Psalm 105
105
1 O GIVE thanks unto the Lord, call upon His name, make known His doings among the peoples!
2 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; meditate on and talk of all His marvelous deeds and devoutly praise them.
3 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek and require the Lord [as their indispensable necessity].
4 Seek, inquire of and for the Lord, and crave Him and His strength (His might and inflexibility to temptation); seek and require His face and His presence [continually] evermore.
5 [Earnestly] remember the marvelous deeds that He has done, His miracles and wonders, the judgments and sentences which He pronounced [upon His enemies, as in Egypt]. [Ps. 78:43-51.]
6 O you offspring of Abraham His servant, you children of Jacob, His chosen ones,
7 He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
8 He is [earnestly] mindful of His covenant and forever it is imprinted on His heart, the word which He commanded and established to a thousand generations,
9 The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His sworn promise to Isaac, [Luke 1:72, 73.]
10 Which He confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 Saying, Unto you will I give the land of Canaan as your measured portion, possession, and inheritance.
12 When they were but a few men in number, in fact, very few, and were temporary residents and strangers in it,
13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people,
14 He allowed no man to do them wrong; in fact, He reproved kings for their sakes, [Gen. 12:17; 20:3-7.]
15 Saying, Touch not My anointed, and do My prophets no harm. [I Chron. 16:8-22.]
16 Moreover, He called for a famine upon the land [of Egypt]; He cut off every source of bread. [Gen. 41:54.]
17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold as a servant. [Gen. 45:5; 50:20, 21.]
18 His feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in chains of iron and his soul entered into the iron,
19 Until his word [to his cruel brothers] came true, until the word of the Lord tried and tested him.
20 The king sent and loosed him, even the ruler of the peoples, and let him go free.
21 He made Joseph lord of his house and ruler of all his substance, [Gen. 41:40.]
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his elders wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. [Gen. 46:6.]
24 There [the Lord] greatly increased His people and made them stronger than their oppressors.
25 He turned the hearts [of the Egyptians] to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants.
26 He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
27 They showed His signs among them, wonders and miracles in the land of Ham (Egypt).
28 He sent [thick] darkness and made the land dark, and they [God's two servants] rebelled not against His word. [Exod. 10:22; Ps. 99:7.]
29 He turned [Egypt's] waters into blood and caused their fish to die. [Exod. 7:20, 21.]
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, even in the chambers of their kings. [Exod. 8:6.]
31 He spoke, and there came swarms of beetles and flies and mosquitoes and lice in all their borders. [Exod. 8:17, 24.]
32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning like flaming fire in their land. [Exod. 9:23, 25.]
33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees and broke the [ice-laden] trees of their borders. [Ps. 78:47.]
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, and that without number, [Exod. 10:4, 13, 14.]
35 And ate up all the vegetation in their land and devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the beginning and chief substance of all their strength. [Exod. 12:29; Ps. 78:51.]
37 He brought [Israel] forth also with silver and gold, and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. [Exod. 12:35.]
38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen upon the people. [Exod. 12:33.]
39 The Lord spread a cloud for a covering [by day], and a fire to give light in the night. [Exod. 13:21.]
40 [The Israelites] asked, and He brought quails and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. [Exod. 16:12-15.]
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it ran in the dry places like a river. [Exod. 17:6; Num. 20:11.]
42 For He [earnestly] remembered His holy word and promise to Abraham His servant. [Gen. 15:14.]
43 And He brought forth His people with joy, and His chosen ones with gladness and singing,
44 And gave them the lands of the nations [of Canaan], and they reaped the fruits of those peoples' labor, [Deut. 6:10, 11.]
45 That they might observe His statutes and keep His laws [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
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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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