International Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
1Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, and make his deeds known among the people. | 1Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations. |
2Sing to him! Praise him! Declare all his awesome deeds! | 2Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders. |
3Exult in his holy name; let all those who seek the LORD rejoice! | 3Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. |
4Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face continually. | 4Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always. |
5Remember his awesome deeds that he has done, his wonders and the judgments he declared. | 5Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced, |
6You descendants of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones. | 6O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones. |
7He is the LORD our God; his judgments extend to the entire earth. | 7He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth. |
8He remembers his eternal covenant— every promise he made for a thousand generations, | 8He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— |
9like the covenant he made with Abraham, and his promise to Isaac. | 9the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. |
10He presented it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant. | 10He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: |
11He said: "I will give Canaan to you as the allotted portion that is your inheritance." | 11“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.” |
12When the Hebrews were few in number—so very few— and were sojourners in it, | 12When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land, |
13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. | 13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. |
14He did not allow anyone to oppress them, or any kings to reprove them. | 14He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf: |
15"Don't touch my anointed or hurt my prophets!" | 15“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!” |
16He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply. | 16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. |
17He sent a man before them— Joseph, who had been sold as a slave. | 17He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave. |
18They bound his feet with fetters and placed an iron collar on his neck, | 18They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons, |
19until the time his prediction came true, as the word of the LORD refined him. | 19until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right. |
20He sent a king who released him, a ruler of people who set him free. | 20The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free. |
21He made him the master over his household, the manager of all his possessions— | 21He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance, |
22to discipline his rulers at will and make his elders wise. | 22to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom. |
23Then Israel came to Egypt; indeed, Jacob lived in the land of Ham. | 23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham. |
24He caused his people to multiply greatly; and be more numerous than their enemies. | 24And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes, |
25He caused them to hate his people and to deceive his servants. | 25whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants. |
26He sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen. | 26He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. |
27They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham. | 27They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. |
28He sent darkness, and it became dark. Did they not rebel against his words? | 28He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words. |
29He turned their water into blood, so that the fish died. | 29He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die. |
30Their land swarmed with frogs even to the chambers of their kings. | 30Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers. |
31He spoke, and a swarm of insects invaded their land. | 31He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country. |
32He sent hail instead of rain, and lightning throughout their land. | 32He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land. |
33It destroyed their vines and their figs, breaking trees throughout their country. | 33He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country. |
34Then he commanded the locust to come— grasshoppers without number. | 34He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number. |
35They consumed every green plant in their land, and devoured the fruit of their soil. | 35They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil. |
36He struck down every firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their progeny. | 36Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor. |
37Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled. | 37He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled. |
38The Egyptians rejoiced when they left, because fear of Israel descended on them. | 38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them. |
39He spread out a cloud for a cover, and fire for light at night. | 39He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night. |
40Israel asked, and quail came; food from heaven satisfied them. | 40They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. |
41He opened a rock, and water gushed out flowing like a river in the desert. | 41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert. |
42Indeed, he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham. | 42For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant. |
43He led his people out with gladness, his chosen ones with shouts of joy. | 43He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy. |
44He gave to them the land of nations; they inherited the labor of other people | 44He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor, |
45so they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Hallelujah! | 45that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah! |
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