SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY WEDNESDAY 11 OCT. 2017

Psalms 105:1-45

1
KJV: O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
WEB: Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
NIV: Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.

2
KJV: Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
WEB: Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
NIV: Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.

3
KJV: Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
WEB: Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
NIV: Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

4
KJV: Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
WEB: Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
NIV: Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.L

5
KJV: Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
WEB: Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
NIV: Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,

6
KJV: O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
WEB: you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
NIV: you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.

7
KJV: He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
WEB: He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
NIV: He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

8
KJV: He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
WEB: He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
NIV: He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations,

9
KJV: Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
WEB: the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
NIV: the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.

10
KJV: And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
WEB: and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
NIV: He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

11
KJV: Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
WEB: saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance”;
NIV: “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.”

12
KJV: When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
WEB: when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
NIV: When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,

13
KJV: When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
WEB: They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
NIV: they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

14
KJV: He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
WEB: He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
NIV: He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:

15
KJV: Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
WEB: “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
NIV: “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”

16
KJV: Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
WEB: He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
NIV: He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;

17
KJV: He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
WEB: He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
NIV: and he sent a man before them — Joseph, sold as a slave.

18
KJV: Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
WEB: They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
NIV: They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,

19
KJV: Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
WEB: until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh’s word proved him true.
NIV: till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.

20
KJV: The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
WEB: The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
NIV: The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.

21
KJV: He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
WEB: He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions;
NIV: He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed,

22
KJV: To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
WEB: to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
NIV: to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.

23
KJV: Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
WEB: Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
NIV: Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

24
KJV: And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
WEB: He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
NIV: The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes,

25
KJV: He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
WEB: He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
NIV: whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.

26
KJV: He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
WEB: He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
NIV: He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

27
KJV: They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
WEB: They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
NIV: They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.

28
KJV: He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
WEB: He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.
NIV: He sent darkness and made the land dark — for had they not rebelled against his words?

29
KJV: He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
WEB: He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
NIV: He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.

30
KJV: Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
WEB: Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
NIV: Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.

31
KJV: He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
WEB: He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
NIV: He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.

32
KJV: He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
WEB: He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
NIV: He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;

33
KJV: He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
WEB: He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
NIV: he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.

34
KJV: He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
WEB: He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,
NIV: He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;

35
KJV: And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
WEB: ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit of their ground.
NIV: they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil.

36
KJV: He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
WEB: He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
NIV: Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood.

37
KJV: He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
WEB: He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
NIV: He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.

38
KJV: Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
WEB: Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.
NIV: Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.

39
KJV: He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
WEB: He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
NIV: He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.

40
KJV: The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
WEB: They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
NIV: They asked, and he brought them quail; he fed them well with the bread of heaven.

41
KJV: He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
WEB: He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
NIV: He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

42
KJV: For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
WEB: For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
NIV: For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.

43
KJV: And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
WEB: He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.
NIV: He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;

44
KJV: And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
WEB: He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
NIV: he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for —

45
KJV: That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
WEB: that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!
NIV: that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD.

Stay blessed. Amen.