105: 2 Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; 630Talk ye of all his marvellous works.
630Or, Meditate in all his marvellous works.
105: 3 Glory ye in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.
105: 4 Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
105: 5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
105: 6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen 631ones.
631So most Massoretic mss., Sept. 11QPsa reads one.
105: 7 He is Jehovah our God: His judgments are in all the earth.
105: 8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
105: 9 The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,
105: 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
105: 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The 632lot of your inheritance,
632Hb. cord, or, line
105: 12 When they were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and sojourners in it.
105: 13 And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.
105: 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
105: 15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.
105: 16 And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.
105: 17 He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:
105: 18 His feet they hurt with fetters; 633He was laid in chains of iron,
633Hb. His soul entered into the iron,
105: 19 Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of Jehovah tried him.
105: 20 The king sent and loosed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
105: 21 He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his substance;
105: 22 To bind his princes according to his soul, And teach his elders wisdom.
105: 23 Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
105: 24 And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.
105: 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants.
105: 26 He sent Moses his servant, And Aaron whom he had chosen.
105: 27 They set among them 634his signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
634Hb. the words of his signs,
105: 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they rebelled not against his words.
105: 29 He turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish.
105: 30 Their land swarmed with frogs In the chambers of their kings.
105: 31 He spake, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their borders.
105: 32 He gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in their land.
105: 33 He smote their vines also and their fig-trees, And brake the trees of their borders.
105: 34 He spake, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, and that without number,
105: 35 And did eat up every herb in their land, And did eat up the fruit of their ground.
105: 36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, The 635chief of all their strength.
635Hb. beginning See Dt 21:17.
105: 37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold; And there was 636not one feeble person among his tribes.
636Or, none that stumbled among his tribes.
105: 38 Egypt was glad when they departed; For the fear of them had fallen upon them.
105: 39 He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.
105: 40 They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
105: 41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places like a river.
105: 42 For he remembered his holy word, And Abraham his servant.
105: 43 And he brought forth his people with joy, And his chosen with singing.
105: 44 And he gave them the lands of the nations; And they took the labor of the peoples in possession:
105: 45 That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. 637Praise ye Jehovah.
637Hb. Hallelujah.
