| International Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, and make his deeds known among the people. | 1Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations! |
| 2Sing to him! Praise him! Declare all his awesome deeds! | 2Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds! |
| 3Exult in his holy name; let all those who seek the LORD rejoice! | 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 awesome deeds that he has done, his wonders and the judgments he declared. | 5Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, |
| 6You descendants of Abraham, his servant, You children 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 extend to the entire earth. | 7He is the LORD our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth. |
| 8He remembers his eternal covenant— every promise he made for a thousand generations, | 8He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations-- |
| 9like the covenant he made with Abraham, and his promise to Isaac. | 9the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac! |
| 10He presented 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, |
| 11He said: "I will give Canaan to you as the allotted portion that is your inheritance." | 11saying, "To you I will give 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, 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 did not allow anyone to oppress them, or any kings to reprove them. | 14He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake, |
| 15"Don't touch my anointed or hurt my prophets!" | 15saying, "Don't touch my chosen ones! Don't harm my prophets!" |
| 16He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply. | 16He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply. |
| 17He sent a man before them— Joseph, who had been sold as a slave. | 17He sent a man ahead of them--Joseph was sold as a servant. |
| 18They bound his feet with fetters and placed an iron collar on his neck, | 18The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar, |
| 19until the time his prediction came true, as the word of the LORD refined him. | 19until the time when his prediction came true. The LORD's word proved him right. |
| 20He sent a king who released him, a ruler of people who set him free. | 20The king authorized his release; the ruler of nations set him free. |
| 21He made him the master over his household, the manager of all his possessions— | 21He put him in charge of his palace, and made him manager of all his property, |
| 22to discipline his rulers at will and make his elders wise. | 22giving him authority to imprison his officials and to teach his advisers. |
| 23Then Israel came to Egypt; indeed, Jacob lived in the land of Ham. | 23Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham. |
| 24He caused his people to multiply greatly; and be more numerous than their enemies. | 24The LORD made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their enemies. |
| 25He caused them to hate his people and to deceive his servants. | 25He caused them to hate his people, and to mistreat his servants. |
| 26He sent his servant Moses, along with 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 it became dark. Did they not rebel against his words? | 28He made it dark; they did not disobey his orders. |
| 29He turned their water into blood, so that the fish died. | 29He turned their water into blood, and killed their fish. |
| 30Their land swarmed with frogs even to the chambers of their kings. | 30Their land was overrun by frogs, which even got into the rooms of their kings. |
| 31He spoke, and a swarm of insects invaded their land. | 31He ordered flies to come; gnats invaded their whole territory. |
| 32He sent hail instead of rain, and lightning throughout their land. | 32He sent hail along with the rain; there was lightning in their land. |
| 33It destroyed their vines and their figs, breaking trees throughout their country. | 33He destroyed their vines and fig trees, and broke the trees throughout their territory. |
| 34Then he commanded the locust to come— grasshoppers without number. | 34He ordered locusts to come, innumerable grasshoppers. |
| 35They consumed every green plant in their land, and devoured the fruit of their soil. | 35They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields. |
| 36He struck down every firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their progeny. | 36He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power. |
| 37Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled. | 37He brought his people out enriched with silver and gold; none of his tribes stumbled. |
| 38The Egyptians rejoiced when they left, because fear of Israel descended on them. | 38Egypt was happy when they left, for they were afraid of them. |
| 39He spread out a cloud for a cover, and fire for light at night. | 39He spread out a cloud for a cover, and provided a fire to light up the night. |
| 40Israel asked, and quail came; food from heaven satisfied them. | 40They asked for food, and he sent quails; he satisfied them with food from the sky. |
| 41He opened a rock, and water gushed out flowing like a river in the desert. | 41He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions. |
| 42Indeed, he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham. | 42Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant. |
| 43He led his people out with gladness, his chosen ones with shouts of joy. | 43When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy. |
| 44He gave to them the land of nations; they inherited the labor of other people | 44He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, |
| 45so they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Hallelujah! | 45so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the LORD! |
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