Psalm 105
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Psalm 105[a]
God’s Fidelity to the Promise
I
1 Give thanks to the Lord, invoke his name;(A)
make known among the peoples his deeds!(B)
2 Sing praise to him, play music;
proclaim all his wondrous deeds!
3 Glory in his holy name;
let hearts that seek the Lord rejoice!
4 Seek out the Lord and his might;
constantly seek his face.(C)
5 Recall the wondrous deeds he has done,
his wonders and words of judgment,
6 You descendants of Abraham his servant,
offspring of Jacob the chosen one!
II
7 He the Lord, is our God
whose judgments reach through all the earth.
8 He remembers forever his covenant,
the word he commanded for a thousand generations,
9 Which he made with Abraham,
and swore to Isaac,(D)
10 And ratified in a statute for Jacob,
an everlasting covenant for Israel:
11 “To you I give the land of Canaan,
your own allotted inheritance.”(E)
III
12 When they were few in number,(F)
a handful, and strangers there,
13 Wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
14 He let no one oppress them;
for their sake he rebuked kings:[b]
15 [c]“Do not touch my anointed ones,
to my prophets do no harm.”
IV
16 Then he called down a famine on the land,
destroyed the grain that sustained them.[d](G)
17 He had sent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, sold as a slave.(H)
18 They shackled his feet with chains;
collared his neck in iron,(I)
19 Till his prediction came to pass,
and the word of the Lord proved him true.(J)
20 The king sent and released him;
the ruler of peoples set him free.(K)
21 He made him lord over his household,
ruler over all his possessions,(L)
22 To instruct his princes as he desired,
to teach his elders wisdom.
V
23 Then Israel entered Egypt;(M)
Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.[e]
24 God greatly increased his people,
made them more numerous than their foes.(N)
25 He turned their hearts to hate his people,
to treat his servants deceitfully.(O)
26 He sent his servant Moses,
and Aaron whom he had chosen.(P)
27 [f]They worked his signs in Egypt(Q)
and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness and it grew dark,
but they rebelled against his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood
and killed their fish.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
even the chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke and there came swarms of flies,
gnats through all their country.
32 For rain he gave them hail,
flashes of lightning throughout their land.
33 He struck down their vines and fig trees,
shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke and the locusts came,
grasshoppers without number.(R)
35 They devoured every plant in the land;
they devoured the crops of their fields.
36 He struck down every firstborn in the land,
the first fruits of all their vigor.
37 He brought his people out,
laden with silver and gold;(S)
no one among the tribes stumbled.
38 Egypt rejoiced when they left,
for fear had seized them.
VI
39 He spread a cloud out as a cover,
and made a fire to light up the night.(T)
40 They asked and he brought them quail;
with bread from heaven he filled them.(U)
41 He split the rock and water gushed forth;
it flowed through the desert like a river.(V)
42 For he remembered his sacred promise
to Abraham his servant.
43 He brought his people out with joy,
his chosen ones with shouts of triumph.
44 He gave them the lands of the nations,
they took possession of the wealth of the peoples,(W)
45 That they might keep his statutes
and observe his teachings.(X)
Hallelujah!
Footnotes
- Psalm 105 A hymn to God who promised the land of Canaan to the holy people, cf. Ps 78; 106; 136. Israel is invited to praise and seek the presence of God (Ps 105:1–6), who is faithful to the promise of land to the ancestors (Ps 105:7–11). In every phase of the national story—the ancestors in the land of Canaan (Ps 105:12–15), Joseph in Egypt (Ps 105:16–22), Israel in Egypt (Ps 105:23–38), Israel in the desert on the way to Canaan (Ps 105:39–45)—God remained faithful, reiterating the promise of the land to successive servants.
- 105:14 Kings: Pharaoh and Abimelech of Gerar, cf. Gn 12:17; 20:6–7.
- 105:15 My anointed ones…my prophets: the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were “anointed” in the sense of being consecrated and recipients of God’s revelation.
- 105:16 The grain that sustained them: lit., every “staff of bread.”
- 105:23, 27 The land of Ham: a synonym for Egypt, cf. Gn 10:6.
- 105:27–38 This Psalm and Ps 78:43–51 have an account of the plagues differing in number or in order from Ex 7:14–12:30. Several versions of the exodus story were current.
诗篇 105
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
颂美耶和华所行之奇事异能
105 你们要称谢耶和华，求告他的名，在万民中传扬他的作为！
2 要向他唱诗歌颂，谈论他一切奇妙的作为！
3 要以他的圣名夸耀，寻求耶和华的人心中应当欢喜！
4 要寻求耶和华与他的能力，时常寻求他的面！
5 他仆人亚伯拉罕的后裔，他所拣选雅各的子孙哪，你们要记念他奇妙的作为和他的奇事，并他口中的判语。
7 他是耶和华我们的神，全地都有他的判断。
8 他记念他的约直到永远，他所吩咐的话直到千代，
9 就是与亚伯拉罕所立的约，向以撒所起的誓。
10 他又将这约向雅各定为律例，向以色列定为永远的约，
11 说：“我必将迦南地赐给你，做你产业的份。”
12 当时他们人丁有限，数目稀少，并且在那地为寄居的。
13 他们从这邦游到那邦，从这国行到那国。
14 他不容什么人欺负他们，为他们的缘故责备君王，
15 说：“不可难为我受膏的人，也不可恶待我的先知。”
16 他命饥荒降在那地上，将所倚靠的粮食全行断绝。
17 在他们以先打发一个人去，约瑟被卖为奴仆。
18 人用脚镣伤他的脚，他被铁链捆拘。
19 耶和华的话试炼他，直等到他所说的应验了。
20 王打发人把他解开，就是治理众民的，把他释放，
21 立他做王家之主，掌管他一切所有的，
22 使他随意捆绑他的臣宰，将智慧教导他的长老。
23 以色列也到了埃及，雅各在含地寄居。
24 耶和华使他的百姓生养众多，使他们比敌人强盛，
25 使敌人的心转去恨他的百姓，并用诡计待他的仆人。
借摩西亚伦显著神迹
26 他打发他的仆人摩西和他所拣选的亚伦，
27 在敌人中间显他的神迹，在含地显他的奇事。
28 他命黑暗，就有黑暗，没有违背他话的。
29 他叫埃及的水变为血，叫他们的鱼死了。
30 在他们的地上以及王宫的内室，青蛙多多滋生。
31 他说一声，苍蝇就成群而来，并有虱子进入他们四境。
32 他给他们降下冰雹为雨，在他们的地上降下火焰。
33 他也击打他们的葡萄树和无花果树，毁坏他们境内的树木。
34 他说一声，就有蝗虫蚂蚱上来，不计其数，
35 吃尽了他们地上各样的菜蔬和田地的出产。
36 他又击杀他们国内一切的长子，就是他们强壮时头生的。
37 他领自己的百姓带银子金子出来，他支派中没有一个软弱的。
38 他们出来的时候，埃及人便欢喜，原来埃及人惧怕他们。
39 他铺张云彩当遮盖，夜间使火光照。
由天赐粮由磐出水
40 他们一求，他就使鹌鹑飞来，并用天上的粮食叫他们饱足。
41 他打开磐石，水就涌出，在干旱之处水流成河。
42 这都因他记念他的圣言和他的仆人亚伯拉罕。
43 他带领百姓欢乐而出，带领选民欢呼前往。
44 他将列国的地赐给他们，他们便承受众民劳碌得来的，
45 好使他们遵他的律例，守他的律法。你们要赞美耶和华！
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