# Psalm 105 ## Psalm 105:1 - [KJV] O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. - [ASV] Oh give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known among the peoples his doings. - [YLT] Give ye thanks to Jehovah -- call ye in His name, Make known among the peoples His acts. ### Notes on Psalm 105:1 - ## Psalm 105:2 - [KJV] Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. - [ASV] Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvelous works. - [YLT] Sing ye to Him -- sing praise to Him, Meditate ye on all His wonders. ### Notes on Psalm 105:2 - ## Psalm 105:3 - [KJV] Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. - [ASV] Glory ye in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah. - [YLT] Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth. ### Notes on Psalm 105:3 - ## Psalm 105:4 - [KJV] Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. - [ASV] Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore. - [YLT] Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually. ### Notes on Psalm 105:4 - ## Psalm 105:5 - [KJV] Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; - [ASV] Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, - [YLT] Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth. ### Notes on Psalm 105:5 - ## Psalm 105:6 - [KJV] O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. - [ASV] O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. - [YLT] O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones. ### Notes on Psalm 105:6 - ## Psalm 105:7 - [KJV] He *is* the LORD our God: his judgments *are* in all the earth. - [ASV] He is Jehovah our God: His judgments are in all the earth. - [YLT] He *is* Jehovah our God, In all the earth *are* His judgments. ### Notes on Psalm 105:7 - ## Psalm 105:8 - [KJV] He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word *which* he commanded to a thousand generations. - [ASV] He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations, - [YLT] He hath remembered to the age His covenant, The word He commanded to a thousand generations, ### Notes on Psalm 105:8 - ## Psalm 105:9 - [KJV] Which *covenant* he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; - [ASV] *The covenant* which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac, - [YLT] That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac, ### Notes on Psalm 105:9 - ## Psalm 105:10 - [KJV] And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, *and* to Israel *for* an everlasting covenant: - [ASV] And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant, - [YLT] And doth establish it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel -- a covenant age-during, ### Notes on Psalm 105:10 - ## Psalm 105:11 - [KJV] Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: - [ASV] Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance; - [YLT] Saying, 'To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,' ### Notes on Psalm 105:11 - ## Psalm 105:12 - [KJV] When they were *but* a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. - [ASV] When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it. - [YLT] In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it. ### Notes on Psalm 105:12 - ## Psalm 105:13 - [KJV] When they went from one nation to another, from *one* kingdom to another people; - [ASV] And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. - [YLT] And they go up and down, from nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto another people. ### Notes on Psalm 105:13 - ## Psalm 105:14 - [KJV] He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; - [ASV] He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, - [YLT] He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings. ### Notes on Psalm 105:14 - ## Psalm 105:15 - [KJV] *Saying*, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. - [ASV] *Saying*, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm. - [YLT] 'Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.' ### Notes on Psalm 105:15 - ## Psalm 105:16 - [KJV] Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. - [ASV] And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread. - [YLT] And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken. ### Notes on Psalm 105:16 - ## Psalm 105:17 - [KJV] He sent a man before them, *even* Joseph, *who* was sold for a servant: - [ASV] He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant: - [YLT] He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold. ### Notes on Psalm 105:17 - ## Psalm 105:18 - [KJV] Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: - [ASV] His feet they hurt with fetters: He was laid in *chains of* iron, - [YLT] They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul, ### Notes on Psalm 105:18 - ## Psalm 105:19 - [KJV] Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. - [ASV] Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of Jehovah tried him. - [YLT] Till the time of the coming of His word The saying of Jehovah hath tried him. ### Notes on Psalm 105:19 - ## Psalm 105:20 - [KJV] The king sent and loosed him; *even* the ruler of the people, and let him go free. - [ASV] The king sent and loosed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free. - [YLT] The king hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out. ### Notes on Psalm 105:20 - ## Psalm 105:21 - [KJV] He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: - [ASV] He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his substance; - [YLT] He hath made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions. ### Notes on Psalm 105:21 - ## Psalm 105:22 - [KJV] To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. - [ASV] To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom. - [YLT] To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And his elders he maketh wise. ### Notes on Psalm 105:22 - ## Psalm 105:23 - [KJV] Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. - [ASV] Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. - [YLT] And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham. ### Notes on Psalm 105:23 - ## Psalm 105:24 - [KJV] And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. - [ASV] And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries. - [YLT] And He maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries. ### Notes on Psalm 105:24 - ## Psalm 105:25 - [KJV] He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. - [ASV] He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants. - [YLT] He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants. ### Notes on Psalm 105:25 - ## Psalm 105:26 - [KJV] He sent Moses his servant; *and* Aaron whom he had chosen. - [ASV] He sent Moses his servant, *And* Aaron whom he had chosen. - [YLT] He hath sent Moses His servant, Aaron whom He had fixed on. ### Notes on Psalm 105:26 - ## Psalm 105:27 - [KJV] They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. - [ASV] They set among them his signs, And wonders in the land of Ham. - [YLT] They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham. ### Notes on Psalm 105:27 - ## Psalm 105:28 - [KJV] He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. - [ASV] He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they rebelled not against his words. - [YLT] He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word. ### Notes on Psalm 105:28 - ## Psalm 105:29 - [KJV] He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. - [ASV] He turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish. - [YLT] He hath turned their waters to blood, And putteth to death their fish. ### Notes on Psalm 105:29 - ## Psalm 105:30 - [KJV] Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. - [ASV] Their land swarmed with frogs In the chambers of their kings. - [YLT] Teemed hath their land *with* frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings. ### Notes on Psalm 105:30 - ## Psalm 105:31 - [KJV] He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, *and* lice in all their coasts. - [ASV] He spake, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their borders. - [YLT] He hath said, and the beetle cometh, Lice into all their border. ### Notes on Psalm 105:31 - ## Psalm 105:32 - [KJV] He gave them hail for rain, *and* flaming fire in their land. - [ASV] He gave them hail for rain, *And* flaming fire in their land. - [YLT] He hath made their showers hail, A flaming fire *is* in their land. ### Notes on Psalm 105:32 - ## Psalm 105:33 - [KJV] He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. - [ASV] He smote their vines also and their fig-trees, And brake the trees of their borders. - [YLT] And He smiteth their vine and their fig, And shivereth the trees of their border. ### Notes on Psalm 105:33 - ## Psalm 105:34 - [KJV] He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, - [ASV] He spake, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, and that without number, - [YLT] He hath said, and the locust cometh, And the cankerworm -- innumerable, ### Notes on Psalm 105:34 - ## Psalm 105:35 - [KJV] And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. - [ASV] And did eat up every herb in their land, And did eat up the fruit of their ground. - [YLT] And it consumeth every herb in their land, And it consumeth the fruit of their ground. ### Notes on Psalm 105:35 - ## Psalm 105:36 - [KJV] He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. - [ASV] He smote also all the first-born in their land, The chief of all their strength. - [YLT] And He smiteth every first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength, ### Notes on Psalm 105:36 - ## Psalm 105:37 - [KJV] He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and *there was* not one feeble *person* among their tribes. - [ASV] And he brought them forth with silver and gold; And there was not one feeble person among his tribes. - [YLT] And bringeth them out with silver and gold, And there is not in its tribes a feeble one. ### Notes on Psalm 105:37 - ## Psalm 105:38 - [KJV] Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. - [ASV] Egypt was glad when they departed; For the fear of them had fallen upon them. - [YLT] Rejoiced hath Egypt in their going forth, For their fear had fallen upon them. ### Notes on Psalm 105:38 - ## Psalm 105:39 - [KJV] He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. - [ASV] He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night. - [YLT] He hath spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night. ### Notes on Psalm 105:39 - ## Psalm 105:40 - [KJV] *The people* asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. - [ASV] They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven. - [YLT] They have asked, and He bringeth quails, And *with* bread of heaven satisfieth them. ### Notes on Psalm 105:40 - ## Psalm 105:41 - [KJV] He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places *like* a river. - [ASV] He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places *like* a river. - [YLT] He hath opened a rock, and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places -- a river. ### Notes on Psalm 105:41 - ## Psalm 105:42 - [KJV] For he remembered his holy promise, *and* Abraham his servant. - [ASV] For he remembered his holy word, *And* Abraham his servant. - [YLT] For He hath remembered His holy word, With Abraham His servant, ### Notes on Psalm 105:42 - ## Psalm 105:43 - [KJV] And he brought forth his people with joy, *and* his chosen with gladness: - [ASV] And he brought forth his people with joy, *And* his chosen with singing. - [YLT] And He bringeth forth His people with joy, With singing His chosen ones. ### Notes on Psalm 105:43 - ## Psalm 105:44 - [KJV] And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; - [ASV] And he gave them the lands of the nations; And they took the labor of the peoples in possession: - [YLT] And He giveth to them the lands of nations, And the labour of peoples they possess, ### Notes on Psalm 105:44 - ## Psalm 105:45 - [KJV] That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. - [ASV] That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise ye Jehovah. - [YLT] That they may observe His statutes, And His laws may keep. Praise ye Jehovah! ### Notes on Psalm 105:45 -