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1Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. | 1Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations! |
2Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. | 2Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds! |
3Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. | 3Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice! |
4Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always. | 4Seek the LORD and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually! |
5Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced, | 5Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, |
6you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob. | 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 remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations, | 8He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations-- |
9the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac. | 9the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac! |
10He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: | 10He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise, |
11"To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit." | 11saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance." |
12When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it, | 12When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it, |
13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. | 13they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another. |
14He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings: | 14He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake, |
15"Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm." | 15saying, "Don't touch my chosen ones! Don't harm my prophets!" |
16He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food; | 16He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply. |
17and he sent a man before them-- Joseph, sold as a slave. | 17He sent a man ahead of them--Joseph was sold as a servant. |
18They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons, | 18The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar, |
19till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true. | 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 set him free. | 20The king authorized his release; the ruler of nations set him free. |
21He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed, | 21He put him in charge of his palace, and made him manager of all his property, |
22to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom. | 22giving him authority to imprison his officials and to teach his advisers. |
23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham. | 23Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham. |
24The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes, | 24The LORD made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their enemies. |
25whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against 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 signs among them, his wonders 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 the land dark-- for had they not rebelled against his words? | 28He made it dark; they did not disobey his orders. |
29He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die. | 29He turned their water into blood, and killed their fish. |
30Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers. | 30Their land was overrun by frogs, which even got into the rooms of their kings. |
31He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country. | 31He ordered flies to come; gnats invaded their whole territory. |
32He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land; | 32He sent hail along with the rain; there was lightning in their land. |
33he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country. | 33He destroyed their vines and fig trees, and broke the trees throughout their territory. |
34He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number; | 34He ordered locusts to come, innumerable grasshoppers. |
35they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil. | 35They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields. |
36Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood. | 36He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power. |
37He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered. | 37He brought his people out enriched with silver and gold; none of his tribes stumbled. |
38Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them. | 38Egypt was happy when they left, for they were afraid of them. |
39He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night. | 39He spread out a cloud for a cover, and provided a fire to light up the night. |
40They asked, and he brought them quail; he fed them well 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 gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert. | 41He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions. |
42For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham. | 42Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant. |
43He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy; | 43When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy. |
44he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for-- | 44He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, |
45that they might keep his precepts 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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