105:1 Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples. |
105:2 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Speak of all His wonders. |
105:3 Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad. |
105:4 Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually. |
105:5 Remember His wonders which He has done, His marvels and the judgments uttered by His mouth, |
105:6 O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones! |
105:7 He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth. |
105:8 He has remembered His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations, |
105:9 {The} {covenant} which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac. |
105:10 Then He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant, |
105:11 Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan As the portion of your inheritance," |
105:12 When they were only a few men in number, Very few, and strangers in it. |
105:13 And they wandered about from nation to nation, From {one} kingdom to another people. |
105:14 He permitted no man to oppress them, And He reproved kings for their sakes: |
105:15 "Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm." |
105:16 And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread. |
105:17 He sent a man before them, Joseph, {who} was sold as a slave. |
105:18 They afflicted his feet with fetters, He himself was laid in irons; |
105:19 Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the LORD tested him. |
105:20 The king sent and released him, The ruler of peoples, and set him free. |
105:21 He made him lord of his house And ruler over all his possessions, |
105:22 To imprison his princes at will, That he might teach his elders wisdom. |
105:23 Israel also came into Egypt; Thus Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. |
105:24 And He caused His people to be very fruitful, And made them stronger than their adversaries. |
105:25 He turned their heart to hate His people, To deal craftily with His servants. |
105:26 He sent Moses His servant, {And} Aaron, whom He had chosen. |
105:27 They performed His wondrous acts among them, And miracles in the land of Ham. |
105:28 He sent darkness and made {it} dark; And they did not rebel against His words. |
105:29 He turned their waters into blood And caused their fish to die. |
105:30 Their land swarmed with frogs {Even} in the chambers of their kings. |
105:31 He spoke, and there came a swarm of flies {And} gnats in all their territory. |
105:32 He gave them hail for rain, {And} flaming fire in their land. |
105:33 He struck down their vines also and their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their territory. |
105:34 He spoke, and locusts came, And young locusts, even without number, |
105:35 And ate up all vegetation in their land, And ate up the fruit of their ground. |
105:36 He also struck down all the firstborn in their land, The first fruits of all their vigor. |
105:37 Then He brought them out with silver and gold, And among His tribes there was not one who stumbled. |
105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed, For the dread of them had fallen upon them. |
105:39 He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to illumine by night. |
105:40 They asked, and He brought quail, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven. |
105:41 He opened the rock and water flowed out; It ran in the dry places {like} a river. |
105:42 For He remembered His holy word {With} Abraham His servant; |
105:43 And He brought forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with a joyful shout. |
105:44 He gave them also the lands of the nations, That they might take possession of {the fruit of} the peoples' labor, |
105:45 So that they might keep His statutes And observe His laws, Praise the LORD! |