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Psalm 105
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Psalm 105[a]

105 Give thanks to the Lord.
Call on his name.
Make known his accomplishments among the nations.
2 Sing to him.
Make music to him.
Tell about all his miraculous deeds.
3 Boast about his holy name.
Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Seek the Lord and the strength he gives.
Seek his presence continually.
5 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed,
his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,[b]
6 O children[c] of Abraham,[d] God’s[e] servant,
you descendants[f] of Jacob, God’s[g] chosen ones.
7 He is the Lord our God;
he carries out judgment throughout the earth.[h]
8 He always remembers his covenantal decree,
the promise he made[i] to a thousand generations—
9 the promise[j] he made to Abraham,
the promise he made by oath to Isaac.
10 He gave it to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as a lasting promise,[k]
11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
as the portion of your inheritance.”
12 When they were few in number,
just a very few, and resident foreigners within it,
13 they wandered from nation to nation,
and from one kingdom to another.[l]
14 He let no one oppress them;
he disciplined kings for their sake,
15 saying,[m] “Don’t touch my chosen ones.[n]
Don’t harm my prophets.”
16 He called down a famine upon the earth;
he cut off all the food supply.[o]
17 He sent a man ahead of them[p]—
Joseph was sold as a servant.
18 The shackles hurt his feet;[q]
his neck was placed in an iron collar,[r]
19 until the time when his prediction[s] came true.
The Lord’s word[t] proved him right.[u]
20 The king authorized his release;[v]
the ruler of nations set him free.
21 He put him in charge of his palace,[w]
and made him manager of all his property,
22 giving him authority to imprison his officials[x]
and to teach his advisers.[y]
23 Israel moved to[z] Egypt;
Jacob lived for a time[aa] in the land of Ham.
24 The Lord[ab] made his people very fruitful,
and made them[ac] more numerous than their[ad] enemies.
25 He caused the Egyptians[ae] to hate his people,
and to mistreat[af] his servants.
26 He sent his servant Moses,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They executed his miraculous signs among them,[ag]
and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham.
28 He made it dark;[ah]
Moses and Aaron did not disobey his orders.[ai]
29 He turned the Egyptians’ water into blood,
and killed their fish.
30 Their land was overrun by frogs,
which even got into the rooms of their kings.
31 He ordered flies to come;[aj]
gnats invaded their whole territory.
32 He sent hail along with the rain;[ak]
there was lightning in their land.[al]
33 He destroyed their vines and fig trees,
and broke the trees throughout their territory.
34 He ordered locusts to come,[am]
innumerable grasshoppers.
35 They ate all the vegetation in their land,
and devoured the crops of their fields.[an]
36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of their reproductive power.[ao]
37 He brought his people[ap] out enriched[aq] with silver and gold;
none of his tribes stumbled.
38 Egypt was happy when they left,
for they were afraid of them.[ar]
39 He spread out a cloud for a cover,[as]
and provided a fire to light up the night.
40 They asked for food,[at] and he sent quail;
he satisfied them with food from the sky.[au]
41 He opened up a rock and water flowed out;
a river ran through dry regions.
42 Yes,[av] he remembered the sacred promise[aw]
he made to Abraham his servant.
43 When he led his people out, they rejoiced;
his chosen ones shouted with joy.[ax]
44 He handed the territory of nations over to them,
and they took possession of what other peoples had produced,[ay]
45 so that they might keep his commands
and obey[az] his laws.
Praise the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 105:1 sn Psalm 105. The psalmist summons Israel to praise God because he delivered his people from Egypt in fulfillment of his covenantal promises to Abraham. A parallel version of vv. 1-15 appears in 1 Chr 16:8-22.
  2. Psalm 105:5 tn Heb “and the judgments of his mouth.”
  3. Psalm 105:6 tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
  4. Psalm 105:6 tc Some mss have “Israel,” which appears in the parallel version of this psalm in 1 Chr 16:13.
  5. Psalm 105:6 tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. Psalm 105:6 tn Heb “sons.”
