Psalm 105 | New International Reader’s Version

1 Give praise to the LORD and announce who he is. Tell the nations what he has done.

2 Sing to him, sing praise to him. Tell about all the wonderful things he has done.

3 Praise him, because his name is holy. Let the hearts of those who trust in the LORD be glad.

4 Seek the LORD and the strength he gives. Always seek him.

5 Remember the wonderful things he has done. Remember his miracles and how he judged our enemies.

6 Remember what he has done, you children of his servant Abraham. Remember it, you people of Jacob, God’s chosen ones.

7 He is the LORD our God. He judges the whole earth.

8 He will keep his covenant for ever. He will keep his promise for all time to come.

9 He will keep the covenant he made with Abraham. He will keep the promise he made to Isaac.

10 He made it stand as a law for Jacob. He made it stand as a covenant for Israel that will last for ever.

11 He said, ‘I will give you the land of Canaan. It will belong to you.’

12 At first there weren’t very many of God’s people. There were only a few, and they were strangers in the land.

13 They wandered from nation to nation. They wandered from one kingdom to another.

14 But God didn’t allow anyone to treat them badly. To keep them safe, he gave a command to kings.

15 He said to them, ‘Do not touch my anointed ones. Do not harm my prophets.’

16 He made the people in the land go hungry. He destroyed all their food supplies.

17 He sent a man ahead of them into Egypt. That man was Joseph. He had been sold as a slave.

18 The Egyptians put his feet in chains. They put an iron collar around his neck.

19 He was in prison until what he said would happen came true. The word of the LORD proved that he was right.

20 The king of Egypt sent for Joseph and let him out of prison. The ruler of many nations set him free.

21 He put Joseph in charge of his palace. He made him ruler over everything he owned.

22 Joseph was in charge of teaching the princes. He taught the elders how to think and live wisely.

23 Then the rest of Jacob’s family went to Egypt. The people of Israel lived as outsiders in the land of Ham.

24 The LORD gave his people so many children that there were too many of them for their enemies.

25 He made the Egyptians hate his people. The Egyptians made evil plans against them.

26 The LORD sent his servant Moses to the king of Egypt. He sent Aaron, his chosen one, along with him.

27 The LORD gave them the power to do signs among the Egyptians. They did his wonders in the land of Ham.

28 The LORD sent darkness over the land. He did it because the Egyptians had refused to obey his words.

29 He turned their rivers and streams into blood. He caused the fish in them to die.

30 Their land was covered with frogs. Frogs even went into the bedrooms of the rulers.

31 The LORD spoke, and large numbers of flies came. Gnats filled the whole country.

32 He turned their rain into hail. Lightning flashed all through their land.

33 He destroyed their vines and fig-trees. He broke down the trees in Egypt.

34 He spoke, and the locusts came. There were so many of them they couldn’t be counted.

35 They ate up every green thing in the land. They ate up what the land produced.

36 Then he killed the eldest son of every family in Egypt. He struck down the eldest of all their sons.

37 He brought the people of Israel out of Egypt. The Egyptians loaded them down with silver and gold. From among the tribes of Israel no one got tired or fell down.

38 The Egyptians were glad when the people of Israel left. They were terrified because of Israel.

39 The LORD spread out a cloud to cover his people. He gave them a fire to light up the night.

40 They asked for meat, and he brought them quail. He fed them well with manna, the bread of heaven.

41 He broke open a rock, and streams of water poured out. They flowed like a river in the desert.

42 He remembered the holy promise he had made to his servant Abraham.

43 His chosen people shouted for joy as he brought them out of Egypt.

44 He gave them the lands of other nations. He let them take over what others had worked for.

45 He did it so they might obey his rules and follow his laws. Praise the LORD.

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Библия, ревизирано издание

Бог и Неговият народ

1 (По слав. 104.) Славословете ГОСПОДА; призовавайте името Му; възвестявайте между племената делата Му.

2 Пейте Му, славословете Го; говорете за всичките Му чудесни дела.

3 Хвалете се с Неговото свято име; нека се весели сърцето на онези, които търсят ГОСПОДА.

4 Търсете ГОСПОДА и Неговата сила; търсете лицето Му винаги.

5 Помнете чудесните дела, които е извършил, знаменията Му и отсъжданията на устата Му,

6 вие, потомци на слугата Му Авраам, деца Яковови, Негови избрани.

7 Той е ГОСПОД, нашият Бог, Чийто съд е по цялата земя.

8 Винаги помни завета Си; словото е заповядал да стои за хиляда поколения,

9 което изговори на Авраам, и клетвата, с която се закле на Исаак,

10 която утвърди на Яков за закон, на Израил за вечен завет,

11 като каза: На тебе ще дам Ханаанската земя за дял на наследството ви.

12 Когато те бяха още малко на брой – да!, – малко и пришълци в нея,

13 и се скитаха от народ в народ, от едно царство в друго,

14 Той не остави никой да им навреди, дори заради тях изобличи царе,

15 като каза: Да не закачите помазаните Ми и да не сторите зло на пророците Ми.

16 После призова глад на земята, строши всяка подпорка от хляб.

17 Изпрати пред тях човека Йосиф, който беше продаден като роб.

18 Притиснаха краката му с окови; душата му страдаше в притискането на желязото,

19 докато дойде време да се изпълни думата му; защото словото ГОСПОДНЕ го изпитваше.

20 Царят прати и го развързаха – управителят на племена, – и го освободиха.

21 Постави го господар на дома си и управител на целия си имот,

22 за да вързва първенците му по волята си и да поучава старейшините му на мъдрост.

23 Тогава Израил дойде в Египет. Да! Яков се пресели в Хамовата земя,

24 където ГОСПОД умножи народа Си много и ги направи по-силни от противниците им.

25 Обърна сърцето им да мразят народа Му, да постъпват коварно със слугите Му.

26 Прати слугата Си Моисей и Аарон, когото беше избрал,

27 които извършиха сред тях знаменията Му и чудесата Му в Хамовата земя.

28 Той изпрати тъмнина и причини мрак, дано не се възпротивят на думите Му*.

29 Превърна водите им в кръв и изтреби рибите им.

30 Земята им започна да гъмжи от жаби чак до вътрешните стаи на царете им.

31 Той каза и дойдоха рояци мухи и въшки по всичките им предели.

32 Даде им град вместо дъжд и гръмотевици в земята им.

33 Порази също така лозята им и смокините им и изпочупи всичките дървета в пределите им.

34 Каза – и дойдоха скакалци и безчислени гъсеници,

35 които изпоядоха цялата трева по земята им и изядоха плода на нивите им.

36 Порази и всички първородни в земята им, първородния на силата на всички тях.

37 И изведе народа Си със сребро и злато; и нямаше нито един между племената им, който се спъваше по пътя.

38 Развесели се Египет, когато си излязоха; защото страх от тях го беше нападнал.

39 Разпростря облак да ги покрива и огън да им свети нощем.

40 Те поискаха и Той им докара пъдпъдъци и с небесен хляб ги насити.

41 Разцепи скалата и бликнаха води, потекоха в безводните места като река.

42 Защото си припомни Своето свято обещание към слугата Си Авраам.

43 Така изведе народа Си с веселие, избраните Си – с пеене.

44 Даде им земите на народите; и те получиха плода, за който племената се бяха трудили,

45 за да пазят Неговите наредби и да изпълняват законите Му. Алилуя.

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