Psalm 105 — The remembered covenant and deliverance from Egypt — Hebrew and Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: 105:28
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Psalm 105 — The remembered covenant and deliverance from Egypt
Verse 105:1 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:1] Give thanks to YHWH; call upon His name;
make His deeds known among the peoples.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:1] Hallelujah.
Give thanks to the Lord and call upon His name;
announce His works among the nations.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek opens with Hallelujah, absent from this Hebrew verse; Hebrew's preceding psalm ended with Praise Yah. The praise marker remains at each edition's printed location.
Verse 105:2 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:2] Sing to Him; make music to Him;
speak of all His wonders.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:2] Sing to Him and make music to Him;
recount all His wonders.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The song and narration of wonders correspond.
Verse 105:3 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:3] Glory in His holy name;
let the heart of those seeking YHWH rejoice.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:3] Be praised in His holy name;
let the heart of those seeking the Lord rejoice.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek passive be praised differs from Hebrew the reflexive glory/boast; the rejoicing clause corresponds.
Verse 105:4 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:4] Seek YHWH and His strength;
seek His face continually.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:4] Seek the Lord and be strengthened;
seek His face continually.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek commands the seekers to be strengthened, while Hebrew makes His strength an object of seeking.
Verse 105:5 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:5] Remember His wonders that He has done,
His signs and the judgments of His mouth,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:5] Remember His wonders that He did,
His portents and the judgments of His mouth,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The remembered deeds and spoken judgments correspond.
Verse 105:6 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:6] offspring of Abraham His servant,
sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:6] offspring of Abraham, His servants,
sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek plural servants identifies the addressed offspring; Hebrew singular servant describes Abraham.
Verse 105:7 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:7] He is YHWH our God;
His judgments are in all the earth.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:7] He is the Lord our God;
His judgments are in all the earth.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The identification and worldwide judgments correspond.
Verse 105:8 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:8] He remembers His covenant forever,
the word He commanded for a thousand generations,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:8] He remembered His covenant forever,
the word He commanded for a thousand generations,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The lasting covenant memory and thousand generations correspond.
Verse 105:9 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:9] which He cut with Abraham,
and His oath to Isaac.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:9] which He covenanted with Abraham,
and His oath to Isaac;
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew the covenant-cutting idiom is retained; Greek uses its covenant verb without the cutting image.
Verse 105:10 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:10] He established it for Jacob as a statute,
for Israel as an everlasting covenant,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:10] He established it for Jacob as an ordinance
and for Israel as an everlasting covenant,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The Jacob/Israel covenant establishment corresponds.
Verse 105:11 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:11] saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan,
the measured portion of your inheritance,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:11] saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan,
the measured portion of your inheritance,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both move from singular to you to plural your inheritance; English does not display that number shift without this note.
Verse 105:12 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:12] when they were few in number,
very few, and sojourners in it.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:12] when they were small in number,
very few, and sojourners in it,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The small sojourning community corresponds.
Verse 105:13 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:13] They wandered from nation to nation,
from a kingdom to another people.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:13] and passed from nation to nation,
from a kingdom to another people.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The ancestral movement corresponds.
Verse 105:14 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:14] He allowed no one to oppress them
and rebuked kings on their behalf:
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:14] He allowed no person to wrong them
and rebuked kings on their behalf:
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The divine protection corresponds, with oppression/wronging vocabulary retained.
Verse 105:15 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:15] Do not touch My anointed ones;
do not harm My prophets.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:15] Do not touch My anointed ones,
and do not act wickedly against My prophets.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The plural anointed ones is retained in its ancestral context; neither column inserts a single messianic referent.
Verse 105:16 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:16] He called a famine upon the land;
He broke every staff of bread.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:16] He called a famine upon the land;
He shattered every support of bread.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek support expresses the function of Hebrew the bread staff image.
Verse 105:17 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:17] He sent a man before them:
Joseph was sold as a slave.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:17] He sent a man ahead of them;
Joseph was sold as a slave.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The sale into slavery is explicit in both traditions.
Verse 105:18 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:18] They afflicted his feet with fetters;
his very self entered iron,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:18] They humbled his feet in fetters;
his soul passed through iron,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew nephesh and Greek psyche in the iron clause can describe Joseph himself or his neck/life under restraint. The unusual wording is retained without spiritualizing it; exact bodily construal needs review.
Verse 105:19 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:19] until the time his word came;
YHWH's utterance refined him.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:19] until his word came;
the Lord's oracle put him through fire.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The fiery proving image corresponds. The antecedent of his word is not explicitly named in either clause; neither a specific dream nor a new divine message is inserted.
Verse 105:20 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:20] A king sent and released him;
a ruler of peoples set him free.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:20] A king sent and released him;
a ruler of peoples let him go.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The royal release corresponds.
Verse 105:21 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:21] He made him lord over his house
and ruler over all his possessions,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:21] He appointed him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possession,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The delegated household authority corresponds; the human lord remains lowercase.
Verse 105:22 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:22] to bind his princes at his will
and teach his elders wisdom.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:22] to instruct his rulers as himself
and make his elders wise.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek instructing rulers as himself differs from Hebrew binding princes at his will. The Hebrew will phrase and Greek as-himself comparison are terse and remain provisional.
Verse 105:23 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:23] Israel came into Egypt,
and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:23] Israel entered Egypt,
and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The entry and sojourn correspond.
