1Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name;
make known His deeds among the nations.
1Give thanks to YHWH; call on His name; make known among the nations His deeds!
2Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;
tell of all His wonders.
2Sing to Him, make music to Him; meditate on all His wonders!
3Glory in His holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
3Glory in the name of His holiness; let the heart of those seeking YHWH rejoice!
4Seek out the LORD and His strength;
seek His face always.
4Search after YHWH and His strength; seek His face continually.
5Remember the wonders He has done,
His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
5Remember His wonders that He has done—His wonders and the judgments of His mouth—
6O offspring of His servant Abraham,
O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
6O seed of Abraham His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!
7He is the LORD our God;
His judgments carry throughout the earth.
7He is YHWH our God; His judgments are over all the earth.
8He remembers His covenant forever,
the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
8He remembers His covenant forever—the word He commanded for a thousand generations—
9the covenant He made with Abraham,
and the oath He swore to Isaac.
9that which He cut with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac.
10He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
10And He established it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a covenant forever,
11“I will give you the land of Canaan
as the portion of your inheritance.”
11saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the portion of your inheritance.”
12When they were few in number,
few indeed, and strangers in the land,
12In their being few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
13they wandered from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another.
13and they went about from nation to nation, from a kingdom to another people.
14He let no man oppress them;
He rebuked kings on their behalf:
14He has permitted no man to oppress them, and He rebuked kings for them:
15“Do not touch My anointed ones!
Do no harm to My prophets!”
15“You shall not touch My anointed ones, and to My prophets You shall not do evil.”
16He called down famine on the land
and cut off all their suppliesa of food.
16And He called down famine on the land; the whole staff of bread He has broken.
17He sent a man before them—
Joseph, sold as a slave.
17He sent before them a man, to be sold as a slave—Joseph.
18They bruised his feet with shackles
and placed his neck in irons,
18They afflicted his feet with the fetters; into iron came his neck,
19until his prediction came true
and the word of the LORD proved him right.
19until the time of the coming of His word—the word of YHWH tried him.
20The king sent and released him;
the ruler of peoples set him free.
20The king sent and released him, and the ruler of the peoples drew him out.
21He made him master of his household,
ruler over all his substance,
21He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance,
22to instructa his princes as he pleased
and teach his elders wisdom.
22to instruct his princes by his soul, and his elders to make wise.
23Then Israel entered Egypt;
Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
23And Israel came to Egypt, and Jacob resided in the land of Ham.
24And the LORD made His people very fruitful,
more numerous than their foes,
24And His people He made exceedingly fruitful, and made them mightier 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 act deceitfully with His servants.
26He sent Moses His servant,
and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
26He sent Moses His servant, Aaron whom He had chosen.
27They performed His miraculous signs among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham.
27They set among them the words of His signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28He sent darkness, and it became dark—
yet they defied His words.a
28He sent darkness and it became dark, and they defied His words.
29He turned their waters to blood
and caused their fish to die.
29He turned their waters to blood, and He put to death their fish.
30Their land teemed with frogs,
even in their royal chambers.
30Their land swarmed with frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.
31He spoke, and insects swarmed—
gnats throughout their country.
31He spoke, and the swarm came, gnats in all their country.
32He gave them hail for rain,
with lightning throughout their land.
32He gave hail for rain, flames of fire in their land.
33He struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered the trees of their country.
33And He struck their vines and their fig trees, and He shattered the trees of their country.
34He spoke, and the locusts came—
young locusts without number.
34He spoke, and the locust came, and the young locust without number,
35They devoured every plant in their land
and consumed the produce of their soil.
35and it ate up every herb in their land, and it devoured the fruit of their ground.
36Then He struck all the firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of all their vigor.
36And He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
37He brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and none among His tribes stumbled.
37And He brought them out with silver and gold, and there were none among His tribes stumbling.
38Egypt was glad when they departed,
for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
38Egypt was glad at their going out, for the dread of them had fallen upon them.
39He spread a cloud as a covering
and a fire to light up the night.
39He spread a cloud for a screen, and fire to light up the night.
40They asked, and He brought quail
and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
40They asked, and He brought quail, and with the bread of the heavens He satisfied them.
41He opened a rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a river in the desert.
41He opened the rock, and waters gushed from it; they went forth in the desert like a river.
42For He remembered His holy promise
to Abraham His servant.
42For He remembered the word of His holiness to Abraham His servant.
43He brought forth His people with rejoicing,
His chosen with shouts of joy.
43And He brought out His people with rejoicing, and His chosen with a shout of joy.
44He gave them the lands of the nations,
that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
44And He gave to them the lands of the nations, and they possessed the labor of the peoples,
45that they might keep His statutes
and obey His laws.
Hallelujah!a
45that they may keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelu YAH!