1 Give thanks to YHWH—call on His Name, || Make His acts known among the peoples. 2 Sing to Him—sing praise to Him, || Meditate on all His wonders. 3 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, || The heart of those seeking YHWH rejoices. 4 Seek YHWH and His strength, || Seek His face continually. 5 Remember His wonders that He did, || His signs and the judgments of His mouth. 6 O seed of Abraham, His servant, || O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones. 7 He [is] our God YHWH, || His judgments [are] in all the earth. 8 He has remembered His covenant for all time, || The word He commanded to one thousand generations, 9 That He has made with Abraham, || And His oath to Isaac, 10 And establishes it to Jacob for a statute, || To Israel—a perpetual covenant, 11 Saying, “I give the land of Canaan to you, || The portion of your inheritance,” 12 In their being few in number, || But a few, and sojourners in it. 13 And they go up and down, from nation to nation, || From a kingdom to another people. 14 He has not permitted any to oppress them || And He reproves kings for their sakes. 15 “Do not strike against My anointed, || And do no evil to My prophets.” 16 And He calls a famine on the land, || He has broken the whole staff of bread. 17 He has sent a man before them, || Joseph has been sold for a servant. 18 They have afflicted his feet with chains, || Iron has entered his soul, 19 Until the time of the coming of His word || The saying of YHWH has tried him. 20 The king has sent, and looses him, || The ruler of the peoples, and draws him out. 21 He has made him lord of his house, || And ruler over all his possessions. 22 To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, || And he makes his elderly wise. 23 And Israel comes into Egypt, || And Jacob has sojourned in the land of Ham. 24 And He makes His people very fruitful, || And makes it mightier than its adversaries. 25 He turned their heart to hate His people, || To conspire against His servants. 26 He has sent His servant Moses, || Aaron whom He had fixed on. 27 They have set among them the matters of His signs, || And wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He has sent darkness, and it is dark, || And they have not provoked His word. 29 He has turned their waters to blood, || And puts their fish to death. 30 Their land has teemed [with] frogs, || In the inner chambers of their kings. 31 He has commanded, and the beetle comes, || Lice into all their border. 32 He has made their showers hail, || A flaming fire [is] in their land. 33 And He strikes their vine and their fig, || And shatters the trees of their border. 34 He has commanded, and the locust comes, || And the cankerworm—innumerable, 35 And it consumes every herb in their land, || And it consumes the fruit of their ground. 36 And He strikes every firstborn in their land, || The first-fruit of all their strength, 37 And brings them out with silver and gold, || And there is not a feeble one in its tribes. 38 Egypt has rejoiced in their going forth, || For their fear had fallen on them. 39 He has spread a cloud for a covering, || And fire to enlighten the night. 40 They have asked, and He brings quails, || And satisfies them [with] bread of the heavens. 41 He has opened a rock, and waters flow, || They have gone on in dry places—a river. 42 For He has remembered His holy word, || With His servant Abraham, 43 And He brings forth His people with joy, || His chosen ones with singing. 44 And He gives to them the lands of nations, || And they possess the labor of peoples, 45 That they may observe His statutes, || And may keep His laws. Praise YAH!
