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1Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, and make his deeds known among the people. | 1Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! |
2Sing to him! Praise him! Declare all his awesome deeds! | 2Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works! |
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 the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually! |
5Remember his awesome deeds that he has done, his wonders and the judgments he declared. | 5Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered, |
6You descendants of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones. | 6O offspring of Abraham, his servant, children 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 are in all the earth. |
8He remembers his eternal covenant— every promise he made for a thousand generations, | 8He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations, |
9like the covenant he made with Abraham, and his promise to Isaac. | 9the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac, |
10He presented it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant. | 10which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant, |
11He said: "I will give Canaan to you as the allotted portion that is your inheritance." | 11saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance.” |
12When the Hebrews were few in number—so very few— and were sojourners in it, | 12When they were few in number, of little account, and sojourners in it, |
13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. | 13wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people, |
14He did not allow anyone to oppress them, or any kings to reprove them. | 14he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account, |
15"Don't touch my anointed or hurt my prophets!" | 15saying, “Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!” |
16He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply. | 16When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread, |
17He sent a man before them— Joseph, who had been sold as a slave. | 17he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. |
18They bound his feet with fetters and placed an iron collar on his neck, | 18His feet were hurt with fetters; his neck was put in a collar of iron; |
19until the time his prediction came true, as the word of the LORD refined him. | 19until what he had said came to pass, the word of the LORD tested him. |
20He sent a king who released him, a ruler of people who set him free. | 20The king sent and released him; the ruler of the peoples set him free; |
21He made him the master over his household, the manager of all his possessions— | 21he made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions, |
22to discipline his rulers at will and make his elders wise. | 22to bind his princes at his pleasure and to teach his elders wisdom. |
23Then Israel came to Egypt; indeed, Jacob lived in the land of Ham. | 23Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned 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 and made them stronger than their foes. |
25He caused them to hate his people and to deceive his servants. | 25He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with 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 signs among them and miracles in the land of Ham. |
28He sent darkness, and it became dark. Did they not rebel against his words? | 28He sent darkness, and made the land dark; they did not rebel against his words. |
29He turned their water into blood, so that the fish died. | 29He turned their waters into blood and caused their fish to die. |
30Their land swarmed with frogs even to the chambers of their kings. | 30Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings. |
31He spoke, and a swarm of insects invaded their land. | 31He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country. |
32He sent hail instead of rain, and lightning throughout their land. | 32He gave them hail for rain, and fiery lightning bolts through their land. |
33It destroyed their vines and their figs, breaking trees throughout their country. | 33He struck down 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. | 35which devoured all the vegetation in their land and ate up the fruit of their ground. |
36He struck down every firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their progeny. | 36He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their strength. |
37Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled. | 37Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled. |
38The Egyptians rejoiced when they left, because fear of Israel descended on them. | 38Egypt was glad when they departed, for dread of them had fallen upon it. |
39He spread out a cloud for a cover, and fire for light at night. | 39He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night. |
40Israel asked, and quail came; food from heaven satisfied them. | 40They asked, and he brought quail, and gave them bread from heaven in abundance. |
41He opened a rock, and water gushed out flowing like a river in the desert. | 41He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed through the desert like a river. |
42Indeed, he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham. | 42For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham, his servant. |
43He led his people out with gladness, his chosen ones with shouts of joy. | 43So he brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing. |
44He gave to them the land of nations; they inherited the labor of other people | 44And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil, |
45so they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Hallelujah! | 45that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise the LORD! |
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