  7. Psalm 105:6 tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  8. Psalm 105:7 tn Heb “in all the earth [are] his judgments.”
  9. Psalm 105:8 tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 10-12 make clear.
  10. Psalm 105:9 tn Heb “which.”
  11. Psalm 105:10 tn Or “eternal covenant.”
  12. Psalm 105:13 tn Heb “and from a kingdom to another nation.”
  13. Psalm 105:15 tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
  14. Psalm 105:15 tn Heb “anointed.”
  15. Psalm 105:16 tn Heb “and every staff of food he broke.” The psalmist refers to the famine that occurred in Joseph’s time (see v. 17 and Gen 41:53-57).
  16. Psalm 105:17 tn After the reference to the famine in v. 16, v. 17 flashes back to events that preceded the famine (see Gen 37).
  17. Psalm 105:18 tn Heb “they afflicted his feet with shackles.”
  18. Psalm 105:18 tn Heb “his neck came [into] iron.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) with the suffix could mean simply “he” or “his life.” But the nuance “neck” makes good sense here (note the reference to his “feet” in the preceding line). See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 38.
  19. Psalm 105:19 tn Heb “word,” probably referring to Joseph’s prediction about the fate of Pharaoh’s cupbearer and baker (see Gen 41:9-14).
  20. Psalm 105:19 tn This line may refer to Joseph’s prediction of the famine in response to Pharaoh’s dream. Joseph emphasized to Pharaoh that the interpretation of the dream came from God (see Gen 41:16, 25, 28, 32, 39).
  21. Psalm 105:19 tn Heb “refined him.”
  22. Psalm 105:20 tn Heb “[the] king sent and set him free.”
  23. Psalm 105:21 tn Heb “he made him master of his house.”
  24. Psalm 105:22 tn Heb “to bind his officials by his will.”
  25. Psalm 105:22 tn Heb “and his elders he taught wisdom.”
  26. Psalm 105:23 tn Heb “entered.”
  27. Psalm 105:23 tn Heb “lived as a resident foreigner.”
  28. Psalm 105:24 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  29. Psalm 105:24 tn Heb “him,” referring to “his people.”
  30. Psalm 105:24 tn Heb “his,” referring to “his people.”
  31. Psalm 105:25 tn Heb “their heart.”
  32. Psalm 105:25 tn Or “to deal deceptively.” The Hitpael of נָכַל (nakhal) occurs only here and in Gen 37:18, where it is used of Joseph’s brothers “plotting” to kill him.
  33. Psalm 105:27 tn Apparently the pronoun refers to “his servants” (i.e., the Israelites, see v. 25).
  34. Psalm 105:28 tn Heb “he sent darkness and made it dark.”sn He made it dark. The psalmist begins with the ninth plague (see Exod 10:21-29).
  35. Psalm 105:28 tn Heb “they did not rebel against his words.” Apparently this refers to Moses and Aaron, who obediently carried out God’s orders.
  36. Psalm 105:31 tn Heb “he spoke and flies came.”
  37. Psalm 105:32 tn Heb “he gave their rains hail.”
  38. Psalm 105:32 tn Heb “fire of flames [was] in their land.”
  39. Psalm 105:34 tn Heb “he spoke and locusts came.”
  40. Psalm 105:35 tn Heb “the fruit of their ground.”
  41. Psalm 105:36 tn Heb “the beginning of all their strength,” that is, reproductive power (see Ps 78:51).sn Verses 28-36 recall the plagues in a different order than the one presented in Exodus: v. 28 (plague 9), v. 29 (plague 1), v. 30 (plague 2), v. 31a (plague 4), v. 31b (plague 3), vv. 32-33 (plague 7), vv. 34-35 (plague 8), v. 36 (plague 10). No reference is made in Ps 105 to plagues 5 and 6.
  42. Psalm 105:37 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Lord’s people) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
  43. Psalm 105:37 tn The word “enriched” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
  44. Psalm 105:38 tn Heb “for fear of them had fallen upon them.”
  45. Psalm 105:39 tn Or “curtain.”
  46. Psalm 105:40 tn Heb “he [i.e., his people] asked.” The singular form should probably be emended to a plural שָׁאֲלוּ (shaʾalu, “they asked”), the ו (vav) having fallen off by haplography (note the vav at the beginning of the following form).
  47. Psalm 105:40 tn Or “bread of heaven.” The reference is to manna (see Exod 16:4, 13-15).
  48. Psalm 105:42 tn Or “for.”
  49. Psalm 105:42 tn Heb “his holy word.”
  50. Psalm 105:43 tn Heb “and he led his people out with joy, with a ringing cry, his chosen ones.”
  51. Psalm 105:44 tn Heb “and the [product of the] work of peoples they possessed.”
  52. Psalm 105:45 tn Heb “guard.”
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Salmos 105
Nueva Traducción Viviente

