1 Give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; make known his acts among the peoples.
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms (or play) unto him; talk of all his wondrous works.
3 Glory in his holy name; glad be the heart of those that enquire for Jehovah.
4 Seek Jehovah and his strength, enquire for hi4s face continually.
5 Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth,
6 O seed of Abraham his servant, sons of Jacob, his chosen (ones).
7 He, Jehovah, [is] our God; in all the earth [are] his judgments.
8 He remembered for ever his covenant, a word he commanded to a thousand generations,
9 Which he ratified (cut) with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac,
10 And he confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, to Israel an everlasting covenant,
11 Saying, To thee will I give the land of Canaan, lot (line) of your inheritance,
12 When they were even to be numbered as a few, and sojourners in it;
13 And they walked from nation to nation, from a kingdom to another people.
14 He suffered no man to oppress them and reproved kings for their sakes,
15 [Saying] Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
16 And he called a famine on the land; every staff of bread he broke.
17 He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.
18 They hurt with the fetters his feet; [into] iron went his soul,
19 Until the time his word came; Jehovah’s saying tried him.
20 A king sent and loosed him, a ruler of peoples, and set him free.
21 He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possession,
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure (soul), and make his elders wise.
23 And Israel came [into] Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in Ham’s land.
24 And he fructified his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart, to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he chose.
27 They set among them words of his signs and wonders in Ham’s land.
28 He sent darkness and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his words.
29 He turned their waters to blood, and killed their fish.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs in their kings’ chambers.
31 He spoke, and dog-flies came, lice (or gnats) in all their border.
32 He made (or gave) them storms of hail, flames of fire in their land.
33 And he smote their vines and figtrees, and broke the trees of their border.
34 He spoke, and locusts came and canker-worm, and there was no number;
35 And they devoured every herb in their land, and ate the fruit of their ground.
36 And he smote every firstborn in their land, firstfruits of all their strength.
37 And he brought them out with silver and gold, and there was not among their tribes a stumbling [one].
38 Egypt was glad at their departure, for their fear fell upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering and fire to give light [by] night.
40 [The people] asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with bread of heaven.
41 He opened a rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places, a river.
42 For he remembered his holy word [and] Abraham his servant,
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, his chosen with shouting;
44 And he gave them lands of nations, and they inherited the Gentiles’ toil;
45 That they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise ye Jah (Hallelujah).
Notes on Psalm 105
“Give thanks unto Jehovah,” &c.
This recounts the good ways of Jehovah in grace with His people according to His promises, that they might keen His statutes and observe His laws.