Psalms, 105

1. O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.

1. Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known his works among the nations.

2. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

2. Sing to him, sing his praise, proclaim all his wondrous deeds.

3. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

3. Glory in his holy name; let those who seek the Lord rejoice.

4. Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

4. Look to the Lord and be strong; seek his face always.

5. Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

5. Remember his wonderful works, his miracles and his judgments,

6. O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

6. you descendants of his servant Abraham, you sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!

7. He [is] the LORD our God: his judgments [are] in all the earth.

7. He is the Lord our God; his judgments reach the whole world.

8. He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations.

8. He remembers his covenant forever, his promise to a thousand generations,

9. Which [covenant] he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

9. the covenant he made with Abraham, the promise he swore to Isaac.

10. And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant:

10. He confirmed his decree to Jacob, to Israel his eternal covenant:

11. Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

11. "To you I will give the land of Canaan as part of your inheritance."

12. When they were [but] a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

12. When they were few in number, strangers in the land,

13. When they went from one nation to another, from [one] kingdom to another people;

13. wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another,

14. He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

14. he allowed no one to oppress them, and for their sake he rebuked kings:

15. [Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

15. "Touch not my anointed ones," he warned, "do my prophets no harm!"

16. Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

16. Then he sent a famine and ruined the crop that sustained the land;

17. He sent a man before them, [even] Joseph, [who] was sold for a servant:

17. he sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave;

18. Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

18. his feet in shackles, his neck in irons

19. Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.

19. till what he foretold came to pass, and the Lord's word proved him true.

20. The king sent and loosed him; [even] the ruler of the people, and let him go free.

20. The king sent for him, set him free, the ruler of the peoples released him.

21. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:

21. He put him in charge of his household and made him ruler of all his possessions,

22. To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

22. that he might train his princes and teach his elders wisdom.

23. Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

23. Then Israel came to Egypt, Jacob settled in the land of Ham.

24. And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.

24. The Lord made his people fruitful and much stronger than their foes,

25. He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.

25. whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to deal deceitfully with his servants.

26. He sent Moses his servant; [and] Aaron whom he had chosen.

26. Then he sent Moses his servant and Aaron whom he had chosen.

27. They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

27. They performed his signs among them, his miracles in the land of Ham.

28. He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

28. He sent darkness to the land, but they rebelled against his words.

29. He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

29. He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.

30. Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.

30. Their land teemed with frogs, invading even the king's bedroom.

31. He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, [and] lice in all their coasts.

31. He spoke, and flies and gnats swarmed throughout the country.

32. He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land.

32. He gave them hail for rain, and lightning flashed over the land.

33. He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.

33. He blighted their vines and fig trees, shattered the trees in the countryside.

34. He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,

34. He spoke and locusts came, grasshoppers without number;

35. And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

35. they devoured all the vegetation and the produce of the soil;

36. He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

36. then he smote all the firstborn, the firstfruits of their manhood.

37. He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and [there was] not one feeble [person] among their tribes.

37. He led Israel out of the alien land, laden with silver and gold, and none were left behind.

38. Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.

38. Egypt was glad when they departed, so filled were they with dread.

39. He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

39. He spread a cloud as covering, and fire to give them light at night.

40. [The people] asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

40. They asked for food; he gave them quails and fed them with bread from heaven.

41. He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.

41. He opened the rock, and water gushed out, flowing like a river through the desert.

42. For he remembered his holy promise, [and] Abraham his servant.

42. For he remembered his promise to Abraham, his servant.

43. And he brought forth his people with joy, [and] his chosen with gladness:

43. So he led forth his people with joy, his chosen ones with singing.

44. And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;

44. He gave them the lands of the nations, and let them take the fruit of others' toil,

45. That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

45. that they might keep his statutes and remain obedient to his laws.