Psalms

¹ Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name;

make known His deeds among the nations.

² Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;

tell of all His wonders.

³ Glory in His holy name;

let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

⁴ Seek out the LORD and His strength;

seek His face always.

⁵ Remember the wonders He has done,

His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,

⁶ O offspring of His servant Abraham,

O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.

⁷ He is the LORD our God;

His judgments carry throughout the earth.

⁸ He remembers His covenant forever,

the word He ordained for a thousand generations—

⁹ the covenant He made with Abraham,

and the oath He swore to Isaac.

¹⁰ He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,

to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

¹¹ “I will give you the land of Canaan

as the portion of your inheritance.”

¹² When they were few in number,

few indeed, and strangers in the land,

¹³ they wandered from nation to nation,

from one kingdom to another.

¹⁴ He let no man oppress them;

He rebuked kings on their behalf:

¹⁵ “Do not touch My anointed ones!

Do no harm to My prophets!”

¹⁶ He called down famine on the land

and cut off all their supplies ^[a] of food.

¹⁷ He sent a man before them—

Joseph, sold as a slave.

¹⁸ They bruised his feet with shackles

and placed his neck in irons,

¹⁹ until his prediction came true

and the word of the LORD proved him right.

²⁰ The king sent and released him;

the ruler of peoples set him free.

²¹ He made him master of his household,

ruler over all his substance,

²² to instruct ^[b] his princes as he pleased

and teach his elders wisdom.

²³ Then Israel entered Egypt;

Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.

²⁴ And the LORD made His people very fruitful,

more numerous than their foes,

²⁵ whose hearts He turned to hate His people,

to conspire against His servants.

²⁶ He sent Moses His servant,

and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

²⁷ They performed His miraculous signs among them,

and wonders in the land of Ham.

²⁸ He sent darkness, and it became dark—

yet they defied His words. ^[c]

²⁹ He turned their waters to blood

and caused their fish to die.

³⁰ Their land teemed with frogs,

even in their royal chambers.

³¹ He spoke, and insects swarmed—

gnats throughout their country.

³² He gave them hail for rain,

with lightning throughout their land.

³³ He struck their vines and fig trees

and shattered the trees of their country.

³⁴ He spoke, and the locusts came—

young locusts without number.

³⁵ They devoured every plant in their land

and consumed the produce of their soil.

³⁶ Then He struck all the firstborn in their land,

the firstfruits of all their vigor.

³⁷ He brought Israel out with silver and gold,

and none among His tribes stumbled.

³⁸ Egypt was glad when they departed,

for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.

³⁹ He spread a cloud as a covering

and a fire to light up the night.

⁴⁰ They asked, and He brought quail

and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

⁴¹ He opened a rock, and water gushed out;

it flowed like a river in the desert.

⁴² For He remembered His holy promise

to Abraham His servant.

⁴³ He brought forth His people with rejoicing,

His chosen with shouts of joy.

⁴⁴ He gave them the lands of the nations,

that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,

⁴⁵ that they might keep His statutes

and obey His laws.

Hallelujah! ^[d]