Psalms 105

¹The `title of the hundrid and fifthe salm. Alleluya. Kouleche ye to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy is with outen ende.

²Who schal speke the powers of the Lord; schal make knowun alle hise preisyngis?

³Blessid ben thei that kepen dom; and doon riytfulnesse in al tyme.

⁴Lord, haue thou mynde on vs in the good plesaunce of thi puple; visite thou vs in thin heelthe.

⁵To se in the goodnesse of thi chosun men, to be glad in the gladnes of thi folk; that thou be heried with thin eritage.

⁶We han synned with oure fadris; we han do vniustli, we han do wickidnesse.

⁷Oure fadris in Egipt vndirstoden not thi merueils; thei weren not myndeful of the multitude of thi merci. And thei stiynge in to the see, in to the reed see, terreden to wraththe;

⁸and he sauede hem for his name, that `he schulde make knowun his power.

⁹And he departide the reed see, and it was dried; and he lede forth hem in the depthis of watris as in deseert.

¹⁰And he sauede hem fro the hond of hateris; and he ayen bouyte hem fro the hond of the enemye.

¹¹And the watir hilide men troublynge hem; oon of hem abood not.

¹²And thei bileueden to hise wordis; and thei preisiden the heriynge of hym.

¹³Thei hadden `soone do, thei foryaten hise werkis; and thei abididen not his councel.

¹⁴And thei coueitiden coueitise in deseert; and temptiden God in a place with out watir.

¹⁵And he yaf to hem the axyng of hem; and he sente fulnesse in to the soulis of hem.

¹⁶And thei wraththiden Moyses in the castels; Aaron, the hooli of the Lord.

¹⁷The erthe was opened, and swolewid Datan; and hilide on the congregacioun of Abiron.

¹⁸And fier brente an hiye in the synagoge of hem; flawme brente synneris.

¹⁹And thei maden a calf in Oreb; and worschipiden a yotun ymage.

²⁰And thei chaungiden her glorie; in to the liknesse of a calf etynge hei.

²¹Thei foryaten God, that sauede hem, that dide grete werkis in Egipt,

²²merueils in the lond of Cham; feerdful thingis in the reed see.

²³And God seide, that he wolde leese hem; if Moises, his chosun man, hadde not stonde in the brekyng of his siyt. That he schulde turne awei his ire; lest he loste hem.

²⁴And thei hadden the desirable lond for nouyt, thei bileueden not to his word, and thei grutchiden in her tabernaclis;

²⁵thei herden not the vois of the Lord.

²⁶And he reiside his hond on hem; to caste doun hem in desert.

²⁷And to caste awei her seed in naciouns; and to leese hem in cuntreis.

²⁸And thei maden sacrifice to Belfagor; and thei eeten the sacrificis of deed beestis.

²⁹And thei wraththiden God in her fyndyngis; and fallyng was multiplied in hem.

³⁰And Fynees stood, and pleeside God; and the veniaunce ceesside.

³¹And it was arrettid to hym to riytfulnesse; in generacioun and in to generacioun, til in to with outen ende.

³²And thei wraththiden God at the watris of ayenseiyng; and Moises was trauelid for hem, for thei maden bittere his spirit,

³³and he departide in his lippis.

³⁴Thei losten not hethen men; whiche the Lord seide to hem.

³⁵And thei weren meddlid among hethene men, and lerneden the werkis of hem,

³⁶and serueden the grauen ymagis of hem; and it was maad to hem in to sclaundre.

³⁷And thei offriden her sones; and her douytris to feendis.

³⁸And thei schedden out innocent blood, the blood of her sones and of her douytris; whiche thei sacrificiden to the grauun ymagis of Chanaan.

³⁹And the erthe was slayn in bloodis, and was defoulid in the werkis of hem; and thei diden fornicacioun in her fyndyngis.

⁴⁰And the Lord was wrooth bi strong veniaunce ayens his puple; and hadde abhominacioun of his eritage.

⁴¹And he bitook hem in to the hondis of hethene men; and thei that hatiden hem, weren lordis of hem.

⁴²And her enemyes diden tribulacioun to hem, and thei weren mekid vndir the hondis of enemyes;

⁴³ofte he delyuerede hem. But thei wraththiden hym in her counsel; and thei weren maad low in her wickidnessis.

⁴⁴And he siye, whanne thei weren set in tribulacioun; and he herde the preyer of hem.

⁴⁵And he was myndeful of his testament; and it repentide hym bi the multitude of his merci.

⁴⁶And he yaf hem in to mercies; in the siyt of alle men, that hadden take hem.

⁴⁷Oure Lord God, make thou vs saaf; and gadere togidere vs fro naciouns. That we knouleche to thin hooli name; and haue glorie in thi preisyng.

⁴⁸Blessid be the Lord God of Israel fro the world and til in to the world; and al the puple schal seye, Be it don, be it don.

Psalms 105

¹O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.

²Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

³Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

⁴Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

⁵Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

⁶O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

⁷He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

⁹Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

¹⁰And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

¹¹Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

¹²When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

¹³When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;

¹⁴He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

¹⁵Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

¹⁶Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

¹⁷He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

¹⁸Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

¹⁹Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.

²⁰The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.

²¹He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:

²²To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

²³Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

²⁴And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.

²⁵He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.

²⁶He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

²⁷They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

²⁸He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

²⁹He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

³⁰Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.

³¹He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.

³²He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.

³³He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.

³⁴He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,

³⁵And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

³⁶He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

³⁷He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

³⁸Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.

³⁹He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

⁴⁰The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

⁴¹He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

⁴²For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

⁴³And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:

⁴⁴And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;

⁴⁵That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.