King James Bible | New Living Translation |
1O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. | 1Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done. |
2Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. | 2Sing to him; yes, sing his praises. Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds. |
3Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. | 3Exult in his holy name; rejoice, you who worship the LORD. |
4Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. | 4Search for the LORD and for his strength; continually seek him. |
5Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; | 5Remember the wonders he has performed, his miracles, and the rulings he has given, |
6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. | 6you children of his servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones. |
7He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. | 7He is the LORD our God. His justice is seen throughout the land. |
8He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. | 8He always stands by his covenant— the commitment he made to a thousand generations. |
9Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; | 9This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac. |
10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: | 10He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant: |
11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: | 11“I will give you the land of Canaan as your special possession.” |
12When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. | 12He said this when they were few in number, a tiny group of strangers in Canaan. |
13When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; | 13They wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. |
14He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; | 14Yet he did not let anyone oppress them. He warned kings on their behalf: |
15Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. | 15“Do not touch my chosen people, and do not hurt my prophets.” |
16Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. | 16He called for a famine on the land of Canaan, cutting off its food supply. |
17He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: | 17Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them— Joseph, who was sold as a slave. |
18Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: | 18They bruised his feet with fetters and placed his neck in an iron collar. |
19Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. | 19Until the time came to fulfill his dreams, the LORD tested Joseph’s character. |
20The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. | 20Then Pharaoh sent for him and set him free; the ruler of the nation opened his prison door. |
21He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: | 21Joseph was put in charge of all the king’s household; he became ruler over all the king’s possessions. |
22To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. | 22He could instruct the king’s aides as he pleased and teach the king’s advisers. |
23Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. | 23Then Israel arrived in Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham. |
24And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. | 24And the LORD multiplied the people of Israel until they became too mighty for their enemies. |
25He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. | 25Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites, and they plotted against the LORD’s servants. |
26He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. | 26But the LORD sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen. |
27They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. | 27They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians, and wonders in the land of Ham. |
28He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. | 28The LORD blanketed Egypt in darkness, for they had defied his commands to let his people go. |
29He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. | 29He turned their water into blood, poisoning all the fish. |
30Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. | 30Then frogs overran the land and even invaded the king’s bedrooms. |
31He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. | 31When the LORD spoke, flies descended on the Egyptians, and gnats swarmed across Egypt. |
32He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. | 32He sent them hail instead of rain, and lightning flashed over the land. |
33He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. | 33He ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the trees. |
34He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, | 34He spoke, and hordes of locusts came— young locusts beyond number. |
35And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. | 35They ate up everything green in the land, destroying all the crops in their fields. |
36He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. | 36Then he killed the oldest son in each Egyptian home, the pride and joy of each family. |
37He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. | 37The LORD brought his people out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold; and not one among the tribes of Israel even stumbled. |
38Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. | 38Egypt was glad when they were gone, for they feared them greatly. |
39He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. | 39The LORD spread a cloud above them as a covering and gave them a great fire to light the darkness. |
40The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. | 40They asked for meat, and he sent them quail; he satisfied their hunger with manna—bread from heaven. |
41He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. | 41He split open a rock, and water gushed out to form a river through the dry wasteland. |
42For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. | 42For he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham. |
43And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: | 43So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing. |
44And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; | 44He gave his people the lands of pagan nations, and they harvested crops that others had planted. |
45That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. | 45All this happened so they would follow his decrees and obey his instructions. Praise the LORD! |
King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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