| New International Version | King James Bible |
| 1Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. | 1O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. |
| 2Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. | 2Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. |
| 3Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. | 3Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. |
| 4Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always. | 4Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. |
| 5Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced, | 5Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; |
| 6you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob. | 6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. |
| 7He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. | 7He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. |
| 8He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations, | 8He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. |
| 9the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac. | 9Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; |
| 10He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: | 10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: |
| 11"To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit." | 11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: |
| 12When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it, | 12When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. |
| 13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. | 13When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; |
| 14He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings: | 14He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; |
| 15"Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm." | 15Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. |
| 16He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food; | 16Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. |
| 17and he sent a man before them-- Joseph, sold as a slave. | 17He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: |
| 18They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons, | 18Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: |
| 19till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true. | 19Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. |
| 20The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free. | 20The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. |
| 21He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed, | 21He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: |
| 22to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom. | 22To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. |
| 23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham. | 23Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. |
| 24The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes, | 24And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. |
| 25whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants. | 25He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly 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 performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham. | 27They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. |
| 28He sent darkness and made the land dark-- for had they not rebelled against his words? | 28He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. |
| 29He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die. | 29He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. |
| 30Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers. | 30Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. |
| 31He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country. | 31He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. |
| 32He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land; | 32He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. |
| 33he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country. | 33He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. |
| 34He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number; | 34He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, |
| 35they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil. | 35And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. |
| 36Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood. | 36He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. |
| 37He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered. | 37He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. |
| 38Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them. | 38Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. |
| 39He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night. | 39He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. |
| 40They asked, and he brought them quail; he fed them well with the bread of heaven. | 40The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. |
| 41He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert. | 41He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. |
| 42For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham. | 42For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. |
| 43He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy; | 43And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: |
| 44he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for-- | 44And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; |
| 45that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD. | 45That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. |
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