1
|
Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. |
2
|
Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works. |
3
|
Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of them rejoice who seek Yahweh. |
4
|
Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more. |
5
|
Remember his marvelous works that he has done; His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, |
6
|
You seed of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones. |
7
|
He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth. |
8
|
He has remembered his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations, |
9
|
The covenant which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac, |
10
|
And confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; To Israel for an everlasting covenant, |
11
|
Saying, 'To you I will give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;' |
12
|
When they were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and sojourners in it. |
13
|
They went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. |
14
|
He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, |
15
|
'Don't touch my anointed ones. Do my prophets no harm.' |
16
|
He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies. |
17
|
He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave. |
18
|
They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons, |
19
|
Until the time that his word happened, And Yahweh's word proved him true. |
20
|
The king sent and freed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free. |
21
|
He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all of his possessions; |
22
|
To discipline his princes at his pleasure, And to teach his elders wisdom. |
23
|
Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. |
24
|
He increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries. |
25
|
He turned their heart to hate his people, To conspire against his servants. |
26
|
He sent Moses, his servant, And Aaron, whom he had chosen. |
27
|
They performed miracles among them, And wonders in the land of Ham. |
28
|
He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn't rebel against his words. |
29
|
He turned their waters into blood, And killed their fish. |
30
|
Their land swarmed with frogs, Even in the chambers of their kings. |
31
|
He spoke, and swarms of flies came, And lice in all their borders. |
32
|
He gave them hail for rain, With lightning in their land. |
33
|
He struck their vines and also their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their country. |
34
|
He spoke, and the locusts came, And the grasshoppers, without number, |
35
|
Ate up every plant in their land; Ate up the fruit of their ground. |
36
|
He struck also all the firstborn in their land, The chief of all their strength. |
37
|
He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes. |
38
|
Egypt was glad when they departed, For the fear of them had fallen on them. |
39
|
He spread a cloud for a covering, Fire to give light in the night. |
40
|
They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of the sky. |
41
|
He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places. |
42
|
For he remembered his holy word, And Abraham, his servant. |
43
|
He brought forth his people with joy, His chosen with singing. |
44
|
He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession, |
45
|
That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise Yah! Psalm 106 |