| 1 | Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations. |
| 2 | Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders. |
| 3 | Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice. |
| 4 | Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always. |
| 5 | Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth: |
| 6 | you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect. |
| 7 | He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth. |
| 8 | He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations, |
| 9 | which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac. |
| 10 | And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament, |
| 11 | saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance. |
| 12 | Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there, |
| 13 | and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people, |
| 14 | he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf. |
| 15 | Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets. |
| 16 | And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread. |
| 17 | He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave. |
| 18 | They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul, |
| 19 | until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him. |
| 20 | The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him. |
| 21 | He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions, |
| 22 | so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence. |
| 23 | And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham. |
| 24 | And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies. |
| 25 | He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants. |
| 26 | He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose. |
| 27 | He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham. |
| 28 | He sent darkness and made it conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech. |
| 29 | He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish. |
| 30 | Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings. |
| 31 | He spoke, and there came forth common flies and gnats, in every region. |
| 32 | He gave them a shower of hail and a burning fire, in the same land. |
| 33 | And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and he crushed the trees of their region. |
| 34 | He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number. |
| 35 | And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land. |
| 36 | And he struck all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their labor. |
| 37 | And he led them out with silver and gold, and there was not an infirm one among their tribes. |
| 38 | Egypt was joyful at their departure, for the fear of them lay heavy upon them. |
| 39 | He spread a cloud for their protection, and a fire, to give them light through the night. |
| 40 | They petitioned, and the quail came; and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven. |
| 41 | He ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: rivers gushed in the dry land. |
| 42 | For he had called to mind his holy word, which he kept near to his servant Abraham. |
| 43 | And he led forth his people in exultation, and his elect in rejoicing. |
| 44 | And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, and they possessed the labors of the peoples, |
| 45 | so that they might observe his justifications, and inquire about his law. |
