Psalms 105

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.	1 Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
2 Who will declare the powers of the Lord? Who make a hearing for all his praises?	2 Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
3 Blessed are those who keep judgment and who do justice at all times.	3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
4 Remember us, O Lord, with good will for your people. Visit us with your salvation,	4 Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
5 so that we may see the goodness of your elect, so that we may rejoice in the joy of your nation, so that you may be praised along with your inheritance.	5 Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
6 We have sinned, as have our fathers. We have acted unjustly; we have wrought iniquity.	6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
7 Our fathers did not understand your miracles in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of your mercies. And they provoked you, while going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.	7 He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8 And he saved them for the sake of his name, so that he might make known his power.	8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up. And he led them into the abyss, as if into a desert.	9 Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:
10 And he saved them from the hand of those who hated them. And he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.	10 And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
11 And the water covered those who troubled them. Not one of them remained.	11 Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
12 And they believed his words, and they sang his praises.	12 When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
13 As soon as they had finished, they forgot his works, and they would not endure his counsel.	13 And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
14 And they coveted their desire in the desert, and they tempted God in a waterless place.	14 He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
15 And he granted to them their request, and he sent abundance into their souls.	15 Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
16 And they provoked Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.	16 And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
17 The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, and it covered the congregation of Abiram.	17 He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
18 And a fire broke out in their congregation. A flame burned up the sinners.	18 They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
19 And they fashioned a calf at Horeb, and they adored a graven image.	19 until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.
20 And they exchanged their glory for the likeness of a calf that eats hay.	20 The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
21 They forgot God, who saved them, who did great things in Egypt:	21 He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
22 miracles in the land of Ham, terrible things at the Red Sea.	22 That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
23 And he said that he would destroy them, yet Moses, his elect, stood firm before him in the breach, in order to avert his wrath, lest he destroy them.	23 And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
24 And they held the desirable land to be nothing. They did not trust in his word.	24 And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies,
25 And they murmured in their tabernacles. They did not heed the voice of the Lord.	25 He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
26 And he lifted up his hand over them, in order to prostrate them in the desert,	26 He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
27 and in order to cast their offspring among the nations, and to scatter them among the regions.	27 He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
28 And they were initiated into Baal of Peor, and they ate the sacrifices of the dead.	28 He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.
29 And they provoked him with their inventions, and ruination was multiplied in them.	29 He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.
30 Then Phinehas stood up and placated him: and so the violent disturbance ceased.	30 Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.
31 And it was reputed to him unto justice, from generation to generation, even forever.	31 He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
32 And they provoked him at the Waters of Contradiction, and Moses was afflicted because of them,	32 He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.
33 for they exasperated his spirit. And so he divided them with his lips.	33 And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
34 They did not destroy the nations, about which the Lord had spoken to them.	34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.
35 And they were mixed among the Gentiles. And they learned their works,	35 And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
36 and they served their graven images, and it became a scandal to them.	36 And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.	37 And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
38 And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters, which they sacrificed to the graven images of Canaan. And the land was infected with bloodshed,	38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.
39 and was contaminated with their works. And they fornicated according to their own inventions.	39 He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
40 And the Lord became furiously angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.	40 They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
41 And he delivered them into the hands of the nations. And those who hated them became rulers over them.	41 He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
42 And their enemies afflicted them, and they were humbled under their hands.	42 Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
43 Many times, he delivered them. Yet they provoked him with their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities.	43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
44 And he saw that they were in tribulation, and he heard their prayer.	44 And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:
45 And he was mindful of his covenant, and he repented according to the multitude of his mercies.	45 That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.
46 And he provided for them with mercies, in the sight of all those who had seized them.
47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from the nations, so that we may confess your holy name and glory in your praise.
48 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, from ages past, even to all ages. And let all the people say: Amen. Amen.