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| 1Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, and make his deeds known among the people. | 1Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. |
| 2Sing to him! Praise him! Declare all his awesome deeds! | 2Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. |
| 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. | 4Look to 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 miracles, and the judgments he pronounced, |
| 6You descendants of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones. | 6you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob. |
| 7He is the LORD our God; his judgments extend to the entire earth. | 7He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. |
| 8He remembers his eternal covenant— every promise he made for a thousand generations, | 8He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations, |
| 9like the covenant he made with Abraham, and his promise to Isaac. | 9the covenant he made with Abraham, 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"To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit." |
| 12When the Hebrews were few in number—so very few— and were sojourners in it, | 12When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it, |
| 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 allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings: |
| 15"Don't touch my anointed or hurt my prophets!" | 15"Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm." |
| 16He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply. | 16He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food; |
| 17He sent a man before them— Joseph, who had been sold as a slave. | 17and he 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, his neck was put in irons, |
| 19until the time his prediction came true, as the word of the LORD refined him. | 19till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true. |
| 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 he possessed, |
| 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 resided as a foreigner 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; he made them too numerous for 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 signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham. |
| 28He sent darkness, and it became dark. Did they not rebel against his words? | 28He sent darkness and made the land dark-- for had they not rebelled against his words? |
| 29He turned their water into blood, so that the fish died. | 29He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die. |
| 30Their land swarmed with frogs even to the chambers of their kings. | 30Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers. |
| 31He spoke, and a swarm of insects invaded their land. | 31He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country. |
| 32He sent hail instead of rain, and lightning throughout their land. | 32He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land; |
| 33It destroyed their vines and their figs, breaking trees throughout their country. | 33he struck down 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, grasshoppers without number; |
| 35They consumed every green plant in their land, and devoured the fruit of their soil. | 35they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil. |
| 36He struck down every firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their progeny. | 36Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood. |
| 37Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled. | 37He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered. |
| 38The Egyptians rejoiced when they left, because fear of Israel descended on them. | 38Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them. |
| 39He spread out a cloud for a cover, and fire for light at night. | 39He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night. |
| 40Israel asked, and quail came; food from heaven satisfied them. | 40They asked, and he brought them quail; he fed them well with the bread of heaven. |
| 41He opened a rock, and water gushed out flowing like a river in the desert. | 41He opened the 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 given to his servant Abraham. |
| 43He led his people out with gladness, his chosen ones with shouts of joy. | 43He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones 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, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for-- |
| 45so they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Hallelujah! | 45that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD. |
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