CPDV - Psalms - 104

104:1  Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations.

104:2  Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.

104:3  Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

104:4  Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always.

104:5  Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:

104:6  you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect.

104:7  He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth.

104:8  He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations,

104:9  which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac.

104:10  And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament,

104:11  saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance.

104:12  Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there,

104:13  and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people,

104:14  he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.

104:15  Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets.

104:16  And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread.

104:17  He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.

104:18  They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,

104:19  until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him.

104:20  The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him.

104:21  He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions,

104:22  so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence.

104:23  And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.

104:24  And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.

104:25  He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants.

104:26  He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose.

104:27  He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham.

104:28  He sent darkness and made it conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech.

104:29  He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish.

104:30  Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings.

104:31  He spoke, and there came forth common flies and gnats, in every region.

104:32  He gave them a shower of hail and a burning fire, in the same land.

104:33  And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and he crushed the trees of their region.

104:34  He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number.

104:35  And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land.

104:36  And he struck all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their labor.

104:37  And he led them out with silver and gold, and there was not an infirm one among their tribes.

104:38  Egypt was joyful at their departure, for the fear of them lay heavy upon them.

104:39  He spread a cloud for their protection, and a fire, to give them light through the night.

104:40  They petitioned, and the quail came; and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

104:41  He ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: rivers gushed in the dry land.

104:42  For he had called to mind his holy word, which he kept near to his servant Abraham.

104:43  And he led forth his people in exultation, and his elect in rejoicing.

104:44  And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, and they possessed the labors of the peoples,

104:45  so that they might observe his justifications, and inquire about his law.