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Psalm 105

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1 Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
1 Hallelujah! Thank God! Pray to him by name! Tell everyone you meet what he has done!
2 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
2 Sing him songs, belt out hymns, translate his wonders into music!
3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
3 Honor his holy name with Hallelujahs, you who seek God. Live a happy life!
4 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
4 Keep your eyes open for God, watch for his works; be alert for signs of his presence.
5 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
5 Remember the world of wonders he has made, his miracles, and the verdicts he's rendered -
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
6 O seed of Abraham, his servant, O child of Jacob, his chosen.
7 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
7 He's God, our God, in charge of the whole earth.
8 He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
8 And he remembers, remembers his Covenant - for a thousand generations he's been as good as his word.
9 the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
9 It's the Covenant he made with Abraham, the same oath he swore to Isaac,
10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
10 The very statute he established with Jacob, the eternal Covenant with Israel,
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.”
11 Namely, "I give you the land. Canaan is your hill-country inheritance."
12 When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
12 When they didn't count for much, a mere handful, and strangers at that,
13 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
13 Wandering from country to country, drifting from pillar to post,
14 He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
14 He permitted no one to abuse them. He told kings to keep their hands off:
15 “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”
15 "Don't you dare lay a hand on my anointed, don't hurt a hair on the heads of my prophets."
16 He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;
16 Then he called down a famine on the country, he broke every last blade of wheat.
17 and he sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
17 But he sent a man on ahead: Joseph, sold as a slave.
18 They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,
18 They put cruel chains on his ankles, an iron collar around his neck,
19 till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.
19 Until God's word came to the Pharaoh, and God confirmed his promise.
20 The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.
20 God sent the king to release him. The Pharaoh set Joseph free;
21 He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed,
21 He appointed him master of his palace, put him in charge of all his business
22 to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
22 To personally instruct his princes and train his advisors in wisdom.
23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
23 Then Israel entered Egypt, Jacob immigrated to the Land of Ham.
24 The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes,
24 God gave his people lots of babies; soon their numbers alarmed their foes.
25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
25 He turned the Egyptians against his people; they abused and cheated God's servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
26 Then he sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he also chose.
27 They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
27 They worked marvels in that spiritual wasteland, miracles in the Land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness and made the land dark— for had they not rebelled against his words?
28 He spoke, "Darkness!" and it turned dark - they couldn't see what they were doing.
29 He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.
29 He turned all their water to blood so that all their fish died;
30 Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
30 He made frogs swarm through the land, even into the king's bedroom;
31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
31 He gave the word and flies swarmed, gnats filled the air.
32 He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;
32 He substituted hail for rain, he stabbed their land with lightning;
33 he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
33 He wasted their vines and fig trees, smashed their groves of trees to splinters;
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;
34 With a word he brought in locusts, millions of locusts, armies of locusts;
35 they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil.
35 They consumed every blade of grass in the country and picked the ground clean of produce;
36 Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood.
36 He struck down every firstborn in the land, the first fruits of their virile powers.
37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.
37 He led Israel out, their arms filled with loot, and not one among his tribes even stumbled.
38 Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.
38 Egypt was glad to have them go - they were scared to death of them.
39 He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.
39 God spread a cloud to keep them cool through the day and a fire to light their way through the night;
40 They asked, and he brought them quail; he fed them well with the bread of heaven.
40 They prayed and he brought quail, filled them with the bread of heaven;
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
41 He opened the rock and water poured out; it flowed like a river through that desert -
42 For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.
42 All because he remembered his Covenant, his promise to Abraham, his servant.
43 He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
43 Remember this! He led his people out singing for joy; his chosen people marched, singing their hearts out!
44 he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for—
44 He made them a gift of the country they entered, helped them seize the wealth of the nations
45 that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD.
45 So they could do everything he told them - could follow his instructions to the letter. Hallelujah!
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