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Psalms 105 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | <V 104:1>Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations. | Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! | Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. | |
| 2 | <V 104:2>Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders. | Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works! | Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. | |
| 3 | <V 104:3>Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice. | Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice! | Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. | |
| 4 | <V 104:4>Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always. | Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually! | Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always. | |
| 5 | <V 104:5>Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth: | Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered, | Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced, | |
| 6 | <V 104:6>you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect. | O offspring of Abraham, his servant, children of Jacob, his chosen ones! | you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob. | |
| 7 | <V 104:7>He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth. | He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. | He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. | |
| 8 | <V 104:8>He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations, | He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations, | He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations, | |
| 9 | <V 104:9>which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac. | the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac, | the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac. | |
| 10 | <V 104:10>And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament, | which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant, | He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: | |
| 11 | <V 104:11>saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance. | saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance.” | “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.” | |
| 12 | <V 104:12>Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there, | When they were few in number, of little account, and sojourners in it, | When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it, | |
| 13 | <V 104:13>and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people, | wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people, | they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. | |
| 14 | <V 104:14>he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf. | he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account, | He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings: | |
| 15 | <V 104:15>Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets. | saying, “Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!” | “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.” | |
| 16 | <V 104:16>And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread. | When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread, | He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food; | |
| 17 | <V 104:17>He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave. | he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. | and he sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave. | |
| 18 | <V 104:18>They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul, | His feet were hurt with fetters; his neck was put in a collar of iron; | They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons, | |
| 19 | <V 104:19>until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him. | until what he had said came to pass, the word of the LORD tested him. | till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true. | |
| 20 | <V 104:20>The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him. | The king sent and released him; the ruler of the peoples set him free; | The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free. | |
| 21 | <V 104:21>He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions, | he made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions, | He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed, | |
| 22 | <V 104:22>so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence. | to bind his princes at his pleasure and to teach his elders wisdom. | to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom. | |
| 23 | <V 104:23>And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham. | Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. | Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham. | |
| 24 | <V 104:24>And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies. | And the LORD made his people very fruitful and made them stronger than their foes. | The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes, | |
| 25 | <V 104:25>He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants. | He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants. | whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants. | |
| 26 | <V 104:26>He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose. | He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. | He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. | |
| 27 | <V 104:27>He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham. | They performed his signs among them and miracles in the land of Ham. | They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham. | |
| 28 | <V 104:28>He sent darkness and made it conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech. | He sent darkness, and made the land dark; they did not rebel against his words. | He sent darkness and made the land dark— for had they not rebelled against his words? | |
| 29 | <V 104:29>He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish. | He turned their waters into blood and caused their fish to die. | He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die. | |
| 30 | <V 104:30>Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings. | Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings. | Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers. | |
| 31 | <V 104:31>He spoke, and there came forth common flies and gnats, in every region. | He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country. | He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country. | |
| 32 | <V 104:32>He gave them a shower of hail and a burning fire, in the same land. | He gave them hail for rain, and fiery lightning bolts through their land. | He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land; | |
| 33 | <V 104:33>And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and he crushed the trees of their region. | He struck down their vines and fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country. | he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country. | |
| 34 | <V 104:34>He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number. | He spoke, and the locusts came, young locusts without number, | He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number; | |
| 35 | <V 104:35>And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land. | which devoured all the vegetation in their land and ate up the fruit of their ground. | they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil. | |
| 36 | <V 104:36>And he struck all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their labor. | He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their strength. | Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood. | |
| 37 | <V 104:37>And he led them out with silver and gold, and there was not an infirm one among their tribes. | Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled. | He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered. | |
| 38 | <V 104:38>Egypt was joyful at their departure, for the fear of them lay heavy upon them. | Egypt was glad when they departed, for dread of them had fallen upon it. | Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them. | |
| 39 | <V 104:39>He spread a cloud for their protection, and a fire, to give them light through the night. | He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night. | He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night. | |
| 40 | <V 104:40>They petitioned, and the quail came; and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven. | They asked, and he brought quail, and gave them bread from heaven in abundance. | They asked, and he brought them quail; he fed them well with the bread of heaven. | |
| 41 | <V 104:41>He ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: rivers gushed in the dry land. | He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed through the desert like a river. | He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert. | |
| 42 | <V 104:42>For he had called to mind his holy word, which he kept near to his servant Abraham. | For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham, his servant. | For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham. | |
| 43 | <V 104:43>And he led forth his people in exultation, and his elect in rejoicing. | So he brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing. | He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy; | |
| 44 | <V 104:44>And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, and they possessed the labors of the peoples, | And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil, | he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for— | |
| 45 | <V 104:45>so that they might observe his justifications, and inquire about his law. | that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise the LORD! | that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD. | |
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