Psalms 105
105
1Give the Lord thanks, worship his wonderful nature, let people know what he's done!
2Sing to him, sing his praises; tell everyone the great things he's done!
3Be proud of his holy character; be happy, all who come to the Lord!
4Look for the Lord, and his strength; always look to be in his presence.
5Remember all the wonderful things he's done, the miracles he's performed, and the judgments#105:5. In the context, probably referring to the judgments on heathen nations. he's carried out,
6descendants of Abraham, children of Israel, his chosen people.
7He is the Lord, our God, his judgments cover the whole earth.
8He remembers his agreement forever, the promise he made lasts for a thousand generations;
9the agreement he made with Abraham, the vow he gave to Isaac.
10The Lord legally confirmed it with Jacob, he made this binding agreement with Israel:
11saying to you, “I will give the land of Canaan for you to possess.”
12He said this when they were only a few, just a small group of foreigners in the land.
13They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to the next.
14He didn't let anyone treat them badly; warning kings to leave them alone:
15“Don't touch my chosen people; don't harm my prophets!”
16He caused#105:16. Literally, “called.” a famine in the Land of Canaan so that there was no food.
17Before that he sent a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.#105:17. This refers to the story in Genesis of Joseph being sold as a slave and taken to Egypt.
18They hurt his feet by placing them in shackles, and they put an iron collar around his neck,
19until the time predicted came when the Lord tested him.
20The king#105:20. Referring to the Pharaoh. sent for him and released him; the king of the people set him free.
21He put Joseph in charge of the royal household, manager of everything he had,
22to teach#105:22. Septuagint reading. the king's officials whatever he wanted, to make the king's advisors wise.
23Then Israel entered Egypt—Jacob settled as a foreigner in the land of Ham.#105:23. “Land of Ham”: an old term for Egypt.
24The Lord made his people more fertile and more powerful than their enemies.
25He made the Egyptians#105:25. Literally, “them.” In the context it is the people of Egypt, particularly the Pharaoh. change their minds and hate his people and act deceptively towards them.
26He sent his servant Moses, together with Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27They#105:27. Or “he.” carried out his miraculous signs among the Egyptians, his wonders in the land of Ham.
28He plunged the country into darkness—for hadn't they defied what the Lord had said?#105:28 “For hadn't they defied what the Lord had said?” This applies to the Egyptians. Alternatively it could be translated, “for they had not defied what the Lord had said,” referring to Moses and Aaron.
29He turned their water into blood, killing all the fish.
30Then he sent a plague of frogs across the land that even entered the bedrooms of their rulers.
31He gave the command, and flies spread throughout their land; mosquitoes were everywhere.
32He rained down hail on them, and lightning flashed across their land.
33He struck down their grape vines, and tore down their trees.
34He gave the command, and swarms of locusts came—countless locusts:
35they ate up all the vegetation in their land; they consumed all the growing crops.
36He killed all the firstborn in Egypt, the first to be produced in their vigor and strength.
37Then he led his people out of Egypt, carrying silver and gold—not one among the tribes was stumbling along.
38The Egyptians were delighted to see them go, for they were frightened of the Israelites.
39He spread a cloud above them as a covering, and at night a fire to give them light.
40He gave them quails to eat when they asked him; he fed them with the bread of heaven until they were full.
41He split the rock open, and water gushed out—a river flowing through the desert.
42For he remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.
43So he led his people out, his chosen ones, as they sang for joy.
44He gave them the lands of the heathen nations, and they inherited what other people had worked for.
45The Lord did this so they could follow his instructions and keep his laws. Praise the Lord!
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Psalm 105
105
1O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name:
Make known his deeds among the people.
2Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him:
Talk ye of all his wondrous works.
3Glory ye in his holy name:
Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
4Seek the LORD, and his strength:
Seek his face evermore.
5Remember his marvellous works that he hath done;
His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
6O ye seed of Abraham his servant,
Ye children of Jacob his chosen.
7He is the LORD our God:
His judgments are in all the earth.
8He hath remembered his covenant for ever,
The word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9Which covenant he made with Abraham,
And his oath unto Isaac;
10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law,
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 one nation to another,
From one kingdom to another people;
14He suffered no man to do them wrong:
Yea, he reproved 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 brake the whole staff of bread.
17He sent a man before them,
Even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
18Whose feet they hurt with fetters:
He was laid in iron:
19Until the time that his word came:
The word of the LORD tried him.
20The king sent and loosed him;
Even the ruler of the people, and 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 senators wisdom.
23Israel also came into Egypt;
And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24And he increased his people greatly;
And made them stronger than their enemies.
25He turned their heart to hate his people,
To deal subtilly with his servants.
26He sent Moses his servant;
And Aaron whom he had chosen.
27They shewed his signs among them,
And wonders in the land of Ham.
28He sent darkness, and made it dark;
And they rebelled not 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 spake, and there came divers sorts of flies,
And lice in all their coasts.
32He gave them hail for rain,
And flaming fire in their land.
33He smote their vines also and their fig trees;
And brake the trees of their coasts.
34He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
35And did eat up all the herbs 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.
37He brought them forth also with silver and gold:
And there was not one feeble 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 like a river.
42For he remembered his holy promise,
And Abraham his servant.
43And he brought forth his people with joy,
And his chosen with gladness:
44And gave them the lands of the heathen:
And they inherited the labour of the people;
45That they might observe his statutes,
And keep his laws.
Praise ye the LORD.
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