Holman Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
1Give thanks to Yahweh, call on His name; proclaim His deeds among the peoples. | 1Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, and make his deeds known among the people. |
2Sing to Him, sing praise to Him; tell about all His wonderful works! | 2Sing to him! Praise him! Declare all his awesome deeds! |
3Honor His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. | 3Exult in his holy name; let all those who seek the LORD rejoice! |
4Search for the LORD and for His strength; seek His face always. | 4Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face continually. |
5Remember the wonderful works He has done, His wonders, and the judgments He has pronounced, | 5Remember his awesome deeds that he has done, his wonders and the judgments he declared. |
6you offspring of Abraham His servant, Jacob's descendants--His chosen ones. | 6You descendants of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones. |
7He is the LORD our God; His judgments govern the whole earth. | 7He is the LORD our God; his judgments extend to the entire earth. |
8He remembers His covenant forever, the promise He ordained for a thousand generations-- | 8He remembers his eternal covenant— every promise he made for a thousand generations, |
9the covenant He made with Abraham, swore to Isaac, | 9like the covenant he made with Abraham, and his promise to Isaac. |
10and confirmed to Jacob as a decree and to Israel as an everlasting covenant:" | 10He presented it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant. |
11I will give the land of Canaan to you as your inherited portion." | 11He said: "I will give Canaan to you as the allotted portion that is your inheritance." |
12When they were few in number, very few indeed, and temporary residents in Canaan, | 12When the Hebrews were few in number—so very few— and were sojourners in it, |
13wandering from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another, | 13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. |
14He allowed no one to oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:" | 14He did not allow anyone to oppress them, or any kings to reprove them. |
15Do not touch My anointed ones, or harm My prophets." | 15"Don't touch my anointed or hurt my prophets!" |
16He called down famine against the land and destroyed the entire food supply. | 16He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply. |
17He had sent a man ahead of them-- Joseph, who was sold as a slave. | 17He sent a man before them— Joseph, who had been sold as a slave. |
18They hurt his feet with shackles; his neck was put in an iron collar. | 18They bound his feet with fetters and placed an iron collar on his neck, |
19Until the time his prediction came true, the word of the LORD tested him. | 19until the time his prediction came true, as the word of the LORD refined him. |
20The king sent for him and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free. | 20He sent a king who released him, a ruler of people who set him free. |
21He made him master of his household, ruler over all his possessions-- | 21He made him the master over his household, the manager of all his possessions— |
22binding his officials at will and instructing his elders. | 22to discipline his rulers at will and make his elders wise. |
23Then Israel went to Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham. | 23Then Israel came to Egypt; indeed, Jacob lived in the land of Ham. |
24The LORD made His people very fruitful; He made them more numerous than their foes, | 24He caused his people to multiply greatly; and be more numerous than their enemies. |
25whose hearts He turned to hate His people and to deal deceptively with His servants. | 25He caused them to hate his people and to deceive his servants. |
26He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. | 26He sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen. |
27They performed His miraculous signs among them, and 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-- for did they not defy His commands? | 28He sent darkness, and it became dark. Did they not rebel against his words? |
29He turned their water into blood and caused their fish to die. | 29He turned their water into blood, so that the fish died. |
30Their land was overrun with frogs, even in their royal chambers. | 30Their land swarmed with frogs even to the chambers of their kings. |
31He spoke, and insects came-- gnats throughout their country. | 31He spoke, and a swarm of insects invaded their land. |
32He gave them hail for rain, and lightning throughout their land. | 32He sent hail instead of rain, and lightning throughout their land. |
33He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their territory. | 33It destroyed their vines and their figs, breaking trees throughout their country. |
34He spoke, and locusts came-- young locusts without number. | 34Then he commanded the locust to come— grasshoppers without number. |
35They devoured all the vegetation in their land and consumed the produce of their land. | 35They consumed every green plant in their land, and devoured the fruit of their soil. |
36He struck all the firstborn in their land, all their first progeny. | 36He struck down every firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their progeny. |
37Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among His tribes stumbled. | 37Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled. |
38Egypt was glad when they left, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them. | 38The Egyptians rejoiced when they left, because fear of Israel descended on them. |
39He spread a cloud as a covering and gave a fire to light up the night. | 39He spread out a cloud for a cover, and fire for light at night. |
40They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with bread from heaven. | 40Israel asked, and quail came; food from heaven satisfied them. |
41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a stream in the desert. | 41He opened a rock, and water gushed out flowing like a river in the desert. |
42For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant. | 42Indeed, he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham. |
43He brought His people out with rejoicing, His chosen ones with shouts of joy. | 43He led his people out with gladness, his chosen ones with shouts of joy. |
44He gave them the lands of the nations, and they inherited what other peoples had worked for. | 44He gave to them the land of nations; they inherited the labor of other people |
45All this happened so that they might keep His statutes and obey His instructions. Hallelujah! | 45so they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Hallelujah! |
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