105 Den gracias al Señor y proclamen su grandeza;
    que todo el mundo sepa lo que él ha hecho.
2 Canten a él; sí, cántenle alabanzas.
    Cuéntenle a todo el mundo acerca de sus obras maravillosas.
3 Regocíjense por su santo nombre;
    alégrense ustedes, los que adoran al Señor.
4 Busquen al Señor y a su fuerza;
    búsquenlo continuamente.
5 Recuerden las maravillas y los milagros que ha realizado,
    y los decretos que ha dictado,
6 ustedes, hijos de su siervo Abraham,
    descendientes de Jacob, los elegidos de Dios.

7 Él es el Señor nuestro Dios;
    su justicia se ve por toda la tierra.
8 Siempre se atiene a su pacto,
    al compromiso que adquirió con mil generaciones.
9 Es el pacto que hizo con Abraham
    y el juramento que le hizo a Isaac.
10 Se lo confirmó a Jacob como un decreto
    y al pueblo de Israel como un pacto eterno:
11 «Te daré la tierra de Canaán
    como tu preciada posesión».

12 Eso lo dijo cuando eran unos pocos,
    un pequeño grupo de extranjeros en Canaán.
13 Anduvieron de nación en nación,
    de un reino a otro.
14 Sin embargo, él no permitió que nadie los oprimiera.
    A favor de ellos, les advirtió a los reyes:
15 «No toquen a mi pueblo elegido
    ni hagan daño a mis profetas».

16 Mandó hambre a la tierra de Canaán,
    y cortó la provisión de alimentos.
17 Luego envió a un hombre a Egipto delante de ellos:
    a José, quien fue vendido como esclavo.
18 Le lastimaron los pies con grilletes
    y en el cuello le pusieron un collar de hierro.
19 Hasta que llegó el momento de cumplir sus sueños,[a]
    el Señor puso a prueba el carácter de José.
20 Entonces el faraón mandó a buscarlo y lo puso en libertad;
    el gobernante de la nación le abrió la puerta de la cárcel.
21 José quedó a cargo de toda la casa del rey;
    llegó a ser el administrador de todas sus posesiones.
22 Con total libertad instruía[b] a los asistentes del rey
    y enseñaba a los consejeros del rey.

23 Luego Israel llegó a Egipto;
    Jacob vivió como extranjero en la tierra de Cam.
24 Y el Señor multiplicó a los israelitas
    hasta que llegaron a ser más poderosos que sus enemigos.
25 Después puso a los egipcios en contra del pueblo de Israel,
    y ellos conspiraron contra los siervos del Señor.

26 Pero el Señor envió a su siervo Moisés,
    junto con Aarón, a quien había escogido.
27 Ellos realizaron señales asombrosas entre los egipcios,
    y maravillas en la tierra de Cam.
28 El Señor cubrió a Egipto con oscuridad,
    porque los egipcios desobedecieron[c] las órdenes de dejar ir a su pueblo.
29 Convirtió sus aguas en sangre
    y envenenó a todos los peces.
30 Luego las ranas infestaron la tierra
    y hasta invadieron las habitaciones del rey.
31 Cuando el Señor habló, enjambres de moscas descendieron sobre los egipcios,
    y hubo una nube de mosquitos por todo Egipto.
32 Les envió granizo en lugar de lluvia,
    y destellaron relámpagos sobre la tierra.
33 Arruinó sus vides y sus higueras
    y destrozó todos los árboles.
34 Habló, y vinieron oleadas de langostas,
    langostas jóvenes en cantidades innumerables.
35 Se comieron todo lo verde que había en la tierra
    y destruyeron todos los cultivos de los campos.
36 Después mató al hijo mayor de cada hogar egipcio,
    el orgullo y la alegría de cada familia.

37 El Señor sacó a su pueblo de Egipto, cargado de oro y de plata;
    y ni una sola persona de las tribus de Israel siquiera tropezó.
38 Egipto se alegró cuando se fueron,
    porque les tenía mucho miedo.
39 El Señor desplegó una nube sobre ellos para que los cubriera
    y les dio un gran fuego para que iluminara la oscuridad.
40 Ellos le pidieron carne, y él les envió codornices;
    les sació el hambre con maná, pan del cielo.
41 Partió una roca, y brotó agua a chorros
    que formó un río a través de la tierra árida y baldía.
42 Pues recordó la promesa sagrada
    que le había hecho a su siervo Abraham.
43 Así que sacó a su pueblo de Egipto con alegría,
    a sus escogidos, con gozo.
44 Les dio las tierras de las naciones paganas,
    y cosecharon cultivos que otros habían sembrado.
45 Todo eso sucedió para que siguieran los decretos del Señor
    y obedecieran sus enseñanzas.

¡Alabado sea el Señor!

Footnotes

  1. 105:19 En hebreo su palabra.
  2. 105:22 Así aparece en la versión griega y en la siríaca; en hebreo dice ataba o encarcelaba.
  3. 105:28 Así aparece en la versión griega y en la siríaca; en hebreo dice no desobedecieron.
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