1 | Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. |
2 | Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works. |
3 | Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. |
4 | Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more. |
5 | Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, |
6 | you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones. |
7 | He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth. |
8 | He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, |
9 | the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac, |
10 | and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant, |
11 | saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;" |
12 | when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it. |
13 | They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people. |
14 | He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, |
15 | "Don't touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!" |
16 | He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies. |
17 | He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave. |
18 | They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons, |
19 | until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh's word proved him true. |
20 | The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free. |
21 | He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions; |
22 | to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. |
23 | Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham. |
24 | He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries. |
25 | He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants. |
26 | He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. |
27 | They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. |
28 | He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn't rebel against his words. |
29 | He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish. |
30 | Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings. |
31 | He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders. |
32 | He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land. |
33 | He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country. |
34 | He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number, |
35 | ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit of their ground. |
36 | He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood. |
37 | He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes. |
38 | Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them. |
39 | He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night. |
40 | They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky. |
41 | He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places. |
42 | For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant. |
43 | He brought forth his people with joy, his chosen with singing. |
44 | He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession, |
45 | that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah! 6 |