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Psalms 105
[1] Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name!
Make his doings known among the peoples.
[2] Sing to him, sing praises to him!
Tell of all his marvelous works.
[3] Glory in his holy name.
Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
[4] Seek Yahweh and his strength.
Seek his face forever more.
[5] Remember his marvelous works that he has done:
his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
[6] you offspring of Abraham, his servant,
you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
[7] He is Yahweh, our God.
His judgments are in all the earth.
[8] He has remembered his covenant forever,
the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
[9] the covenant which he made with Abraham,
his oath to Isaac,
[10] and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute;
to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
[11] saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan,
the lot of your inheritance,”
[12] when they were but a few men in number,
yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
[13] They went about from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people.
[14] He allowed no one to do them wrong.
Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
[15] “Don’t touch my anointed ones!
Do my prophets no harm!”
[16] He called for a famine on the land.
He destroyed the food supplies.
[17] He sent a man before them.
Joseph was sold for a slave.
[18] They bruised his feet with shackles.
His neck was locked in irons,
[19] until the time that his word happened,
and Yahweh’s word proved him true.
[20] The king sent and freed him,
even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
[21] He made him lord of his house,
and ruler of all of his possessions,
[22] to discipline his princes at his pleasure,
and to teach his elders wisdom.
[23] Israel also came into Egypt.
Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
[24] He increased his people greatly,
and made them stronger than their adversaries.
[25] He turned their heart to hate his people,
to conspire against his servants.
[26] He sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
[27] They performed miracles among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham.
[28] He sent darkness, and made it dark.
They didn’t rebel against his words.
[29] He turned their waters into blood,
and killed their fish.
[30] Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the rooms of their kings.
[31] He spoke, and swarms of flies came,
and lice in all their borders.
[32] He gave them hail for rain,
with lightning in their land.
[33] He struck their vines and also their fig trees,
and shattered the trees of their country.
[34] He spoke, and the locusts came
with the grasshoppers, without number.
[35] They ate up every plant in their land,
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
[36] He struck also all the firstborn in their land,
the first fruits of all their manhood.
[37] He brought them out with silver and gold.
There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
[38] Egypt was glad when they departed,
for the fear of them had fallen on them.
[39] He spread a cloud for a covering,
fire to give light in the night.
[40] They asked, and he brought quails,
and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
[41] He opened the rock, and waters gushed out.
They ran as a river in the dry places.
[42] For he remembered his holy word,
and Abraham, his servant.
[43] He brought his people out with joy,
his chosen with singing.
[44] He gave them the lands of the nations.
They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
[45] that they might keep his statutes,
and observe his laws.
Praise Yah!
Make his doings known among the peoples.
[2] Sing to him, sing praises to him!
Tell of all his marvelous works.
[3] Glory in his holy name.
Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
[4] Seek Yahweh and his strength.
Seek his face forever more.
[5] Remember his marvelous works that he has done:
his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
[6] you offspring of Abraham, his servant,
you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
[7] He is Yahweh, our God.
His judgments are in all the earth.
[8] He has remembered his covenant forever,
the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
[9] the covenant which he made with Abraham,
his oath to Isaac,
[10] and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute;
to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
[11] saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan,
the lot of your inheritance,”
[12] when they were but a few men in number,
yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
[13] They went about from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people.
[14] He allowed no one to do them wrong.
Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
[15] “Don’t touch my anointed ones!
Do my prophets no harm!”
[16] He called for a famine on the land.
He destroyed the food supplies.
[17] He sent a man before them.
Joseph was sold for a slave.
[18] They bruised his feet with shackles.
His neck was locked in irons,
[19] until the time that his word happened,
and Yahweh’s word proved him true.
[20] The king sent and freed him,
even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
[21] He made him lord of his house,
and ruler of all of his possessions,
[22] to discipline his princes at his pleasure,
and to teach his elders wisdom.
[23] Israel also came into Egypt.
Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
[24] He increased his people greatly,
and made them stronger than their adversaries.
[25] He turned their heart to hate his people,
to conspire against his servants.
[26] He sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
[27] They performed miracles among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham.
[28] He sent darkness, and made it dark.
They didn’t rebel against his words.
[29] He turned their waters into blood,
and killed their fish.
[30] Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the rooms of their kings.
[31] He spoke, and swarms of flies came,
and lice in all their borders.
[32] He gave them hail for rain,
with lightning in their land.
[33] He struck their vines and also their fig trees,
and shattered the trees of their country.
[34] He spoke, and the locusts came
with the grasshoppers, without number.
[35] They ate up every plant in their land,
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
[36] He struck also all the firstborn in their land,
the first fruits of all their manhood.
[37] He brought them out with silver and gold.
There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
[38] Egypt was glad when they departed,
for the fear of them had fallen on them.
[39] He spread a cloud for a covering,
fire to give light in the night.
[40] They asked, and he brought quails,
and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
[41] He opened the rock, and waters gushed out.
They ran as a river in the dry places.
[42] For he remembered his holy word,
and Abraham, his servant.
[43] He brought his people out with joy,
his chosen with singing.
[44] He gave them the lands of the nations.
They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
[45] that they might keep his statutes,
and observe his laws.
Praise Yah!