105:1 Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; make known his acts among the peoples. |
105:2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; meditate upon all his wondrous works. |
105:3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah. |
105:4 Seek Jehovah and his strength, seek his face continually; |
105:5 Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth: |
105:6 Ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones. |
105:7 He, Jehovah, is our God; his judgments are in all the earth. |
105:8 He is ever mindful of his covenant, -- the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, -- |
105:9 Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; |
105:10 And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, unto Israel for an everlasting covenant, |
105:11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; |
105:12 When they were a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it. |
105:13 And they went from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people. |
105:14 He suffered no man to oppress them, and reproved kings for their sakes, |
105:15 [Saying,] Touch not mine 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 was sold for a bondman. |
105:18 They afflicted his feet with fetters; his soul came into irons; |
105:19 Until the time when what he said came about: the word of Jehovah tried him. |
105:20 The king sent and loosed him -- the ruler of peoples -- and let him go free. |
105:21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler over all his possessions: |
105:22 To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom. |
105:23 And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. |
105:24 And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors. |
105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. |
105:26 He sent Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he had chosen: |
105:27 They set his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham. |
105:28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. |
105:29 He turned their waters into blood, and caused their fish to die. |
105:30 Their land swarmed with frogs, -- in the chambers of their kings. |
105:31 He spoke, and there came dog-flies, [and] gnats in all their borders. |
105:32 He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land; |
105:33 And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees of their borders. |
105:34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, even without number; |
105:35 And they devoured every herb in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground. |
105:36 And he smote every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigour. |
105:37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble among their tribes. |
105:38 Egypt rejoiced at their departure; for the fear of them had fallen upon them. |
105:39 He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night. |
105:40 They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. |
105:41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places [like] a river. |
105:42 For he remembered his holy word, [and] Abraham his servant; |
105:43 And he brought forth his people with gladness, his chosen with rejoicing; |
105:44 And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples: |
105:45 That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah! |