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Psalms 105 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments 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 | Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds! | 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 | Boast about 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! | Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. | |
| 4 | Seek the LORD and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually! | Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually! | Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always. | |
| 5 | Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, | 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 | O children of Abraham, God's servant, you descendants of Jacob, God's chosen ones! | 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 | He is the LORD our God; he carries out judgment throughout the 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 | He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made 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 | the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by 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 | He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise, | 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 | saying, |To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion 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 | When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it, | 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 | they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another. | wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people, | they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. | |
| 14 | He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake, | 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 | saying, |Don't touch my chosen ones! Don't harm 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 | He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply. | 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 | He sent a man ahead of them--Joseph was sold as a servant. | 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 | The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar, | 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 | until the time when his prediction came true. The LORD's word proved him right. | 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 | The king authorized his release; the ruler of nations set him free. | 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 | He put him in charge of his palace, and made him manager of all his property, | 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 | giving him authority to imprison his officials and to teach his advisers. | 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 | Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time 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 | The LORD made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than 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 | He caused them to hate his people, and to mistreat 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 | He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. | He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. | He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. | |
| 27 | They executed his miraculous signs among them, and his amazing deeds 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 | He made it dark; they did not disobey his orders. | 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 | He turned their water into blood, and killed 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 | Their land was overrun by frogs, which even got into the rooms 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 | He ordered flies to come; gnats invaded their whole territory. | 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 | He sent hail along with the rain; there was lightning in their 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 | He destroyed their vines and fig trees, and broke the trees throughout their territory. | 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 | He ordered locusts to come, innumerable grasshoppers. | He spoke, and the locusts came, young locusts without number, | He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number; | |
| 35 | They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields. | 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 | He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power. | 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 | He brought his people out enriched with silver and gold; none of his tribes stumbled. | 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 | Egypt was happy when they left, for they were afraid of 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 | He spread out a cloud for a cover, and provided a fire to light up 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 | They asked for food, and he sent quails; he satisfied them with food from the sky. | 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 | He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions. | 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 | Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant. | For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham, his servant. | For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham. | |
| 43 | When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy. | 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 | He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, | 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 | so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the LORD! | 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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