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Berean Standard Bible

1Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, and make his deeds known among the people.

1Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.

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

2Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.

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 out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

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

5Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,

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

6O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons 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 carry throughout the earth.

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

8He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—

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

9the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.

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

10He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

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

11“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

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

12When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

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

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

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

14He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

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

15“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”

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

16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

17He sent a man before them— Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.

17He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave.

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

18They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,

19until the time his prediction came true, as the word of the LORD refined him.

19until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.

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

20The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.

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

21He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,

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

22to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.

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

23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt 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, more numerous than their foes,

25He caused them to hate his people and to deceive his servants.

25whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against 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 miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

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

28He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.

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

29He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.

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

30Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.

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

31He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country.

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

32He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.

33It destroyed their vines and their figs, breaking trees throughout their country.

33He struck 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.

35They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.

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

36Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.

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

37He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.

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

38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.

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

39He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.

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

40They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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

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

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

42For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.

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

43He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.

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

44He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,

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

45that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!

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