The Scriptures (ISR 1998) 1Give thanks to יהוה! Call upon His Name, Make known His deeds among the peoples. 2Sing to Him, sing praise to Him; Speak of all His wonders. 3Make your boast in His set-apart Name; Let the hearts rejoice of those seeking יהוה. 4Seek יהוה and His strength; Seek His face always. 5Remember His wonders which He has done, His miracles, and the right-rulings of His mouth, 6O seed of Aḇraham His servant, Children of Ya‛aqoḇ, His chosen ones! 7He is יהוה our Elohim; His right-rulings are in all the earth. 8He has remembered His covenant forever, The Word He commanded, for a thousand generations, 9The covenant He made with Aḇraham, And His oath to Yitsḥaq, 10And established it to Ya‛aqoḇ for a law, To Yisra’ĕl – an everlasting covenant, 11Saying, “To you I give the land of Kena‛an, The portion of your inheritance.” 12When they were few in number, Few indeed, and sojourners in it, 13And they went about from one nation to another, From one reign to another people, 14He allowed no one to oppress them, And He reproved sovereigns for their sakes, 15Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no evil.” 16And He called for a scarcity of food in the land; He cut off all the supply of bread. 17He sent ahead of them a man, Yosĕph, sold as a slave. 18They afflicted his feet with shackles, His neck was put in irons. 19Until the time that His Word came, The Word of יהוה tried him. 20The sovereign sent and released him, The ruler of the people let him loose. 21He made him master of his house, And ruler over all his possessions, 22To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And to teach his elders wisdom. 23Then Yisra’ĕl came to Mitsrayim, And Ya‛aqoḇ sojourned in the land of Ḥam. 24And He increased His people greatly, And made them stronger than their enemies. 25He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants. 26He sent Mosheh His servant, Aharon whom He had chosen. 27They set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ḥam. 28He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they did not rebel against His word. 29He turned their waters into blood, And killed their fish. 30Their land teemed with frogs, In the rooms of their sovereigns. 31He spoke, and swarms of flies came, Gnats in all their borders. 32He gave them hail for rain, A flaming fire in their land. 33And He smote their vines and their fig trees, And broke the trees of their borders. 34He spoke, and locusts came, And larvae, innumerable, 35And they devoured all the plants in their land, And they devoured the fruit of their ground. 36Then He smote all the first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength, 37And brought them out with silver and gold, And among His tribes no one faltered. 38Mitsrayim was glad when they left, For the fear of them had fallen upon them. 39He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night. 40They asked, and He brought quail, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 41He opened the rock, and water gushed out; It ran in the dry places, a river. 42For He remembered His set-apart word, To Aḇraham His servant. 43So He brought out His people with joy, His chosen ones with singing. 44And He gave to them the lands of the gentiles, And they inherited the labour of peoples, 45In order that they might guard His laws, And watch over His Torota. Praise Yah! |