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Psalms 104
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1(105) Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen.
1Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
2Sing to him, yes, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works.
2Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
3Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice.
3Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
4Seek you⌃ the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually.
4Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
5Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
5Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
6[you⌃] seed of Abraam, his servants, [you⌃] children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
6you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
7He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
8He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generation:
8He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
9which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and [he remembered] his oath to Isaac.
9the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
10And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant;
10and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11sayingTo you will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:
11saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,”
12when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it.
12when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
13And they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people.
13They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
14He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes:
14He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
15[saying], Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm.
15“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
16Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread.
16He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
17He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.
17He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
18They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron,
18They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
19until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire.
19until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh’s word proved him true.
20The king sent and loosed him; [even] the prince of the people, and let him go free.
20The king sent and freed him, even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
21He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance;
21He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions,
22to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
22to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
23Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham.
23Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
24And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.
24He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
25And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
25He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
26He sent forth Moseshis servant, [and] Aaronwhom he had chosen.
26He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27He established among them his signs, and [his] wonders in the land of Cham.
27They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against his words.
28He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.
29He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
29He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
30Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings.
30Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
31He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts.
31He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
32He turned their rain into hail , [and sent] flaming fire in their land.
32He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
33And he struck their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast.
33He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
34He spoke, and the locust came , and caterpillars innumerable,
34He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number.
35and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground.
35They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36He struck also every firstborn of their land, the first fruits of all their labor.
36He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
37And he brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes.
37He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
38Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them.
38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.
39He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night.
39He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
40They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
40They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
41He clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places.
41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
42For he remembered his holy word, which [he promised] to Abraam his servant.
42For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
43And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy;
43He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.
44and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labors of the people;
44He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
45that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law.
45that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!