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1Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done. | 1Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, and make his deeds known among the people. |
2Sing to him; yes, sing his praises. Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds. | 2Sing to him! Praise him! Declare all his awesome deeds! |
3Exult in his holy name; rejoice, you who worship the LORD. | 3Exult in his holy name; let all those who seek the LORD rejoice! |
4Search for the LORD and for his strength; continually seek him. | 4Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face continually. |
5Remember the wonders he has performed, his miracles, and the rulings he has given, | 5Remember his awesome deeds that he has done, his wonders and the judgments he declared. |
6you children of his servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones. | 6You descendants of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones. |
7He is the LORD our God. His justice is seen throughout the land. | 7He is the LORD our God; his judgments extend to the entire earth. |
8He always stands by his covenant— the commitment he made to a thousand generations. | 8He remembers his eternal covenant— every promise he made for a thousand generations, |
9This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac. | 9like the covenant he made with Abraham, and his promise to Isaac. |
10He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant: | 10He presented it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant. |
11“I will give you the land of Canaan as your special possession.” | 11He said: "I will give Canaan to you as the allotted portion that is your inheritance." |
12He said this when they were few in number, a tiny group of strangers in Canaan. | 12When the Hebrews were few in number—so very few— and were sojourners in it, |
13They wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. | 13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. |
14Yet he did not let anyone oppress them. He warned kings on their behalf: | 14He did not allow anyone to oppress them, or any kings to reprove them. |
15“Do not touch my chosen people, and do not hurt my prophets.” | 15"Don't touch my anointed or hurt my prophets!" |
16He called for a famine on the land of Canaan, cutting off its food supply. | 16He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply. |
17Then he sent someone to Egypt 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 bruised his feet with fetters and placed his neck in an iron collar. | 18They bound his feet with fetters and placed an iron collar on his neck, |
19Until the time came to fulfill his dreams, the LORD tested Joseph’s character. | 19until the time his prediction came true, as the word of the LORD refined him. |
20Then Pharaoh sent for him and set him free; the ruler of the nation opened his prison door. | 20He sent a king who released him, a ruler of people who set him free. |
21Joseph was put in charge of all the king’s household; he became ruler over all the king’s possessions. | 21He made him the master over his household, the manager of all his possessions— |
22He could instruct the king’s aides as he pleased and teach the king’s advisers. | 22to discipline his rulers at will and make his elders wise. |
23Then Israel arrived in Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham. | 23Then Israel came to Egypt; indeed, Jacob lived in the land of Ham. |
24And the LORD multiplied the people of Israel until they became too mighty for their enemies. | 24He caused his people to multiply greatly; and be more numerous than their enemies. |
25Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites, and they plotted against the LORD’s servants. | 25He caused them to hate his people and to deceive his servants. |
26But the LORD sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen. | 26He sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen. |
27They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians, and wonders in the land of Ham. | 27They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham. |
28The LORD blanketed Egypt in darkness, for they had defied his commands to let his people go. | 28He sent darkness, and it became dark. Did they not rebel against his words? |
29He turned their water into blood, poisoning all the fish. | 29He turned their water into blood, so that the fish died. |
30Then frogs overran the land and even invaded the king’s bedrooms. | 30Their land swarmed with frogs even to the chambers of their kings. |
31When the LORD spoke, flies descended on the Egyptians, and gnats swarmed across Egypt. | 31He spoke, and a swarm of insects invaded their land. |
32He sent them hail instead of rain, and lightning flashed over the land. | 32He sent hail instead of rain, and lightning throughout their land. |
33He ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the trees. | 33It destroyed their vines and their figs, breaking trees throughout their country. |
34He spoke, and hordes of locusts came— young locusts beyond number. | 34Then he commanded the locust to come— grasshoppers without number. |
35They ate up everything green in the land, destroying all the crops in their fields. | 35They consumed every green plant in their land, and devoured the fruit of their soil. |
36Then he killed the oldest son in each Egyptian home, the pride and joy of each family. | 36He struck down every firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their progeny. |
37The LORD brought his people out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold; and not one among the tribes of Israel even stumbled. | 37Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled. |
38Egypt was glad when they were gone, for they feared them greatly. | 38The Egyptians rejoiced when they left, because fear of Israel descended on them. |
39The LORD spread a cloud above them as a covering and gave them a great fire to light the darkness. | 39He spread out a cloud for a cover, and fire for light at night. |
40They asked for meat, and he sent them quail; he satisfied their hunger with manna—bread from heaven. | 40Israel asked, and quail came; food from heaven satisfied them. |
41He split open a rock, and water gushed out to form a river through the dry wasteland. | 41He opened a rock, and water gushed out flowing like a river in the desert. |
42For he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham. | 42Indeed, he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham. |
43So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing. | 43He led his people out with gladness, his chosen ones with shouts of joy. |
44He gave his people the lands of pagan nations, and they harvested crops that others had planted. | 44He gave to them the land of nations; they inherited the labor of other people |
45All this happened so they would follow his decrees and obey his instructions. Praise the LORD! | 45so they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Hallelujah! |
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. | The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. |
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