New American Standard Bible 1995 | NET Bible |
1Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples. | 1Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations! |
2Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Speak of all His wonders. | 2Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds! |
3Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad. | 3Boast about 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 the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually! |
5Remember His wonders which He has done, His marvels and the judgments uttered by His mouth, | 5Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, |
6O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones! | 6O children of Abraham, God's servant, you descendants of Jacob, God's chosen ones! |
7He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth. | 7He is the LORD our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth. |
8He has remembered His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations, | 8He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations-- |
9The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac. | 9the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac! |
10Then He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant, | 10He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise, |
11Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan As the portion of your inheritance," | 11saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance." |
12When they were only a few men in number, Very few, and strangers in it. | 12When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it, |
13And they wandered about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. | 13they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another. |
14He permitted no man to oppress them, And He reproved kings for their sakes: | 14He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake, |
15"Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm." | 15saying, "Don't touch my chosen ones! Don't harm my prophets!" |
16And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread. | 16He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply. |
17He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. | 17He sent a man ahead of them--Joseph was sold as a servant. |
18They afflicted his feet with fetters, He himself was laid in irons; | 18The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar, |
19Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the LORD tested him. | 19until the time when his prediction came true. The LORD's word proved him right. |
20The king sent and released him, The ruler of peoples, and set him free. | 20The king authorized his release; the ruler of nations set him free. |
21He made him lord of his house And ruler over all his possessions, | 21He put him in charge of his palace, and made him manager of all his property, |
22To imprison his princes at will, That he might teach his elders wisdom. | 22giving him authority to imprison his officials and to teach his advisers. |
23Israel also came into Egypt; Thus Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. | 23Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham. |
24And He caused His people to be very fruitful, And made them stronger than their adversaries. | 24The LORD made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their enemies. |
25He turned their heart to hate His people, To deal craftily with His servants. | 25He caused them to hate his people, and to mistreat his servants. |
26He sent Moses His servant, And Aaron, whom He had chosen. | 26He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. |
27They performed His wondrous acts among them, And miracles in the land of Ham. | 27They executed his miraculous signs among them, and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham. |
28He sent darkness and made it dark; And they did not rebel against His words. | 28He made it dark; they did not disobey his orders. |
29He turned their waters into blood And caused their fish to die. | 29He turned their water into blood, and killed their fish. |
30Their land swarmed with frogs Even in the chambers of their kings. | 30Their land was overrun by frogs, which even got into the rooms of their kings. |
31He spoke, and there came a swarm of flies And gnats in all their territory. | 31He ordered flies to come; gnats invaded their whole territory. |
32He gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in their land. | 32He sent hail along with the rain; there was lightning in their land. |
33He struck down their vines also and their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their territory. | 33He destroyed their vines and fig trees, and broke the trees throughout their territory. |
34He spoke, and locusts came, And young locusts, even without number, | 34He ordered locusts to come, innumerable grasshoppers. |
35And ate up all vegetation in their land, And ate up the fruit of their ground. | 35They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields. |
36He also struck down all the firstborn in their land, The first fruits of all their vigor. | 36He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power. |
37Then He brought them out with silver and gold, And among His tribes there was not one who stumbled. | 37He brought his people out enriched with silver and gold; none of his tribes stumbled. |
38Egypt was glad when they departed, For the dread of them had fallen upon them. | 38Egypt was happy when they left, for they were afraid of them. |
39He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to illumine by night. | 39He spread out a cloud for a cover, and provided a fire to light up the night. |
40They asked, and He brought quail, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven. | 40They asked for food, and he sent quails; he satisfied them with food from the sky. |
41He opened the rock and water flowed out; It ran in the dry places like a river. | 41He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions. |
42For He remembered His holy word With Abraham His servant; | 42Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant. |
43And He brought forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with a joyful shout. | 43When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy. |
44He gave them also the lands of the nations, That they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples' labor, | 44He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, |
45So that they might keep His statutes And observe His laws, Praise the LORD! | 45so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the LORD! |
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