Verse 105:24 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:24] He made His people very fruitful
and stronger than their adversaries.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:24] He greatly increased His people
and made them stronger than their enemies.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The divine multiplication and strengthening correspond.
Verse 105:25 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:25] He turned their heart to hate His people,
to deal craftily with His servants.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:25] He turned their heart to hate His people,
to deal deceitfully with His servants.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both attribute the heart-turning to the divine agent; it is not replaced with a merely permissive paraphrase.
Verse 105:26 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:26] He sent Moses His servant,
Aaron whom He had chosen.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:26] He sent out Moses His servant,
Aaron whom He chose.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The named commissioned servants correspond.
Verse 105:27 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:27] They set among them the words of His signs
and wonders in the land of Ham.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:27] He set among them the words of His signs
and portents in the land of Ham.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew they set, referring to the commissioned agents, differs from Greek He set. The words-of-signs idiom is retained without replacing it with an unrelated explanation.
Verse 105:28 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:28] He sent darkness and made it dark;
they did not rebel against His words.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:28] He sent out darkness and made it dark,
and they provoked His words.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew negative they did not rebel contrasts with Greek positive provocation. The subject they is not supplied with a named group, and the Greek is not harmonized by importing the Hebrew negative.
Verse 105:29 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:29] He turned their waters to blood
and killed their fish.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:29] He turned their waters into blood
and killed their fish.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The water transformation and fish deaths correspond.
Verse 105:30 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:30] Their land swarmed with frogs,
in the chambers of their kings.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:30] Their land teemed with frogs
in the chambers of their kings.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The frogs reaching royal chambers correspond.
Verse 105:31 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:31] He spoke, and swarms came,
gnats throughout their territory.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:31] He spoke, and dog-flies came,
and gnats throughout all their borders.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek explicitly names dog-flies where Hebrew has swarms. Gnats is a provisional conventional identification for the small insect terms.
Verse 105:32 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:32] He gave hail for their rains,
flaming fire in their land.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:32] He made their rains hail,
consuming fire in their land,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The rain/hail and fire imagery corresponds.
Verse 105:33 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:33] He struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered the trees of their territory.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:33] and struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered every tree of their border.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek explicitly adds every; Hebrew the collective tree is rendered as trees.
Verse 105:34 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:34] He spoke, and locusts came,
and crawling locusts without number.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:34] He spoke, and locusts came,
and locust larvae without number,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Both distinguish two locust expressions; crawling locusts/larvae are provisional equivalents, not a secure entomological stage identification.
Verse 105:35 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:35] They ate every plant in their land
and ate the fruit of their soil.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:35] and devoured all the grass in their land
and devoured the fruit of their land.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The vegetation and produce consumed correspond; the collective swarm's singular source verbs are idiomatically plural in English.
Verse 105:36 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:36] He struck every firstborn in their land,
the first of all their vigor.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:36] He struck every firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of all their toil,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek toil differs from Hebrew vigor in the firstborn description.
Verse 105:37 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:37] He brought them out with silver and gold,
and none among His tribes stumbled.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:37] and brought them out with silver and gold,
and none among their tribes was weak.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek their tribes and weakness differs from Hebrew His tribes and stumbling. The Hebrew possessive is taken as divine in context, not changed to their.
Verse 105:38 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:38] Egypt rejoiced at their departure,
for fear of them had fallen upon them.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:38] Egypt rejoiced at their departure,
for fear of them had fallen upon them.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both describe Egypt's relief and fear, retaining the pronoun repetition.
Verse 105:39 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:39] He spread a cloud for a covering
and fire to light the night.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:39] He spread a cloud as a shelter for them
and fire to light the night for them.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek explicitly adds for them twice; the cloud and night fire correspond.
Verse 105:40 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:40] He asked, and He brought quail;
He satisfied them with bread from heaven.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:40] They asked, and quail came,
and He filled them with bread from heaven.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew the first verb is singular he asked, contextually collective Israel, while Greek they asked is plural; the second Hebrew verb has God bringing the birds, whereas Greek the birds come. The two Hebrew he subjects differ; English capitalization alone cannot show this at the sentence start. Quail is a conventional rendering of the Greek bird term, not a species determination.
Verse 105:41 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:41] He opened a rock, and waters flowed;
they ran as a river through dry places.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:41] He split a rock, and waters flowed;
rivers traveled through waterless places.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek splitting and plural rivers differs from Hebrew opening and singular river.
Verse 105:42 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:42] For He remembered His holy word,
and Abraham His servant.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:42] For He remembered His holy word
to Abraham His servant,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek explicitly makes Abraham the recipient of the word; Hebrew the repeated object marker permits remembering the word and Abraham. The Hebrew relation is left visible rather than silently supplied as to.
Verse 105:43 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:43] He brought His people out with joy,
His chosen ones with a ringing cry.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:43] and brought His people out in exultation
and His chosen ones in gladness.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The joyful departure corresponds; Hebrew the vocal rejoicing is retained.
Verse 105:44 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:44] He gave them lands of nations,
and they inherited the labor of peoples,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:44] He gave them countries of nations,
and they inherited the toils of peoples,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The granted lands and inherited labor correspond.
Verse 105:45 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[105:45] so that they might keep His statutes
and guard His instructions.
Praise Yah!
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[104:45] so that they might keep His ordinances
and diligently seek His law.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek seeking singular law differs from Hebrew guarding plural instructions; Greek lacks the final Praise Yah at this location.