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.

Nuova Riveduta 2006

Fedeltà di Dio verso Israele

1 Celebrate il Signore, invocate il suo nome; fate conoscere i suoi prodigi tra i popoli. 2 Cantate e salmeggiate a lui, meditate su tutte le sue meraviglie. 3 Esultate per il suo santo nome; gioisca il cuore di quanti cercano il Signore! 4 Cercate il Signore e la sua forza, cercate sempre il suo volto! 5 Ricordatevi dei prodigi fatti da lui, dei suoi miracoli e dei giudizi della sua bocca, 6 voi, figli di Abraamo, suo servo, discendenza di Giacobbe, suoi eletti! 7 Egli, il Signore, è il nostro Dio; i suoi giudizi si estendono su tutta la terra. 8 Egli si ricorda per sempre del suo patto, della parola da lui data per mille generazioni, 9 del patto che fece con Abraamo, del giuramento che fece a Isacco, 10 che confermò a Giacobbe come uno statuto, a Israele come un patto eterno, 11 dicendo: «Ti darò il paese di Canaan come vostra eredità». 12 Non erano allora che poca gente, pochissimi e stranieri nel paese, 13 e andavano da una nazione all’altra, da un regno a un altro popolo. 14 Egli non permise che alcuno li opprimesse; per amor loro castigò dei re, 15 dicendo: «Non toccate i miei unti e non fate alcun male ai miei profeti». 16 Poi chiamò la carestia nel paese e fece mancare il pane che li sostentava. 17 Mandò davanti a loro un uomo, Giuseppe, che fu venduto come schiavo. 18 Gli legarono i piedi con ceppi; fu oppresso con catene di ferro. 19 Fino al tempo in cui si avverò quanto aveva predetto, la parola del Signore lo affinò. 20 Il re lo fece slegare, il dominatore di popoli lo liberò; 21 lo stabilì signore della sua casa e governatore di tutti i suoi beni, 22 per istruire i prìncipi secondo il suo giudizio e insegnare ai suoi anziani la sapienza. 23 Allora Israele venne in Egitto e Giacobbe soggiornò nel paese di Cam*. 24 Dio moltiplicò grandemente il suo popolo e lo rese più potente dei suoi avversari. 25 Poi mutò il cuore di questi; essi odiarono il suo popolo e tramarono inganni contro i suoi servi. 26 Egli mandò Mosè, suo servo, e Aaronne, che aveva scelto. 27 Essi operarono in mezzo a loro i miracoli da lui ordinati, fecero dei prodigi nella terra di Cam. 28 Mandò le tenebre e si fece buio, eppure non osservarono le sue parole. 29 Cambiò le acque in sangue e fece morire i loro pesci. 30 La terra brulicò di rane, fin nelle camere dei loro re. 31 Egli parlò, e vennero mosche velenose e zanzare in tutto il loro territorio. 32 Mandò loro grandine invece di pioggia, fiamme di fuoco sul loro paese. 33 Colpì le loro vigne e i loro fichi e spezzò gli alberi del loro territorio. 34 Egli parlò, e vennero cavallette e bruchi innumerevoli, 35 che divorarono tutta l’erba del paese e mangiarono il frutto della loro terra. 36 Poi colpì tutti i primogeniti nel loro paese, le primizie del loro vigore. 37 E fece uscire gli Israeliti con argento e oro, e nessuno vacillò nelle sue tribù. 38 Gli Egiziani si rallegrarono della loro partenza, perché erano presi da terrore a causa loro. 39 Egli distese una nuvola per ripararli e accese un fuoco per illuminarli di notte. 40 A loro richiesta fece venire delle quaglie e li saziò con il pane del cielo. 41 Aprì la roccia e ne scaturirono acque: esse scorrevano come fiume nel deserto. 42 Egli si ricordò della sua santa parola e anche di Abraamo, suo servo. 43 Fece uscire il suo popolo con letizia e i suoi eletti con grida di gioia. 44 Diede loro le terre delle nazioni ed essi ereditarono il frutto della fatica dei popoli, 45 perché osservassero i suoi statuti e ubbidissero alle sue leggi. Alleluia.

Psalm 105 | New International Reader’s Version Nuova Riveduta 2006

Fedeltà di Dio verso Israele