Psalms 105
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A solemn call to praise and serve the Lord
Verse 1
WEB Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
KJV O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
TSK Give: ps 136:1-3, 1ch 16:7-22, 1ch 25:3, 1ch 29:13,20; call: isa 12:4, joe 2:32, ac 9:14, ro 10:13, 1co 1:2; make known: ps 89:1, ps 96:3, ps 145:4-6,11,12, nu 23:23, isa 12:4, isa 51:10, da 3:29, da 4:1-3, da 6:26,27
Verse 2
WEB Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
KJV Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
TSK Sing unto: ps 47:6,7, ps 96:1,2, ps 98:1,5, jud 5:3, isa 12:5,6, isa 42:10-12, eph 5:19, re 15:3,4; talk ye: ps 77:12, ps 78:4-6, ps 119:27, ex 13:8,9,14, de 6:6-9, lu 24:14-53
Verse 3
WEB Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
KJV Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
TSK Glory: ps 34:2, isa 45:25, jer 9:23,24, 1co 1:29,31, ga 6:14; let the heart: ps 9:10, pr 8:17, isa 45:19, isa 55:6,7, la 3:25, lu 11:9,10
Verse 5
WEB Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
KJV Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
TSK Remember: ps 77:11, ps 103:2, de 7:18,19, de 8:2, de 32:7, isa 43:18,19, lu 22:19, 1co 11:24-26; the judgements: ps 119:13, re 16:7, re 19:2
Verse 6
WEB you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
KJV O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
TSK ye seed: ex 3:6, isa 41:8,14, isa 44:1,2, ro 9:4-29; his chosen: de 7:6-8, joh 15:16, 1pe 2:9
Verse 7
WEB He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
KJV He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
TSK the Lord: ps 95:7, ps 100:3, ge 17:7, ex 20:2, de 26:17,18, de 29:10-15, jos 24:15-24; judgments: ps 48:10,11, isa 26:9, re 15:4
His gracious dealings with Israel
Verse 8
WEB He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
KJV He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
TSK He hath remembered: ps 105:42, ps 111:5,9, 1ch 16:15, ne 1:5, da 9:4, lu 1:72-74; a thousand: de 7:9
Verse 12
WEB when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
KJV When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
TSK a few: ge 34:30, de 7:7, de 26:5, isa 51:2, eze 33:24-33; and strangers: ge 17:8, ge 23:4, ac 7:5, heb 11:9,12
Verse 13
WEB They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
KJV When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
TSK No cross references.
Verse 14
WEB He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
KJV He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
TSK He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;: ge 12:14-17, ge 20:1-7, ge 26:14-33, ge 31:24-29, ge 35:5, ex 7:16,17
Verse 15
WEB “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
KJV Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
TSK Touch: ge 26:11, zec 2:8; mine: 1ki 19:16, 1jo 2:27; and do: ge 20:7, ge 27:39,40, ge 48:19,20, ge 49:8-33
Verse 16
WEB He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
KJV Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
TSK Moreover: ge 41:25-32,54, ge 42:5,6, 2ki 8:1, am 3:6, am 7:1-4, hag 1:10,11, hag 2:17, mt 8:8,9, re 6:8; brake: ps 104:15, ge 47:13,19, le 26:26, isa 3:1, eze 4:16, ac 7:11
Verse 17
WEB He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
KJV He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
TSK He sent: ge 45:5,7,8, ge 50:20; Joseph: ge 37:27,28,36, ge 39:1, ge 45:4, ac 7:9
Verse 19
WEB until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh’s word proved him true.
KJV Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
TSK his word: ps 44:4, ge 41:11-16,25, pr 21:1, da 2:30, ac 7:10
Verse 20
WEB The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
KJV The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
TSK The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.: ge 41:14
Verse 21
WEB He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions;
KJV He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
TSK made: ge 41:40-44,55, ge 45:8,26
Verse 22
WEB to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
KJV To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
TSK teach: ge 41:33,38, isa 19:11
Verse 23
WEB Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
KJV Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
TSK Israel: ge 45:9-11, ge 46:2-7, jos 24:4, ac 7:11-15; Jacob: ge 47:6-9,28; the land: ps 105:27, ps 78:51, ps 106:22, ge 10:6
Their salvation from Egypt, and their settlement in Canaan
Verse 25
WEB He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
KJV He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtly with his servants.
