Psaumes 105

1 Célébrez Yahweh, invoquez son nom, faites connaître parmi les nations ses grandes œuvres. 2 Chantez-le, célébrez-le ! Proclamez toutes ses merveilles. 3 Glorifiez-vous de son saint nom ; joyeux soit le cœur de ceux qui cherchent Yahweh ! 4 Cherchez Yahweh et sa force, ne cessez pas de chercher sa face. 5 Souvenez-vous des merveilles qu’il a opérées, de ses prodiges et des jugements sortis de sa bouche, 6 race d’Abraham, son serviteur, enfants de Jacob, ses élus. 7 Lui, Yahweh, est notre Dieu ; ses jugements atteignent toute la terre. 8 Il se souvient éternellement de son alliance, de la parole qu’il a affirmée pour mille générations, 9 de l’alliance qu’il a contractée avec Abraham,
et du serment qu’il a fait à Isaac. 10 Il l’a érigé pour Jacob en loi,
pour Israël en alliance éternelle, 11 disant : « Je te donnerai le pays de Chanaan
comme la part de ton héritage. » 12 Comme ils étaient alors en petit nombre,
peu nombreux et étrangers dans le pays, 13 qu’ils allaient d’une nation à l’autre,
et d’un royaume vers un autre peuple, 14 il ne permit à personne de les opprimer,
et il châtia les rois à cause d’eux : 15 « Ne touchez pas à mes oints,
et ne faites pas de mal à mes prophètes ! » 16 Il appela la famine sur le pays,
il les priva du pain qui les soutenait. 17 Il envoya devant eux un homme :
Joseph fut vendu comme esclave. 18 On serra ses pieds dans des liens,
on le jeta dans les fers, 19 jusqu’au jour où s’accomplit sa prédiction,
et où la parole de Dieu le justifia. 20 Le roi envoya ôter ses liens,
le souverain des peuples le mit en liberté. 21 Il l’établit seigneur sur sa maison,
et gouverneur de tous ses domaines, 22 afin de lier les princes, selon son gré,
et pour enseigner la sagesse à ses anciens. 23 Alors Israël vint en Égypte,
et Jacob séjourna dans le pays de Cham. 24 Dieu accrut grandement son peuple,
et le rendit plus puissant que ses oppresseurs. 25 Il changea leur cœur, au point qu’ils haïrent son peuple,
et usèrent de perfidie envers ses serviteurs. 26 Il envoya Moïse, son serviteur,
et Aaron qu’il avait choisi. 27 Ils accomplirent ses prodiges parmi eux,
ils firent des miracles dans le pays de Cham. 28 Il envoya des ténèbres et il fit la nuit,
et ils ne furent pas rebelles à sa parole. 29 Il changea leurs eaux en sang,
et fit périr leurs poissons. 30 Leur pays fourmilla de grenouilles,
jusque dans les chambres de leurs rois. 31 Il dit, et vint une nuée d’insectes,
des moucherons sur tout leur territoire. 32 Il leur donna pour pluie de la grêle,
des flammes de feu dans leur pays. 33 Il frappa leurs vignes et leurs figuiers,
et brisa les arbres de leur contrée. 34 Il dit, et arriva la sauterelle,
des sauterelles sans nombre ; 35 elle dévorèrent toute l’herbe de leur pays,
elles dévorèrent les produits de leurs champs. 36 Il frappa tous les premiers-nés de leurs pays,
les prémices de toute leur vigueur. 37 Il fit sortir son peuple avec de l’argent et de l’or,
et nul dans ses tribus ne chancela. 38 Les Égyptiens se réjouirent de leur départ,
car la crainte d’Israël les avait saisis. 39 Il étendit la nuée pour les couvrir,
et le feu pour les éclairer la nuit. 40 À leur demande, il fit venir des cailles,
et il les rassasia du pain du ciel. 41 Il ouvrit le rocher, et des eaux jaillirent ;
elles coulèrent comme un fleuve dans le désert. 42 Car il se souvint de sa parole sainte,
d’Abraham, son serviteur. 43 Il fit sortir son peuple dans l’allégresse,
ses élus au milieu des cris de joie. 44 Il leur donna les terres des nations,
et ils possédèrent le fruit du travail des peuples, 45 à la condition de garder ses préceptes,
et d’observer ses lois.
Alleluia !

1 Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. 2 Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works. 3 Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. 4 Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more. 5 Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, 6 you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 7 He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth. 8 He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, 9 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac, 10 and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant, 11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,” 12 when they were but a few men in number,
yes, very few, and foreigners in it. 13 They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people. 14 He allowed no one to do them wrong.
Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, 15 “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!” 16 He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies. 17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave. 18 They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons, 19 until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh’s word proved him true. 20 The king sent and freed him,
even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free. 21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions, 22 to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. 23 Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham. 24 He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries. 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants. 26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. 27 They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish. 30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the rooms of their kings. 31 He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders. 32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land. 33 He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country. 34 He spoke, and the locusts came
with the grasshoppers, without number. 35 They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground. 36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood. 37 He brought them out with silver and gold.
There was not one feeble person among his tribes. 38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them. 39 He spread a cloud for a covering,
fire to give light in the night. 40 They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky. 41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out.
They ran as a river in the dry places. 42 For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant. 43 He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing. 44 He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession, 45 that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!