105:1 Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name;
Make His deeds known among the peoples.
105:2 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;
①Tell of all His ②wonders.
▷ ①Or Meditate on ②I.e., wonderful acts
105:3 Boast in His holy name;
May the heart of those who seek the LORD be joyful.
105:4 Seek the LORD and His strength;
Seek His face continually.
105:5 Remember His ①wonders which He has done,
His marvels and the judgments ②spoken by His mouth,
▷ ①I.e., wonderful acts ②Lit of His mouth
105:6 You ①descendants of Abraham, His servant,
You sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!
▷ ①Lit seed
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 as a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
105:11 Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the ①portion of your inheritance,”
▷ ①Lit measuring line
105:12 When they were only a few people in number,
Very few, and strangers in it.
105:13 And they wandered from nation to nation,
From one kingdom to another people,
105:14 He allowed no one to oppress them,
And He ①rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,
▷ ①Or punished
105:15 “Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do not harm My prophets.”
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 forced his feet into shackles,
①He was put in irons;
▷ ①Lit His soul came into
105:19 Until the time that his word came to pass,
The word of the LORD refined 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 ①imprison his high officials ②at will,
That he might teach his elders wisdom.
▷ ①Lit bind ②Lit at his
105:23 Israel also came into Egypt;
So Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
105:24 And He made His people very fruitful,
And made them stronger than their enemies.
105:25 He turned their heart to hate His people,
To deal cunningly with His servants.
105:26 He sent His servant Moses,
And Aaron, whom He had chosen.
105:27 They ①performed His wondrous acts among them,
And miracles in the land of Ham.
▷ ①Lit set the words of His signs
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 a swarm of flies
And gnats invaded all their territory.
105:32 He ①gave them hail for rain,
And flaming fire in their land.
▷ ①Or made their rain hail
105:33 He also struck their vines and their fig trees,
And smashed the trees of their territory.
105:34 He spoke, and locusts came,
And creeping locusts, beyond number,
105:35 And they ate all the vegetation in their land,
And ate the fruit of their ground.
105:36 He also fatally struck all the firstborn in their land,
The first fruits of all their vigor.
105:37 Then He brought ①the Israelites out with silver and gold,
And among His tribes there was not one who stumbled.
▷ ①Lit them
105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed,
For the dread of them had fallen upon ①the Egyptians.
▷ ①Lit them
105:39 He spread out a cloud as a ①covering,
And fire to illumine by night.
▷ ①Or curtain
105:40 ①They asked, and He brought quail,
And satisfied them with the ②bread of heaven.
▷ ①Or One ②Or food
105:41 He opened the ①rock and water flowed out;
②It ran in the dry places like a river.
▷ ①Or boulder ②Lit They went
105:42 For He remembered His holy word
With His servant Abraham;
105:43 And He led out His people with joy,
His chosen ones with a joyful shout.
105:44 He also gave them the lands of the ①nations,
So that they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples’ labor,
▷ ①Or Gentiles
105:45 And that they might keep His statutes
And comply with His laws;
①Praise ②the LORD!
▷ ①Or Hallelujah! ②Heb YAH
Make His deeds known among the peoples.
105:2 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;
①Tell of all His ②wonders.
▷ ①Or Meditate on ②I.e., wonderful acts
105:3 Boast in His holy name;
May the heart of those who seek the LORD be joyful.
105:4 Seek the LORD and His strength;
Seek His face continually.
105:5 Remember His ①wonders which He has done,
His marvels and the judgments ②spoken by His mouth,
▷ ①I.e., wonderful acts ②Lit of His mouth
105:6 You ①descendants of Abraham, His servant,
You sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!
▷ ①Lit seed
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 as a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
105:11 Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the ①portion of your inheritance,”
▷ ①Lit measuring line
105:12 When they were only a few people in number,
Very few, and strangers in it.
105:13 And they wandered from nation to nation,
From one kingdom to another people,
105:14 He allowed no one to oppress them,
And He ①rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,
▷ ①Or punished
105:15 “Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do not harm My prophets.”
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 forced his feet into shackles,
①He was put in irons;
▷ ①Lit His soul came into
105:19 Until the time that his word came to pass,
The word of the LORD refined 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 ①imprison his high officials ②at will,
That he might teach his elders wisdom.
▷ ①Lit bind ②Lit at his
105:23 Israel also came into Egypt;
So Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
105:24 And He made His people very fruitful,
And made them stronger than their enemies.
105:25 He turned their heart to hate His people,
To deal cunningly with His servants.
105:26 He sent His servant Moses,
And Aaron, whom He had chosen.
105:27 They ①performed His wondrous acts among them,
And miracles in the land of Ham.
▷ ①Lit set the words of His signs
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 a swarm of flies
And gnats invaded all their territory.
105:32 He ①gave them hail for rain,
And flaming fire in their land.
▷ ①Or made their rain hail
105:33 He also struck their vines and their fig trees,
And smashed the trees of their territory.
105:34 He spoke, and locusts came,
And creeping locusts, beyond number,
105:35 And they ate all the vegetation in their land,
And ate the fruit of their ground.
105:36 He also fatally struck all the firstborn in their land,
The first fruits of all their vigor.
105:37 Then He brought ①the Israelites out with silver and gold,
And among His tribes there was not one who stumbled.
▷ ①Lit them
105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed,
For the dread of them had fallen upon ①the Egyptians.
▷ ①Lit them
105:39 He spread out a cloud as a ①covering,
And fire to illumine by night.
▷ ①Or curtain
105:40 ①They asked, and He brought quail,
And satisfied them with the ②bread of heaven.
▷ ①Or One ②Or food
105:41 He opened the ①rock and water flowed out;
②It ran in the dry places like a river.
▷ ①Or boulder ②Lit They went
105:42 For He remembered His holy word
With His servant Abraham;
105:43 And He led out His people with joy,
His chosen ones with a joyful shout.
105:44 He also gave them the lands of the ①nations,
So that they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples’ labor,
▷ ①Or Gentiles
105:45 And that they might keep His statutes
And comply with His laws;
①Praise ②the LORD!
▷ ①Or Hallelujah! ②Heb YAH
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