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