Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
1Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; proclaim his deeds among the peoples. | 1Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, and make his deeds known among the people. |
2Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell about all his wondrous works! | 2Sing to him! Praise him! Declare all his awesome deeds! |
3Honor his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. | 3Exult in his holy name; let all those who seek the LORD rejoice! |
4Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face always. | 4Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face continually. |
5Remember the wondrous works he has done, his wonders, and the judgments he has pronounced, | 5Remember his awesome deeds that he has done, his wonders and the judgments he declared. |
6you offspring of Abraham his servant, Jacob's descendants--his chosen ones. | 6You descendants of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones. |
7He is the LORD our God; his judgments govern the whole earth. | 7He is the LORD our God; his judgments extend to the entire earth. |
8He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he ordained for a thousand generations-- | 8He remembers his eternal covenant— every promise he made for a thousand generations, |
9the covenant he made with Abraham, swore to Isaac, | 9like the covenant he made with Abraham, and his promise to Isaac. |
10and confirmed to Jacob as a decree and to Israel as a permanent covenant: | 10He presented it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant. |
11"I will give the land of Canaan to you as your inherited portion." | 11He said: "I will give Canaan to you as the allotted portion that is your inheritance." |
12When they were few in number, very few indeed, and resident aliens in Canaan, | 12When the Hebrews were few in number—so very few— and were sojourners in it, |
13wandering from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another, | 13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. |
14he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their behalf: | 14He did not allow anyone to oppress them, or any kings to reprove them. |
15"Do not touch my anointed ones, or harm my prophets." | 15"Don't touch my anointed or hurt my prophets!" |
16He called down famine against the land and destroyed the entire food supply. | 16He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply. |
17He had sent a man ahead of them--Joseph, who was sold as a slave. | 17He sent a man before them— Joseph, who had been sold as a slave. |
18They hurt his feet with shackles; his neck was put in an iron collar. | 18They bound his feet with fetters and placed an iron collar on his neck, |
19Until the time his prediction came true, the word of the LORD tested him. | 19until the time his prediction came true, as the word of the LORD refined him. |
20The king sent for him and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free. | 20He sent a king who released him, a ruler of people who set him free. |
21He made him master of his household, ruler over all his possessions-- | 21He made him the master over his household, the manager of all his possessions— |
22binding his officials at will and instructing his elders. | 22to discipline his rulers at will and make his elders wise. |
23Then Israel went to Egypt; Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham. | 23Then Israel came to Egypt; indeed, Jacob lived in the land of Ham. |
24The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them more numerous than their foes, | 24He caused his people to multiply greatly; and be more numerous than their enemies. |
25whose hearts he turned to hate his people and to deal deceptively with his servants. | 25He caused them to hate his people and to deceive his servants. |
26He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. | 26He sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen. |
27They performed his miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. | 27They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham. |
28He sent darkness, and it became dark--for did they not defy his commands? | 28He sent darkness, and it became dark. Did they not rebel against his words? |
29He turned their water into blood and caused their fish to die. | 29He turned their water into blood, so that the fish died. |
30Their land was overrun with frogs, even in their royal chambers. | 30Their land swarmed with frogs even to the chambers of their kings. |
31He spoke, and insects came--gnats throughout their country. | 31He spoke, and a swarm of insects invaded their land. |
32He gave them hail for rain, and lightning throughout their land. | 32He sent hail instead of rain, and lightning throughout their land. |
33He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their territory. | 33It destroyed their vines and their figs, breaking trees throughout their country. |
34He spoke, and locusts came--young locusts without number. | 34Then he commanded the locust to come— grasshoppers without number. |
35They devoured all the vegetation in their land and consumed the produce of their land. | 35They consumed every green plant in their land, and devoured the fruit of their soil. |
36He struck all the firstborn in their land, all their first progeny. | 36He struck down every firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their progeny. |
37Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled. | 37Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled. |
38Egypt was glad when they left, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them. | 38The Egyptians rejoiced when they left, because fear of Israel descended on them. |
39He spread a cloud as a covering and gave a fire to light up the night. | 39He spread out a cloud for a cover, and fire for light at night. |
40They asked, and he brought quail and satisfied them with bread from heaven. | 40Israel asked, and quail came; food from heaven satisfied them. |
41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a stream in the desert. | 41He opened a rock, and water gushed out flowing like a river in the desert. |
42For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant. | 42Indeed, he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham. |
43He brought his people out with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy. | 43He led his people out with gladness, his chosen ones with shouts of joy. |
44He gave them the lands of the nations, and they inherited what other peoples had worked for. | 44He gave to them the land of nations; they inherited the labor of other people |
45All this happened so that they might keep his statutes and obey his instructions. Hallelujah! | 45so they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Hallelujah! |
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