Psalm 105

Give thanks to Jehovah and proclaim his name.
Make known his achievements among the nations.

Sing to him, yea, sing your praises.
Contemplate all his miracles.
Take glory in his holy name.

Let the hearts of those who seek Jehovah be glad.

Turn to Jehovah and his holy power.
Strive continually to worship him.
Remember the wonders he has performed,
His miracles, the judgments he has pronounced,
You, offspring of Abraham, his servant,
You, sons of Jacob, his chosen people.
He is Jehovah, our god.  His divine law
Has jurisdiction over all the earth.
He will keep forever his covenant,
A vow made to a thousand generations,
Pledged to Abraham, an oath swore to Isaac,
Confirmed to Jacob as a divine decree,
An everlasting pact with Israel:
“I set aside for you the land of Canaan,
As the portion of  your inheritance.”
This said when they were but few in number,
Just a few strangers dwelling in the land,
Wandering from one nation to another,
From one kingdom to another people’s land.
But he allowed no one to oppress them,
And he rebuked monarchs on their behalf.
“Lay no hand upon my anointed ones
And do no injury to my prophets.”
He brought famine to the land of Canaan
And brought destruction upon their crops of grain.
He sent someone to Egypt ahead of them,
This was Joseph who was sold as a slave.
His feet bruised with shackles, his neck in irons
Until the time his prophecy came to pass
And Jehovah’s word proved that Joseph was true.
The Pharaoh sent for him and set him free;
The ruler of his people released him.
He made him the master of his household
To be in charge of all that he possessed.
To command officials at his pleasure
And to give instructions to his elders.
The sons of Israel entered Egypt,
And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Jehovah made his people prolific,
So they were more numerous than their foes,
Whose hearts he turned to abhor his people
And deviously deal with his servants.

He sent to them his servant Moses
And Aaron, whom he had chosen.
They performed miracles among them
And wonders in the land of Ham.
He sent darkness, made the land dark,
For had they not defied his words?
He turned their water into blood
And caused all of their fish to die.
Their land was overrun with frogs
Even the chambers of the Pharaoh.
He spoke and throughout the country
There swarmed midges and stable flies.
He gave them hail instead of rain
And lightning flashed all over the land.
He struck down their vines and fig trees
And splintered the trees of the country.
He spoke and grasshoppers appeared,
Hopping locusts without number
That devoured the vegetation,
Every green thing in the land
And consumed the fruits of the soil.
Then he struck down the land’s firstborn,
Firstfruits of all their manly vigor.
Jehovah then brought out Israel,
Carrying with them silver and gold,
And none from his tribes straggling behind.
Egypt was glad of their going,
For dread of Israel had seized them.
He spread a cloud as a covering
And fire to light up the night sky.
They asked for food, he brought them quails
And filled them with the bread of Heaven.
He split a rock and water gushed out,
Flowing like a desert river.
For he remembered his holy vow
Made to Abraham, his servant.
He brought out his people with joy,
His chosen ones with rejoicing.
He gave them lands in foreign nations,
To claim the fruit of other’s labor
That they might observe his statutes
And keep his laws.  Praise Jehovah!