TSK He turned: ge 15:13, ex 9:16, ex 10:1, de 2:30, ro 9:17-19; to hate: ex 1:11-14,16, ex 2:23, ac 7:19
Verse 26
WEB He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
KJV He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
TSK sent: ps 77:20, ex 3:10, ex 4:12-14, ex 6:11,26,27, jos 24:5, mic 6:4, ac 7:34,35; Aaron: ex 7:1,12, ex 28:1,2,12,29-38, ex 29:5-46, le 8:7-36, nu 16:5-11,40,47,48, nu 17:5, 1sa 12:6
Verse 27
WEB They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
KJV They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
TSK They: ps 78:43-51, ps 135:8,9, ex 7:1-11, de 4:34, ne 9:10,11, isa 63:11,12, jer 32:20,21; wonders: ps 105:23, ps 106:22
Verse 28
WEB He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.
KJV He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
TSK sent: ex 10:21-23, joe 2:2,31, lu 23:44,45, 2pe 2:4,17; rebelled: ps 99:7, eze 2:4-8
Verse 29
WEB He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
KJV He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
TSK He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.: ps 78:44, ex 7:20,21, isa 50:2, eze 29:4,5, re 16:3
Verse 30
WEB Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
KJV Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
TSK brought: ps 78:45, ex 8:3-14, re 16:13,14
Verse 31
WEB He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
KJV He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
TSK there: ps 78:45, ex 8:21-24, isa 7:18; and lice: ex 8:16-18
Verse 32
WEB He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
KJV He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
TSK them hail for rain: ps 78:47,48, ex 9:18-28, re 8:7, re 11:19, re 16:21
Verse 33
WEB He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
KJV He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
TSK He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.: re 9:4
Verse 34
WEB He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,
KJV He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number,
TSK the locusts: ps 78:46, ex 10:12-15, joe 1:4-7, joe 2:25, re 9:3-10
Verse 35
WEB ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit of their ground.
KJV And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
TSK No cross references.
Verse 37
WEB He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
KJV He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
TSK brought: ge 15:14, ex 3:22, ex 12:35,36, ac 13:17
Verse 39
WEB He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
KJV He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
TSK spread: ps 78:14, ex 13:21,22, ex 14:24, nu 9:15-22, ne 9:12,19, isa 4:5, 1co 10:1,2
Verse 40
WEB They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
KJV The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
TSK asked: ps 78:18,26-28, ex 16:12,13, nu 11:4-6,31-33; satisfied: ex 16:14-35, nu 11:7-9, de 8:3, jos 5:12, ne 9:20; bread: ps 78:23-25, joh 6:31-33,48-58
Verse 42
WEB For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
KJV For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
TSK For he: ps 105:8-11, ge 12:7, ge 13:14-17, ge 15:14, ex 2:24, lu 1:54,55,72,73; Abraham: ex 32:13, de 9:5,27, mic 7:20
Verse 43
WEB He brought forth his people with joy, his chosen with singing.
KJV And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
TSK And he: ps 78:52,53, ps 106:8-12, ex 15:13, de 4:37,38, isa 63:11-14, ac 7:36, ac 13:17; with joy: isa 35:10, isa 51:10,11, isa 55:12, jer 31:11,12; gladness: ps 106:12, ex 15:1-21
Verse 44
WEB He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
KJV And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
TSK gave: ps 44:2,3, ps 78:55, ps 80:8, ps 135:10-12, ps 136:21,22, jos 11:23, jos 21:43, jos 23:4, jos 24:8,13, ne 9:22-25; inherited: de 6:10,11, jos 5:11, jos 13:7-33
Verse 45
WEB that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!
KJV That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
TSK That: de 4:40, de 5:33, de 6:1,2,21-25, eze 36:24-28, eph 2:8-10, tit 2:14; Praise ye the Lord: ps 106:1, ps 150:1, re 19:3,4