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Psalm 105 Literal Standard Version
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Cross references (43)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 12:4; Psalm 145:11–12; Romans 10:13; Psalm 106:1; 1 Chronicles 16:34
- 2 Isaiah 12:5–6; Psalm 119:27; Psalm 98:5; Psalm 77:12; Psalm 98:1
- 3 Lamentations 3:25; Galatians 6:14; 1 Corinthians 1:29; Proverbs 8:17; 1 Corinthians 1:31
- 4 Psalm 27:8; Zephaniah 2:2–3; 2 Chronicles 6:41; Amos 5:4–6; Psalm 132:8
- 5 Psalm 77:11; Psalm 119:13; Luke 22:19; Deuteronomy 32:7; Isaiah 43:18–19
- 6 Isaiah 44:1–2; John 15:16; 1 Peter 2:9; Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 41:14
- 7 Isaiah 26:9; Exodus 20:2; Deuteronomy 26:17–18; Psalm 95:7; Revelation 15:4
- 8 Deuteronomy 7:9; Psalm 111:5; Psalm 106:45; Luke 1:72–74; 1 Chronicles 16:15
- 9 Genesis 17:2; Genesis 26:3; Genesis 22:16–18; Hebrews 6:17; Galatians 3:17
- 10 2 Samuel 23:5; Genesis 17:7–8; Genesis 28:13–15; Hebrews 13:20
- 11 Genesis 15:18; Genesis 13:15; Psalm 78:55; Genesis 28:13; Genesis 12:7
- 12 Genesis 34:30; Deuteronomy 7:7; Hebrews 11:9; Genesis 23:4; Deuteronomy 26:5
- 14 Genesis 35:5; Exodus 7:16–17; Genesis 31:24–29; Genesis 26:14–33; Genesis 12:14–17
- 15 Zechariah 2:8; Genesis 26:11; Genesis 20:7; 1 John 2:27; Genesis 49:8–33
- 16 Ezekiel 4:16; Isaiah 3:1; Genesis 41:54; Leviticus 26:26; Acts 7:11
- 17 Acts 7:9; Genesis 37:36; Genesis 50:20; Genesis 45:4–5; Genesis 39:1
- 18 Genesis 40:15; Genesis 39:20; Acts 16:24; Psalm 107:10
- 19 Acts 7:10; Proverbs 21:1; Genesis 40:20–21; Genesis 41:25; Genesis 41:11–16
- 20 Genesis 41:14
- 21 Genesis 41:40–44; Genesis 41:55; Genesis 45:8; Genesis 45:26
- 22 Isaiah 19:11; Genesis 41:44; Genesis 41:33; Genesis 41:38
- 23 Acts 13:17; Acts 7:11–15; Psalm 78:51; Psalm 106:22; Genesis 46:2–7
- 24 Deuteronomy 26:5; Acts 7:17; Exodus 12:37; Exodus 1:7–9; Hebrews 11:12
- 25 Acts 7:19; Genesis 15:13; Exodus 9:16; Exodus 1:16; Romans 9:17–19
- 26 Exodus 3:10; Exodus 28:1–2; Exodus 29:5–46; Exodus 28:29–38; Exodus 7:1
- 27 Psalm 78:43–51; Nehemiah 9:10–11; Jeremiah 32:20–21; Isaiah 63:11–12; Exodus 7:1–11
- 28 Psalm 99:7; Joel 2:31; 2 Peter 2:4; 2 Peter 2:17; Luke 23:44–45
- 29 Exodus 7:20–21; Revelation 16:3; Psalm 78:44; Ezekiel 29:4–5; Isaiah 50:2
- 30 Revelation 16:13–14; Exodus 8:3–14; Psalm 78:45
- 31 Exodus 8:21–24; Exodus 8:16–18; Isaiah 7:18; Psalm 78:45
- 32 Psalm 78:47–48; Exodus 9:18–28; Revelation 16:21; Revelation 11:19; Revelation 8:7
- 33 Revelation 9:4; Psalm 78:47
- 34 Exodus 10:12–15; Psalm 78:46; Joel 2:25; Joel 1:4–7; Revelation 9:3–10
- 36 Psalm 136:10; Hebrews 11:28; Genesis 49:3; Exodus 11:4–5; Exodus 4:23
- 37 Exodus 12:35–36; Exodus 3:22; Acts 13:17; Genesis 15:14
- 38 Exodus 12:33; Exodus 15:16; Joshua 2:9; Genesis 35:5; Exodus 10:7
- 39 Nehemiah 9:12; Isaiah 4:5; Psalm 78:14; Nehemiah 9:19; Exodus 13:21–22
- 40 Psalm 78:18; Numbers 11:31–33; Joshua 5:12; John 6:48–58; John 6:31–33
- 41 1 Corinthians 10:4; Numbers 20:11; Exodus 17:6; Psalm 114:8; Isaiah 48:21
- 42 Exodus 2:24; Luke 1:72–73; Luke 1:54–55; Genesis 12:7; Micah 7:20
- 43 Isaiah 35:10; Acts 13:17; Isaiah 55:12; Acts 7:36; Jeremiah 31:11–12
- 44 Joshua 24:13; Psalm 78:55; Deuteronomy 6:10–11; Joshua 11:23; Psalm 44:2–3
- 45 Deuteronomy 4:40; Titus 2:14; Ephesians 2:8–10; Deuteronomy 4:1; Psalm 106:1
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What the Fathers said
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).
"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)
… 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)
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)
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)
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)