Psalm 105

Psalm 105

Biblical Period

¹Praise the Lord;

call on His name;

proclaim His deeds among the peoples.

²Sing praises to Him;

speak of all His wondrous acts.

³Exult in His holy name;

let all who seek the Lord rejoice.

⁴Turn to the Lord, to His might;^a

seek His presence constantly.

⁵Remember the wonders He has done,

His portents and the judgments He has

pronounced,

⁶O offspring of Abraham, His servant,

O descendants of Jacob, His chosen ones.

⁷He is the Lord our God;

His judgments are throughout the earth.

⁸He is ever mindful of His covenant,

the promise He gave for a thousand generations,

⁹that He made with Abraham,

swore to Isaac,

¹⁰and confirmed in a decree for Jacob,

for Israel, as an eternal covenant,

¹¹saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan

as your allotted heritage.”

¹²They were then few in number,

a mere handful, sojourning there,

¹³wandering from nation to nation,

from one kingdom to another.

¹⁴He allowed no one to oppress them;

He reproved kings on their account,

¹⁵“Do not touch My anointed ones;

do not harm My prophets.”

¹⁶He called down a famine on the land,

destroyed every staff of bread.

¹⁷He sent ahead of them a man,

Joseph, sold into slavery.

¹⁸His feet were subjected to fetters;

an iron collar was put on his neck.

¹⁹Until his prediction came true

the decree of the Lord purged him.

²⁰The king sent to have him freed;

the ruler of nations released him.

²¹He made him the lord of his household,

empowered him over all his possessions,

²²to discipline his princes at will,

to teach his elders wisdom.

²³Then Israel came to Egypt;

Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

²⁴He made His people very fruitful,

more numerous than their foes.

²⁵He changed their heart to hate His people,

to plot against His servants.

²⁶He sent His servant Moses,

and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

²⁷They performed His signs among them,

His wonders, against the land of Ham.

²⁸He sent darkness; it was very dark;

did they not defy His word?

²⁹He turned their waters into blood

and killed their fish.

³⁰Their land teemed with frogs,

even the rooms of their king.

³¹Swarms of insects came at His command,

lice, throughout their country.

³²He gave them hail for rain,

and flaming fire in their land.

³³He struck their vines and fig trees,

broke down the trees of their country.

³⁴Locusts came at His command,

grasshoppers without number.

³⁵They devoured every green thing in the land;

they consumed the produce of the soil.

³⁶He struck down every first-born in the land,

the first fruit of their vigor.

³⁷He led Israel out with silver and gold;

none among their tribes faltered.

³⁸Egypt rejoiced when they left,

for dread of Israel had fallen upon them.

³⁹He spread a cloud for a cover,

and fire to light up the night.

⁴⁰They asked and He brought them quail,

and satisfied them with food from heaven.

⁴¹He opened a rock so that water gushed forth;

it flowed as a stream in the parched land.

⁴²Mindful of His sacred promise

to His servant Abraham,

⁴³He led His people out in gladness,

His chosen ones with joyous song.

⁴⁴He gave them the lands of nations;

they inherited the wealth of peoples,

⁴⁵that they might keep His laws

and observe His teachings.

Hallelujah.

Notes

a

I.e., the Ark.

Credits

Reprinted from Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures by permission of the University of Nebraska Press. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.

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