Psalms 105
105
Psalm 105
1¶ O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples.
2Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; speak of all his wondrous works.
3Glory in his holy name; let the heart of those that seek the Lord rejoice.
4Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his face continually.
5Remember his marvellous works that he has done, his wonders and the judgments of his mouth,
6O ye seed of Abraham his slave, ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
7He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
8¶ He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generations,
9which covenant he made with Abraham and his oath unto Isaac
10and confirmed the same unto Jacob by decree, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,
12when they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
13When they went from nation to nation from one kingdom to another people,
14he suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he chastened kings for their sakes:
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm.
16Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.
17He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a slave,
18whose feet they hurt with fetters; his soul was laid in iron.
19Until the time that his word came, the spoken word of the Lord purified him.
20The king sent and loosed him, the ruler of the people let him go free.
21He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his substance:
22To bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his elders wisdom.
23Afterwards Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.
24And he increased his people greatly and made them stronger than their enemies.
25¶ He turned their heart to hate his people to think evil against his slaves.
26He sent Moses his slave and Aaron whom he had chosen.
27He put the words of his signs in them and his wonders in the land of Ham.
28He sent darkness and made it dark, and they did not rebel against his word.
29He turned their waters into blood and slew their fish.
30Their land brought forth frogs in abundance in the chambers of their kings.
31He spoke, and swarms of flies and lice came within all their borders.
32He turned their rain into hail, into flaming fire in their land.
33He smote their vines also and their fig trees and broke the trees within their borders.
34He spoke, and the locusts came and caterpillars without number,
35and ate up all the grass in their land and devoured the fruit of their ground.
36He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
37And he brought them forth with silver and gold, and there was not one sick person among their tribes.
38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them fell upon them.
39He spread a cloud for a covering and fire to give light in the night.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places and became a river.
42For he remembered his holy word with Abraham his slave.
43And he brought forth his people with joy and his chosen with singing
44and gave them the lands of the Gentiles, and they inherited the labour of the nations,
45that they might observe his statutes and keep his laws. Halelu-JAH.
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The Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) by Ransom Press International
Psalms 105
105
God’s Fidelity to the Promise
I
1Give thanks to the Lord, invoke his name;#1 Chr 16:8–22.
make known among the peoples his deeds!#Ps 18:50; 96:3; 145:5; Is 12:4–5.
2Sing praise to him, play music;
proclaim all his wondrous deeds!
3Glory in his holy name;
let hearts that seek the Lord rejoice!
4Seek out the Lord and his might;
constantly seek his face.#Ps 24:6; 27:8.
5Recall the wondrous deeds he has done,
his wonders and words of judgment,
6You descendants of Abraham his servant,
offspring of Jacob the chosen one!
II
7He the Lord, is our God
whose judgments reach through all the earth.
8He remembers forever his covenant,
the word he commanded for a thousand generations,
9Which he made with Abraham,
and swore to Isaac,#Gn 15:1ff; 26:3.
10And ratified in a statute for Jacob,
an everlasting covenant for Israel:
11“To you I give the land of Canaan,
your own allotted inheritance.”#Gn 12:7; 15:18.
III
12When they were few in number,#Dt 4:27; 26:5.
a handful, and strangers there,
13Wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
14He let no one oppress them;
for their sake he rebuked kings:#Kings: Pharaoh and Abimelech of Gerar, cf. Gn 12:17; 20:6–7.
15#My anointed ones…my prophets: the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were “anointed” in the sense of being consecrated and recipients of God’s revelation.“Do not touch my anointed ones,
to my prophets do no harm.”
IV
16Then he called down a famine on the land,
destroyed the grain that sustained them.#The grain that sustained them: lit., every “staff of bread.”#Gn 41:54, 57.
17He had sent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, sold as a slave.#Gn 37:28, 36; 45:5.
18They shackled his feet with chains;
collared his neck in iron,#Gn 39:20.
19Till his prediction came to pass,
and the word of the Lord proved him true.#Gn 40–41.
20The king sent and released him;
the ruler of peoples set him free.#Gn 41:14.
21He made him lord over his household,
ruler over all his possessions,#Gn 41:41–44.
22To instruct his princes as he desired,
to teach his elders wisdom.
V
23Then Israel entered Egypt;#Gn 46:1–47:12; Acts 7:15.
Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.#105:23, 27] The land of Ham: a synonym for Egypt, cf. Gn 10:6.
24God greatly increased his people,
made them more numerous than their foes.#Ex 1:7; Acts 7:17.
25He turned their hearts to hate his people,
to treat his servants deceitfully.#Ex 1:8–14.
26He sent his servant Moses,
and Aaron whom he had chosen.#Ex 3:10; 4:27.
27#This Psalm and Ps 78:43–51 have an account of the plagues differing in number or in order from Ex 7:14–12:30. Several versions of the exodus story were current.They worked his signs in Egypt#Ps 78:43–51; Ex 7–12.
and wonders in the land of Ham.
28He sent darkness and it grew dark,
but they rebelled against his word.
29He turned their waters into blood
and killed their fish.
30Their land swarmed with frogs,
even the chambers of their kings.
31He spoke and there came swarms of flies,
gnats through all their country.
32For rain he gave them hail,
flashes of lightning throughout their land.
33He struck down their vines and fig trees,
shattered the trees of their country.
34He spoke and the locusts came,
grasshoppers without number.#Jl 1:4.
35They devoured every plant in the land;
they devoured the crops of their fields.
36He struck down every firstborn in the land,
the first fruits of all their vigor.
37He brought his people out,
laden with silver and gold;#Ex 12:33–36.
no one among the tribes stumbled.
38Egypt rejoiced when they left,
for fear had seized them.
VI
39He spread a cloud out as a cover,
and made a fire to light up the night.#Ps 78:14; Ex 13:21–22; Wis 18:3.
40They asked and he brought them quail;
with bread from heaven he filled them.#Ps 78:24–28; Ex 16:13–15; Nm 11:31ff; Wis 16:20.
41He split the rock and water gushed forth;
it flowed through the desert like a river.#Ps 78:15–16; Ex 17:1–7; Nm 20:11.
42For he remembered his sacred promise
to Abraham his servant.
43He brought his people out with joy,
his chosen ones with shouts of triumph.
44He gave them the lands of the nations,
they took possession of the wealth of the peoples,#Dt 4:37–40.
45That they might keep his statutes
and observe his teachings.#Dt 6:20–25; 7:8–11.
Hallelujah!
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