets." 15"Don't touch my anointed or hurt my prophets!"
16He called down famine against the land and destroyed the entire food supply. 16He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply.
17He had sent a man ahead of them-- Joseph, who was sold as a slave. 17He sent a man before them— Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
18They hurt his feet with shackles; his neck was put in an iron collar. 18They bound his feet with fetters and placed an iron collar on his neck,
19Until the time his prediction came true, the word of the LORD tested him. 19until the time his prediction came true, as the word of the LORD refined him.
20The king sent for him and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free. 20He sent a king who released him, a ruler of people who set him free.
21He made him master of his household, ruler over all his possessions-- 21He made him the master over his household, the manager of all his possessions—
22binding his officials at will and instructing his elders. 22to discipline his rulers at will and make his elders wise.
23Then Israel went to Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham. 23Then Israel came to Egypt; indeed, Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
24The LORD made His people very fruitful; He made them more numerous than their foes, 24He caused his people to multiply greatly; and be more numerous than their enemies.
25whose hearts He turned to hate His people and to deal deceptively with His servants. 25He caused them to hate his people and to deceive his servants.
26He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. 26He sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. 27They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
28He sent darkness, and it became dark-- for did they not defy His commands? 28He sent darkness, and it became dark. Did they not rebel against his words?
29He turned their water into blood and caused their fish to die. 29He turned their water into blood, so that the fish died.
30Their land was overrun with frogs, even in their royal chambers. 30Their land swarmed with frogs even to the chambers of their kings.
31He spoke, and insects came-- gnats throughout their country. 31He spoke, and a swarm of insects invaded their land.
32He gave them hail for rain, and lightning throughout their land. 32He sent hail instead of rain, and lightning throughout their land.
33He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their territory. 33It destroyed their vines and their figs, breaking trees throughout their country.
34He spoke, and locusts came-- young locusts without number. 34Then he commanded the locust to come— grasshoppers without number.
35They devoured all the vegetation in their land and consumed the produce of their land. 35They consumed every green plant in their land, and devoured the fruit of their soil.
36He struck all the firstborn in their land, all their first progeny. 36He struck down every firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their progeny.
37Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among His tribes stumbled. 37Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled.
38Egypt was glad when they left, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them. 38The Egyptians rejoiced when they left, because fear of Israel descended on them.
39He spread a cloud as a covering and gave a fire to light up the night. 39He spread out a cloud for a cover, and fire for light at night.
40They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with bread from heaven. 40Israel asked, and quail came; food from heaven satisfied them.
41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a stream in the desert. 41He opened a rock, and water gushed out flowing like a river in the desert.
42For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant. 42Indeed, he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham.
43He brought His people out with rejoicing, His chosen ones with shouts of joy. 43He led his people out with gladness, his chosen ones with shouts of joy.
44He gave them the lands of the nations, and they inherited what other peoples had worked for. 44He gave to them the land of nations; they inherited the labor of other people
45All this happened so that they might keep His statutes and obey His instructions. Hallelujah! 45so they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Hallelujah!
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