Verse 12
Psalms 105:12
American Standard Version
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When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בִּֽ֭/הְיוֹתָ/ם מְתֵ֣י מִסְפָּ֑ר כִּ֝/מְעַ֗ט וְ/גָרִ֥ים בָּֽ/הּ
English Translation
When you are few in number and strangers in it.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 105 Context
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Oh give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known among the peoples his doings.
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Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvelous works.
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Glory ye in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.
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Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
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Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
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O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
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He is Jehovah our God (Elohim): His judgments are in all the earth.
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He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
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[The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,
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And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
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Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;
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When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it.
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And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.
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He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
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[Saying], Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.
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And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.
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He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:
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His feet they hurt with fetters: He was laid in [chains of] iron,
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Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of Jehovah tried him.
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The king sent and loosed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
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He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his substance;
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To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom.
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Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
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And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.
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He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants.
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He sent Moses his servant, [And] Aaron whom he had chosen.
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They set among them his signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
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He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they rebelled not against his words.
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He turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish.
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Their land swarmed with frogs In the chambers of their kings.
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He spake, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their borders.
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He gave them hail for rain, [And] flaming fire in their land.
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He smote their vines also and their fig-trees, And brake the trees of their borders.
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He spake, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, and that without number,
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And did eat up every herb in their land, And did eat up the fruit of their ground.
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He smote also all the first-born in their land, The chief of all their strength.
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And he brought them forth with silver and gold; And there was not one feeble person among his tribes...
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Egypt was glad when they departed; For the fear of them had fallen upon them.
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He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.
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They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places [like] a river.
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For he remembered his holy word, [And] Abraham his servant.
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And he brought forth his people with joy, [And] his chosen with singing.
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And he gave them the lands of the nations; And they took the labor of the peoples in possession:
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That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise ye Jehovah. Psalm 106
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