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1Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, and make his deeds known among the people.

1Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!

2Sing to him! Praise him! Declare all his awesome deeds!

2Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!

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.

4Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually!

5Remember his awesome deeds that he has done, his wonders and the judgments he declared.

5Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,

6You descendants of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

6O offspring of Abraham, his servant, children of Jacob, his chosen ones!

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 word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,

9like the covenant he made with Abraham, and his promise to Isaac.

9the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,

10He presented it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant.

10which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,

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 your portion for an inheritance.”

12When the Hebrews were few in number—so very few— and were sojourners in it,

12When they were few in number, of little account, and sojourners in it,

13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

13wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,

14He did not allow anyone to oppress them, or any kings to reprove them.

14he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account,

15"Don't touch my anointed or hurt my prophets!"

15saying, “Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!”

16He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply.

16When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread,

17He sent a man before them— Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.

17he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

18They bound his feet with fetters and placed an iron collar on his neck,

18His feet were hurt with fetters; his neck was put in a collar of iron;

19until the time his prediction came true, as the word of the LORD refined him.

19until what he had said came to pass, the word of the LORD tested him.

20He sent a king who released him, a ruler of people who set him free.

20The king sent and released him; the ruler of the peoples set him free;

21He made him the master over his household, the manager of all his possessions—

21he made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions,

22to discipline his rulers at will and make his elders wise.

22to bind his princes at his pleasure and to teach his elders wisdom.

23Then Israel came to Egypt; indeed, Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

23Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

24He caused his people to multiply greatly; and be more numerous than their enemies.

24And the LORD made his people very fruitful and made them stronger than their foes.

25He caused them to hate his people and to deceive his servants.

25He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with 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 and miracles 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; they did not rebel against his words.

29He turned their water into blood, so that the fish died.

29He turned their waters into blood and caused their fish to die.

30Their land swarmed with frogs even to the chambers of their kings.

30Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings.

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 gave them hail for rain, and fiery lightning bolts through 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, young locusts without number,

35They consumed every green plant in their land, and devoured the fruit of their soil.

35which devoured all the vegetation in their land and ate up the fruit of their ground.

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 all their strength.

37Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled.

37Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.

38The Egyptians rejoiced when they left, because fear of Israel descended on them.

38Egypt was glad when they departed, for dread of them had fallen upon it.

39He spread out a cloud for a cover, and fire for light at night.

39He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night.

40Israel asked, and quail came; food from heaven satisfied them.

40They asked, and he brought quail, and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.

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 through the desert like a river.

42Indeed, he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham.

42For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham, his servant.

43He led his people out with gladness, his chosen ones with shouts of joy.

43So he brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing.

44He gave to them the land of nations; they inherited the labor of other people

44And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,

45so they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Hallelujah!

45that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise the LORD!

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