1 Make known His deeds among the peoples. | |
2 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;
a Or Meditate onSpeak of all Hisb I.e. wonderful actswonders. | |
3 Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; | |
3 c Or BoastGlory in His holy name;
Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad. | |
4 Seek the LORD and His strength;
Seek His face continually. | |
5 Remember Hisd I.e. wonderful actswonders which He has done,
His marvels and the judgmentse Lit of His mouthuttered by His mouth, | |
6 O seed of Abraham, His servant,
O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones! | |
7 He is the LORD our God;
His judgments are in all the earth. | |
8 He has remembered His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded to a thousand generations, | |
9 The covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His oath to Isaac. | |
10 Then He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant, | |
11 Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
As thef Lit measuring lineportion of your inheritance,” | |
12 When they were only a few men in number,
Very few, and strangers in it. | |
13 And they wandered about from nation to nation,
From one kingdom to another people. | |
14 He permitted no man to oppress them,
And He reproved kings for their sakes: | |
15 “Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm.” | |
16 And He called for a famine upon the land;
He broke the whole staff of bread. | |
17 He sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave. | |
18 They afflicted his feet with fetters,
g Lit His soul came intoHe himself was laid in irons; | |
19 Until the time that his word came to pass,
The word of the LORDh Or refinedtested him. | |
20 The king sent and released him,
The ruler of peoples, and set him free. | |
21 He made him lord of his house
And ruler over all his possessions, | |
22 Toi Lit bindimprison his princesj Lit at hisat will,
That he might teach his elders wisdom. | |
23 Israel also came into Egypt;
Thus Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. | |
24 And He caused His people to be very fruitful,
And made them stronger than their adversaries. | |
25 He turned their heart to hate His people,
To deal craftily with His servants. | |
26 He sent Moses His servant,
And Aaron, whom He had chosen. | |
27 Theyk Lit set the words of His signsperformed His wondrous acts among them,
And miracles in the land of Ham. | |
28 He sent darkness and made it dark;
And they did not rebel against His words. | |
29 He turned their waters into blood
And caused their fish to die. | |
30 Their land swarmed with frogs
Even in the chambers of their kings. | |
31 He spoke, and there came a swarm of flies
And gnats in all their territory. | |
32 Hel Or made their rain hailgave them hail for rain,
And flaming fire in their land. | |
33 He struck down their vines also and their fig trees,
And shattered the trees of their territory. | |
34 He spoke, and locusts came,
And young locusts, even without number, | |
35 And ate up all vegetation in their land,
And ate up the fruit of their ground. | |
