| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. | 1Give thanks to Yahweh, call on His name; proclaim His deeds among the peoples. |
| 2Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. | 2Sing to Him, sing praise to Him; tell about all His wonderful works! |
| 3Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. | 3Honor His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. |
| 4Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. | 4Search for the LORD and for His strength; seek His face always. |
| 5Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; | 5Remember the wonderful works He has done, His wonders, and the judgments He has pronounced, |
| 6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. | 6you offspring of Abraham His servant, Jacob's descendants--His chosen ones. |
| 7He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. | 7He is the LORD our God; His judgments govern the whole earth. |
| 8He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. | 8He remembers His covenant forever, the promise He ordained for a thousand generations-- |
| 9Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; | 9the covenant He made with Abraham, swore to Isaac, |
| 10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: | 10and confirmed to Jacob as a decree and to Israel as an everlasting covenant:" |
| 11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: | 11I will give the land of Canaan to you as your inherited portion." |
| 12When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. | 12When they were few in number, very few indeed, and temporary residents in Canaan, |
| 13When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; | 13wandering from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another, |
| 14He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; | 14He allowed no one to oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:" |
| 15Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. | 15Do not touch My anointed ones, or harm My prophets." |
| 16Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. | 16He called down famine against the land and destroyed the entire food supply. |
| 17He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: | 17He had sent a man ahead of them-- Joseph, who was sold as a slave. |
| 18Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: | 18They hurt his feet with shackles; his neck was put in an iron collar. |
| 19Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. | 19Until the time his prediction came true, the word of the LORD tested him. |
| 20The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. | 20The king sent for him and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free. |
| 21He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: | 21He made him master of his household, ruler over all his possessions-- |
| 22To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. | 22binding his officials at will and instructing his elders. |
| 23Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. | 23Then Israel went to Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham. |
| 24And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. | 24The LORD made His people very fruitful; He made them more numerous than their foes, |
| 25He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. | 25whose hearts He turned to hate His people and to deal deceptively with His servants. |
| 26He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. | 26He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. |
| 27They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. | 27They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. |
| 28He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. | 28He sent darkness, and it became dark-- for did they not defy His commands? |
| 29He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. | 29He turned their water into blood and caused their fish to die. |
| 30Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. | 30Their land was overrun with frogs, even in their royal chambers. |
| 31He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. | 31He spoke, and insects came-- gnats throughout their country. |
| 32He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. | 32He gave them hail for rain, and lightning throughout their land. |
| 33He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. | 33He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their territory. |
| 34He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, | 34He spoke, and locusts came-- young locusts without number. |
| 35And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. | 35They devoured all the vegetation in their land and consumed the produce of their land. |
| 36He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. | 36He struck all the firstborn in their land, all their first progeny. |
| 37He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. | 37Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among His tribes stumbled. |
| 38Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. | 38Egypt was glad when they left, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them. |
| 39He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. | 39He spread a cloud as a covering and gave a fire to light up the night. |
| 40The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. | 40They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with bread from heaven. |
| 41He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. | 41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a stream in the desert. |
| 42For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. | 42For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant. |
| 43And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: | 43He brought His people out with rejoicing, His chosen ones with shouts of joy. |
| 44And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; | 44He gave them the lands of the nations, and they inherited what other peoples had worked for. |
| 45That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. | 45All this happened so that they might keep His statutes and obey His instructions. Hallelujah! |
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