The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined, Psalm 105
PSALME CV.
O Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his Name: make known his deeds among the people.
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
GIve thanks to God, call on his Name: his deeds to people tell:
2 Sing unto him, psalmes to him sing, talk of his wonders all.
3 Glory ye in his holy Name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
3 See that ye in his holy Name to glory do accord,
And let the heart of every one rejoice that seek the Lord.
4 Seek the Lord and his strength: seek his face evermore.
4 The Lord Almighty and his strength seek ye in every place,
See that also for evermore▪ ye humbly seek his face.
5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done: his wonders, and the judgements of his mouth.
5 The marv'lous works that he hath done do ye remember now,
His wonders and the judgements als which from his mouth did slow.
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant: yee children of Iacob his chosen.
6 O ye that of Abraham good his servant are the seed,
Ev'n ye that Jacobs children are▪ his chosen one indeed.
7 He is the Lord our God: and his judgements are in all the earth.
7 Because he is the mighty Lord who onelyonly is our God,
The judgements that are his they are in all the earth abroad.
8 He hath remembred his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
8 His covenant he remembred hath for ever for to stand:
To thousand generations the word he did command.
9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
9 Which covenant himself he made with his own Abraham,
And unto Isaac he likewise by oath made sure the same.
10 And confirmed the same unto Iacob for a law: and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
10 And unto Jacob for a law the same he did confirme,
To Israel for a covenant that's everlasting firme.
11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan: the lot of your inheritance.
11 He said, I of Canaan will the land give unto thee,
That it of your inheritance the pleasant lot may be.
12 When they were but a few men in number: yea very few, and strangers in it.
12 When they thus but in number were a few distressed men▪
Yea very few, and yet this more but strangers in it then.
13 When they went from one nation to another: from one kingdome to another people.
23 When as they from one nation another went unto;
And to another people als did from one kingdom go.
14 He suffered no man to doe them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes:
14 By any man he suffred not them wronged for to be:
Yea, for their sakes ev'n those that were great kings reproved he.
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed: and doe my prophets no harm.
15 Then did he say, Touch ye not those that mine anointed be▪
Nor do the …rophets any harm that do belong to me.
16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole stasse of bread.
16 Moreover he upon the land did for a famine call▪
And of their bread the stasse also in fury brake hee all.
17 He sent a man before them: even Ioseph who was sold for a servant:
17 Before them he in favour sent a man them to uphold,
Ev'n Joseph who to Ishmaelites was for a servant sold▪
18 Whose feet they hurt with setters: he was laid in iron.
19 Untill the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.
18 Whose feet they did with fetters hurt: in yron he did ly;
19 Untill the time that came his word, the Lords word did him try.
20 The King sent and loosed him: even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
20 The King sent and him loos'd, ev'n him the peoples Prince set free:
21 Him ruler of his substance all, Lord of his house made he.
22 To binde his princes at his pleasure, and teach his senatours wisdom.
22 That he his princes bind with bonds at his good pleasure might,
And those that were his senatours should wisdome teach aright▪
23 Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
23 The people … of Israel then into Egypt came:
And Jacob likewise did sojourn within the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger then their enemies.
24 And he his people greatly did increase their foes among,
And more then all their enemies he did then make them strong.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants▪
25 Their heart he turned for to hate those that his people were,
And also subtilly to deal with his own servants there.
26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen
26 His faithfull servant Moses he unto them also sent,
And likewise Aaron whom he then had chosen with him went.
27 They shewed his signes among them: and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darknes, and made it dark: and they rebelled not against his word.
27 'Mong them his signes and wonders they in Hams land did afford,
28 He darknesse sent and made it dark, they not contemn'd his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood▪ and slew their fish.
30 The land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
29 He turn'd their waters into bloud, their fish he slew in springs:
30 The land in plenty frogs brought forth in chambers of their Kings.
31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies: and lice in all their coasts.
31 He spake, and diverse sorts there came of flies, as mighty hosts,
And by his finger lyce he made to swarm in all their costs.
32 He gave them hail for rains and flaming fire in their land.
33 He smote their vines also and their figtrees: and brake the trees of their coasts.
32 He hail for rain, and flaming fire within their land did make:
33 Their vines and their fig-trees he smot, trees of their costs he brake.
34 He spake and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number:
35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
34 He spake and catterpillars came locusts in number great
35 Ate in their land all herbs, and of their ground devour'd the fruit.
36 He smote also all the first-born in their land: the chief of all their strength.
36 He also did within their land in fury smite at length
The first born of the man and beast the chief of all their strength.
37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
37 With silver and with gold also he brought them forth along,
And not one feeble person there was all their tribes among.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering: and fire to give light in the night.
38 Egypt was glade when they did part, their fear did on them light:
39 He spread a cloud for covering, fire to give light by night.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails: and satisfied them with the bread af heaven.
40 The people asked, and he then brought quails abundantly,
And he them all did with the bread of heaven satisfy.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out: they ran in the dry places like a river.
41 The rock he also opened, and waters gushed out,
They like unto a river ran in places dry about.
42 For he remembred his holy promise: and Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with joy: and his chosen with gladnesse:
42 For on his holy promise he, and's servant Abra'm thought:
43 With joy his folk, his chosen ones with gladnesse forth he brought.
44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people.
44 And unto them he did the lands give of the heathen men,
And what the peoples labour was they did inherit then.
45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.
45 That for the same they might observe the statuts of his word,
And keep his laws giv'n unto them: praise give ye to the Lord.