Psalm 105 Free Bible Version

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Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.

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1 Give the Lord thanks, worship his wonderful nature, let people know what he's done!

1 Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.

2 Sing to him, sing his praises; tell everyone the great things he's done!

2 Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.

3 Be proud of his holy character; be happy, all who come to the Lord!

3 Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.

4 Look for the Lord, and his strength; always look to be in his presence.

4 Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

5 Remember all the wonderful things he's done, the miracles he's performed, and the judgments he's carried out,

5 Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,

6 descendants of Abraham, children of Israel, his chosen people.

6 you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

7 He is the Lord, our God, his judgments cover the whole earth.

7 He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.

8 He remembers his agreement forever, the promise he made lasts for a thousand generations;

8 He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

9 the agreement he made with Abraham, the vow he gave to Isaac.

9 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,

10 The Lord legally confirmed it with Jacob, he made this binding agreement with Israel:

10 and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

11 saying to you, “I will give the land of Canaan for you to possess.”

11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,”

12 He said this when they were only a few, just a small group of foreigners in the land.

12 when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.

13 They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to the next.

13 They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

14 He didn't let anyone treat them badly; warning kings to leave them alone:

14 He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

15 “Don't touch my chosen people; don't harm my prophets!”

15 “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”

16 He caused a famine in the Land of Canaan so that there was no food.

16 He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.

17 Before that he sent a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.

18 They hurt his feet by placing them in shackles, and they put an iron collar around his neck,

18 They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,

19 until the time predicted came when the Lord tested him.

19 until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh’s word proved him true.

20 The king sent for him and released him; the king of the people set him free.

20 The king sent and freed him, even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

21 He put Joseph in charge of the royal household, manager of everything he had,

21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions,

22 to teach the king's officials whatever he wanted, to make the king's advisors wise.

22 to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.

23 Then Israel entered Egypt—Jacob settled as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

23 Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

24 The Lord made his people more fertile and more powerful than their enemies.

24 He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.

25 He made the Egyptians change their minds and hate his people and act deceptively towards them.

25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.

26 He sent his servant Moses, together with Aaron, whom he had chosen.

26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

27 They carried out his miraculous signs among the Egyptians, his wonders in the land of Ham.

27 They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

28 He plunged the country into darkness—for hadn't they defied what the Lord had said?

28 He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.

29 He turned their water into blood, killing all the fish.

29 He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.

30 Then he sent a plague of frogs across the land that even entered the bedrooms of their rulers.

30 Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.

31 He gave the command, and flies spread throughout their land; mosquitoes were everywhere.

31 He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.

32 He rained down hail on them, and lightning flashed across their land.

32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.

33 He struck down their grape vines, and tore down their trees.

33 He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.

34 He gave the command, and swarms of locusts came—countless locusts:

34 He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number.

35 they ate up all the vegetation in their land; they consumed all the growing crops.

35 They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.

36 He killed all the firstborn in Egypt, the first to be produced in their vigor and strength.

36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.

37 Then he led his people out of Egypt, carrying silver and gold—not one among the tribes was stumbling along.

37 He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.

38 The Egyptians were delighted to see them go, for they were frightened of the Israelites.

38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.

39 He spread a cloud above them as a covering, and at night a fire to give them light.

39 He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.

40 He gave them quails to eat when they asked him; he fed them with the bread of heaven until they were full.

40 They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.

41 He split the rock open, and water gushed out—a river flowing through the desert.

41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.

42 For he remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.

42 For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.

43 So he led his people out, his chosen ones, as they sang for joy.

43 He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.

44 He gave them the lands of the heathen nations, and they inherited what other people had worked for.

44 He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,

45 The Lord did this so they could follow his instructions and keep his laws. Praise the Lord!

45 that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!

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Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm CIV)
"Bless the Lord, O my soul." Let the soul of us all, made one in Christ, say this. "O Lord my God, Thou art magnified exceedingly!" (ver. 1). Where art Thou magnified? "Confession and beauty Thou hast put on." Confess ye, that ye may be beautified, that He may put you on. "Clothed with light as a garment" (ver. 2).
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Quotes verse 105:15 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVII, Chapters 9–11)
… commit iniquity I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men; but my mercy will I not take away from him," meaning by stripes the strokes of correction. Hence that saying, "Touch ye not my christs." For what else is that than, Do not harm them?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Quotes verse 105:15 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XXI)
Having therefore become partakers of Christ, ye are properly called Christs, and of you God said, Touch not My Christs, or anointed.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Quotes verse 105:37 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapters XXV–XXVI)
This is the case where, as we have observed, it often stands instead of with; as for instance, "I will go into thy house in burnt offerings," instead of with burnt offerings and "he brought them forth also by silver and gold," that is to say with silver and gold and "thou goest not forth in our armies" instead of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
Quotes verse 105:8 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XX, Chapters 6–7)
And for the same reason we cannot better interpret the words of the psalm, "He hath been mindful of His covenant for ever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations," than by understanding it to mean "to all generations." "And he cast him into the abyss,"--i.e., cast the devil into the abyss.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

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