Herrens gärningar mot sitt folk

105 [a]Tacka Herren, åkalla hans namn,
    gör hans gärningar kända
        bland folken!
[b]Sjung till honom, lovsjung honom,
        tala om alla hans under!
Ha er ära i hans heliga namn!
    De som söker Herren
        ska glädja sig av hjärtat.
Fråga efter Herren och hans makt,
    sök alltid hans ansikte.
Tänk på de under han gjort,
    på hans tecken
        och hans muns domar,
ni Abrahams barn, hans tjänare,
    ni Jakobs söner, hans utvalda.

Han är Herren vår Gud,
    över hela jorden når hans domar.
[c]Han minns för evigt sitt förbund,
    i tusen släktled ordet han gett,
[d]förbundet han slöt med Abraham
    och eden han gav till Isak.
10 [e]Han bestämde det
    för Jakob som en lag,
        för Israel som ett evigt förbund:
11 "Till dig ger jag Kanaans land
    som er arvedel och egendom."

12 Då var de en liten skara,
    de var få och främlingar i landet.
13 [f]De vandrade från folk till folk,
    från ett rike till ett annat.
14 [g]Han lät ingen förtrycka dem,
    han straffade kungar
        för deras skull:
15 "Rör inte mina smorda,
    gör inte mina profeter något ont!"

16 [h]Han sände svält över landet
    och lät dem lida brist på bröd,
17 [i]men han sände en man
        framför dem,
    Josef som såldes till slav.
18 [j]Man slog hans fötter i bojor
    och lade järn om hans hals,
19 [k]tills det han sagt slog in
    och Herrens ord
        bevisade hans oskuld.
20 [l]Då släpptes han
        på kungens befallning,
    folkens härskare gav honom fri.
21 [m]Han satte honom till herre
        över sitt hus,
    till härskare över allt han ägde,
22 [n]till att binda[o] hans furstar
        efter sin vilja
    och lära hans äldste vishet.

23 [p]Och Israel kom till Egypten,
    Jakob blev gäst i Hams land.
24 [q]Herren gjorde sitt folk
        mycket fruktsamt,
    starkare[r] än deras fiender.
25 [s]Han vände deras hjärtan
    till att hata hans folk,
        till att handla svekfullt
            mot hans tjänare.

26 [t]Han sände Mose, sin tjänare,
    och Aron som han utvalt.
27 [u]De gjorde hans tecken[v] bland dem
    och under i Hams land.
28 [w]Han sände mörker
        och allt blev mörkt,
    och de stod inte emot[x] hans ord.
29 [y]Han förvandlade deras vatten
        till blod
    och lät deras fisk dö.
30 [z]Deras land vimlade av grodor,
    ända in i deras kungars kamrar.
31 [aa]Han befallde,
    och det kom flugsvärmar
            och mygg
        över hela deras rike.
32 [ab]Han gjorde regnet till hagel
    och sände eldslågor i deras land.
33 Han slog ner deras vinstockar
        och fikonträd
    och knäckte träden i deras rike.
34 [ac]Han befallde,
    och det kom gräshoppor
        och gräshoppslarver
            i oräknelig mängd.
35 De åt upp all grönska i landet,
    slukade grödan på marken.
36 [ad]Han slog allt förstfött i landet,
    förstlingen av all deras livskraft.

37 [ae]Så förde han ut dem
        med silver och guld,
    i hans stammar stapplade ingen.
38 Egypten gladde sig när de drog ut,
    skräck för Israel hade fallit
        över dem.
39 [af]Han bredde ut ett moln till skydd
    och en eld till att lysa i natten.
40 [ag]De bad, och han sände vaktlar
    och mättade dem
        med bröd från himlen.
41 [ah]Han öppnade klippan
        och vattnet flödade,
    det rann i öknen som en ström,
42 för han tänkte på sitt heliga löfte
    till sin tjänare Abraham.

43 Så förde han ut
    sitt folk med fröjd,
        sina utvalda med jubel.
44 [ai]Han gav dem hednafolkens länder,
    det folken förvärvat fick de ärva,
45 [aj]för att de skulle hålla hans lagar
    och följa hans undervisning.
        Halleluja!

Psalm 105

God’s Faithfulness to His People

Give thanks to Yahweh, call on His name;
proclaim His deeds among the peoples.(A)
Sing to Him, sing praise to Him;
tell about all His wonderful works!(B)
Honor His holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.(C)
Search for the Lord and for His strength;
seek His face always.(D)
Remember the wonderful works He has done,
His wonders, and the judgments He has pronounced,[a](E)
you offspring of Abraham His servant,
Jacob’s descendants—His chosen ones.(F)

He is the Lord our God;
His judgments govern the whole earth.(G)
He remembers His covenant forever,
the promise He ordained
for a thousand generations(H)
the covenant He made with Abraham,
swore[b] to Isaac,(I)
10 and confirmed to Jacob as a decree
and to Israel as an everlasting covenant:(J)
11 “I will give the land of Canaan to you
as your inherited portion.”(K)

12 When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and temporary residents in Canaan,(L)
13 wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,(M)
14 He allowed no one to oppress them;
He rebuked kings on their behalf:(N)
15 “Do not touch My anointed ones,(O)
or harm My prophets.”(P)

16 He called down famine against the land
and destroyed the entire food supply.(Q)
17 He had sent a man ahead of them—
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.(R)
18 They hurt his feet with shackles;
his neck was put in an iron collar.(S)
19 Until the time his prediction came true,
the word of the Lord tested him.(T)
20 The king sent for him and released him;
the ruler of peoples set him free.(U)
21 He made him master of his household,
ruler over all his possessions(V)
22 binding[c] his officials at will
and instructing his elders.(W)

23 Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.[d](X)
24 The Lord[e] made His people very fruitful;
He made them more numerous than their foes,(Y)
25 whose hearts He turned to hate His people
and to deal deceptively with His servants.(Z)
26 He sent Moses His servant,
and Aaron, whom He had chosen.(AA)
27 They performed His miraculous signs among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham.[f](AB)
28 He sent darkness, and it became dark—
for did they not defy[g] His commands?(AC)
29 He turned their water into blood
and caused their fish to die.(AD)
30 Their land was overrun with frogs,
even in their royal chambers.(AE)
31 He spoke, and insects came(AF)
gnats throughout their country.(AG)
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and lightning throughout their land.(AH)
33 He struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered the trees of their territory.(AI)
34 He spoke, and locusts came—
young locusts without number.
35 They devoured all the vegetation in their land
and consumed the produce of their land.(AJ)
36 He struck all the firstborn in their land,
all their first progeny.(AK)

37 Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among His tribes stumbled.(AL)
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
for the dread of Israel[h] had fallen on them.(AM)
39 He spread a cloud as a covering
and gave a fire to light up the night.(AN)
40 They asked, and He brought quail
and satisfied them with bread from heaven.(AO)
41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a stream in the desert.(AP)
42 For He remembered His holy promise
to Abraham His servant.(AQ)
43 He brought His people out with rejoicing,
His chosen ones with shouts of joy.(AR)
44 He gave them the lands of the nations,
and they inherited
what other peoples had worked for.(AS)

45 All this happened
so that they might keep His statutes
and obey His instructions.(AT)
Hallelujah!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 105:5 Lit judgments of His mouth
  2. Psalm 105:9 Lit and His oath
  3. Psalm 105:22 LXX, Syr, Vg read teaching
  4. Psalm 105:23 = Egypt
  5. Psalm 105:24 Lit He
  6. Psalm 105:27 = Egypt
  7. Psalm 105:28 LXX, Syr read for they did defy
  8. Psalm 105:38 Lit them