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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, and make his deeds known among the people.

2Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; Talk of all His wondrous works!

2Sing to him! Praise him! Declare all his awesome deeds!

3Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the LORD!

3Exult in his holy name; let all those who seek the LORD rejoice!

4Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face evermore!

4Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face continually.

5Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,

5Remember his awesome deeds that he has done, his wonders and the judgments he declared.

6O seed of Abraham His servant, You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!

6You descendants of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

7He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth.

7He is the LORD our God; his judgments extend to the entire earth.

8He remembers His covenant forever, The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,

8He remembers his eternal covenant— every promise he made for a thousand generations,

9The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,

9like the covenant he made with Abraham, and his promise to Isaac.

10And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

10He presented it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant.

11Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan As the allotment of your inheritance,”

11He said: "I will give Canaan to you as the allotted portion that is your inheritance."

12When they were few in number, Indeed very few, and strangers in it.

12When the Hebrews were few in number—so very few— and were sojourners in it,

13When they went from one nation to another, From one kingdom to another people,

13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

14He permitted no one to do them wrong; Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,

14He did not allow anyone to oppress them, or any kings to reprove them.

15Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm.”

15"Don't touch my anointed or hurt my prophets!"

16Moreover He called for a famine in the land; He destroyed all the provision of bread.

16He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply.

17He sent a man before 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 fetters, He was laid in irons.

18They bound his feet with fetters and placed an iron collar on his neck,

19Until the time that his word came to pass, 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 and released him, The ruler of the people let him go free.

20He sent a king who released him, a ruler of people who set him free.

21He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his possessions,

21He made him the master over his household, the manager of all his possessions—

22To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom.

22to discipline his rulers at will and make his elders wise.

23Israel also came into Egypt, And Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.

23Then Israel came to Egypt; indeed, Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

24He increased His people greatly, And made them stronger than their enemies.

24He caused his people to multiply greatly; and be 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 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 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 made it dark; And they did not rebel against His word.

28He sent darkness, and it became dark. Did they not rebel against his words?

29He turned their waters into blood, And killed their fish.

29He turned their water into blood, so that the fish died.

30Their land abounded with frogs, Even in the chambers of their kings.

30Their land swarmed with frogs even to the chambers of their kings.

31He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their territory.

31He spoke, and a swarm of insects invaded their land.

32He gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in their land.

32He sent hail instead of rain, and lightning throughout their land.

33He struck their vines also, and their fig trees, And splintered 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.

35And ate up all the vegetation in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.

35They consumed every green plant in their land, and devoured the fruit of their soil.

36He also destroyed all the firstborn in their land, The first of all their strength.

36He struck down every firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their progeny.

37He also brought them out with silver and gold, And there was none feeble among His tribes.

37Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled.

38Egypt was glad when they departed, For the fear of them had fallen upon them.

38The Egyptians rejoiced when they left, because fear of Israel descended on them.

39He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.

39He spread out a cloud for a cover, and fire for light at night.

40The people asked, and He brought quail, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

40Israel asked, and quail came; food from heaven satisfied them.

41He opened the rock, and water gushed out; It ran in the dry places like a river.

41He opened a rock, and water gushed out flowing like a river in the desert.

42For He remembered His holy promise, And Abraham His servant.

42Indeed, he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham.

43He brought out His people with joy, His chosen ones with gladness.

43He led his people out with gladness, his chosen ones with shouts of joy.

44He gave them the lands of the Gentiles, And they inherited the labor of the nations,

44He gave to them the land of nations; they inherited the labor of other people

45That they might observe His statutes And keep His laws. Praise the LORD!

45so they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Hallelujah!

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