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The Bishops' Bible (1568)
Bishop
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
JPS
[1]Confesse you [it] vnto God, call vppon his name: cause the people to vnderstande his deuises [1]O give thanks unto ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎, call upon His name; make known His doings among the peoples.
[2]Sing vnto hym, sing psalmes vnto him: talke you of all his wonderous workes [2]Sing unto Him, sing praises unto Him; speak ye of all His marvellous works.
[3]Glary ye in his holy name: let the heart of them reioyce that do seeke God [3]Glory ye in His holy name; let the heart of them rejoice that seek ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎.
[4]Seeke God and his strength: seeke his face euermore [4]Seek ye ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ and His strength; seek His face continually.
[5]Remember the meruaylous workes that he hath done: his wonders, and the iudgementes of his mouth [5]Remember His marvellous works that He hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth;
[6](105:6a) O ye seede of Abraham his seruaunt, ye his chosen chyldren of Iacob [6]O ye seed of Abraham His servant, ye children of Jacob, His chosen ones.
[7](105:6b) he is God our Lord, his iudgementes are in all the earth [7]He is ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
[8](105:7a) He hath ben mindfull alwayes of his couenaunt (for he promised a worde to a thousande generations: [8]He hath remembered His covenant for ever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations;
[9](105:7b) euen of his couenaunt that he made with Abraham, and of his othe vnto Isaac [9]The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His oath unto Isaac;
[10](105:8) And he appointed the same vnto Iacob for a law: and to Israel for an euerlasting couenaunt [10]And He established it unto Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant;
[11](105:9) Saying, vnto thee I wyll geue the lande of Chanaan: the lot of your inheritaunce [11]Saying: 'Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of you inheritance.'
[12](105:10a) When they were a fewe men in number, and had ben straungers but a litle whyle in it [12]When they were but a few men in number. Yea, very few, and sojourners in it,
[13](105:10b) and when they went from one nation to another, from one kingdome to another people [13]And when they went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,
[14](105:11) He suffred no man to do them wrong: yea he reproued euen kynges for their sakes [14]He suffered no man to do them wrong, yea, for their sake He reproved kings:
[15](105:12) Touche not mine annoynted: and triumph not ouer my prophetes [15]'Touch not Mine anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.'
[16](105:13) Moreouer he called for a famine vpon the lande: and he made all maner of foode to fayle [16]And He called a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.
[17](105:14) But he had sent a man before them: euen Ioseph, who was solde to be a bonde seruaunt [17]He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant;
[18](105:15) Whose feete they dyd hurt in the stockes: the iron entred into his soule [18]His feet they hurt with fetters, his person was laid in iron;
[19](105:16) Vntill the tyme came that his cause [was knowen:] the worde of the Lorde tryed hym [19]Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ tested him.
[20](105:17) The king sent and caused hym to be let go: yea the prince of the people opened a way foorth for hym [20]The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the peoples, and set him free.
[21](105:18) He made him Lorde of his house: and ruler of all his substaunce [21]He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions;
[22](105:19) That he might enfourme his princes according to his minde: and teache his senatours wysdome [22]To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.
[23](105:20) Israel also came into Egypt: & Iacob was a straunger in the lande of Cham [23]Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
[24](105:21) And he encreased his people exceedinglye: and made them stronger then their enemies [24]And He increased His people greatly, and made them too mighty for their adversaries.
[25](105:22) Whose heart so turned that they hated his people: and dealt subtilly with his seruauntes [25]He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants.
[26](105:23a) [Then] he sent Moyses his seruaunt, and Aaron whom he had chosen [26]He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron whom He had chosen.
[27](105:23b) they did their message, workyng his signes among them, and wonders in the lande of Cham [27]They wrought among them His manifold signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
[28](105:24) He sent darknes, & it was darke: and they went not from his wordes [28]He sent darkness, and it was dark; and they rebelled not against His word.
[29](105:25) He turned their waters into blood: and slue their fishe [29]He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
[30](105:26) Their lande brought foorth frogges: yea euen in their kinges chaumbers [30]Their land swarmed with frogs, in the chambers of their kings.
[31](105:27) He spake the worde, and there came a swarme of all maner of flyes: [and] of lyce in all their quarters [31]He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats in all their borders.
[32](105:28) He gaue them haylestones for rayne: [and] flambes of fire in their lande [32]He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
[33](105:29) He smote their vines also & figge trees: and he destroyed the trees that were in their coastes [33]He smote their vines also and their fig-trees; and broke the trees of their borders.
[34](105:30) He spake the worde, and the grashoppers came: & caterpillers innumerable [34]He spoke, and the locust came, and the canker-worm without number,
[35](105:31) And they did eate vp all the grasse in their lande: and deuoured the fruite of their grounde [35]And did eat up every herb in their land, and did eat up the fruit of their ground.
[36](105:32) He smote al the first borne in their land: euen the first fruites of all their concupiscence [36]He smote also all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their strength.
[37](105:33) He also brought them foorth with siluer and golde: there was not one feeble person in their tribes [37]And He brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was none that stumbled among His tribes.
[38](105:34) Egypt was glad at their departing: for they were smytten with dread of them [38]Egypt was glad when they departed; for the fear of them had fallen upon them.
[39](105:35) He spred out a cloude to be a couering: and fire to geue light in the night season [39]He spread a cloud for a screen; and fire to give light in the night.
[40](105:36) The [people] required and he brought quayles: and he filled them with the bread of heauen [40]They asked, and He brought quails, and gave them in plenty the bread of heaven.
[41](105:37) He opened the rocke of stone and the waters flowed out: so that streames ranne in drye places [41]He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; they ran, a river in the dry places.
[42](105:38) For he remembred his holy worde: [spoken] vnto Abraham his seruaunt [42]For He remembered His holy word unto Abraham His servant;
[43](105:39) And he brought foorth his people with gladnes: [and] his chosen with a ioyfull noyse [43]And He brought forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with singing.
[44](105:40) And he gaue them the landes of the Heathen, and they toke to inheritaunce the labours of the people [44]And He gave them the lands of the nations, and they took the labour of the peoples in possession;
[45](105:41) To the intent that they shoulde kepe his statutes: and obserue his lawes. Prayse ye the Lorde [45]That they might keep His statutes, and observe His laws. Hallelujah.
Source: studybible.org
Translation: Jewish Publication Society (1917)
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