1 O give thanks unto the Lord, call upon His name, make known His doings among the peoples!

¶ O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples.

2 S ing to Him, sing praises to Him; meditate on and talk of all His marvelous deeds and devoutly praise them.

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; speak of all his wondrous works.

3 G lory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek and require the Lord.

Glory in his holy name; let the heart of those that seek the LORD rejoice.

4 S eek, inquire of and for the Lord, and crave Him and His strength (His might and inflexibility to temptation); seek and require His face and His presence evermore.

Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face continually.

5 r emember the marvelous deeds that He has done, His miracles and wonders, the judgments and sentences which He pronounced.

Remember his marvellous works that he has done, his wonders and the judgments of his mouth,

6 O you offspring of Abraham His servant, you children of Jacob, His chosen ones,

O ye seed of Abraham his slave, ye sons of Jacob his chosen.

7 H e is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth.

He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

8 H e is mindful of His covenant and forever it is imprinted on His heart, the word which He commanded and established to a thousand generations,

¶ He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generations,

9 T he covenant which He made with Abraham, and His sworn promise to Isaac,

which covenant he made with Abraham and his oath unto Isaac

10 W hich He confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,

and confirmed the same unto Jacob by decree, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

11 S aying, Unto you will I give the land of Canaan as your measured portion, possession, and inheritance.

Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,

12 W hen they were but a few men in number, in fact, very few, and were temporary residents and strangers in it,

when they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

13 W hen they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people,

When they went from nation to nation from one kingdom to another people,

14 H e allowed no man to do them wrong; in fact, He reproved kings for their sakes,

he suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he chastened kings for their sakes:

15 S aying, Touch not My anointed, and do My prophets no harm.

Saying, Touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm.

16 M oreover, He called for a famine upon the land; He cut off every source of bread.

Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.

17 H e sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold as a servant.

He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a slave,

18 H is feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in chains of iron and his soul entered into the iron,

whose feet they hurt with fetters; his soul was laid in iron.

19 U ntil his word came true, until the word of the Lord tried and tested him.

Until the time that his word came, the spoken word of the LORD purified him.

20 T he king sent and loosed him, even the ruler of the peoples, and let him go free.

The king sent and loosed him, the ruler of the people let him go free.

21 H e made Joseph lord of his house and ruler of all his substance,

He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his substance:

22 T o bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his elders wisdom.

To bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his elders wisdom.

23 I srael also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Afterwards Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.

24 T here greatly increased His people and made them stronger than their oppressors.

And he increased his people greatly and made them stronger than their enemies.

25 H e turned the hearts to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants.

¶ He turned their heart to hate his people to think evil against his slaves.

26 H e sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

He sent Moses his slave and Aaron whom he had chosen.

27 T hey showed His signs among them, wonders and miracles in the land of Ham (Egypt).

He put the words of his signs in them and his wonders in the land of Ham.

28 H e sent darkness and made the land dark, and they rebelled not against His word.

He sent darkness and made it dark, and they did not rebel against his word.

29 H e turned waters into blood and caused their fish to die.

He turned their waters into blood and slew their fish.

30 T heir land brought forth frogs in abundance, even in the chambers of their kings.

Their land brought forth frogs in abundance in the chambers of their kings.

31 H e spoke, and there came swarms of beetles and flies and mosquitoes and lice in all their borders.

He spoke, and swarms of flies and lice came within all their borders.

32 H e gave them hail for rain, with lightning like flaming fire in their land.

He turned their rain into hail, into flaming fire in their land.

33 H e smote their vines also and their fig trees and broke the trees of their borders.

He smote their vines also and their fig trees and broke the trees within their borders.

34 H e spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, and that without number,

He spoke, and the locusts came and caterpillars without number,

35 A nd ate up all the vegetation in their land and devoured the fruit of their ground.

and ate up all the grass in their land and devoured the fruit of their ground.

36 H e smote also all the firstborn in their land, the beginning and chief substance of all their strength.

He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

37 H e brought forth also with silver and gold, and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

And he brought them forth with silver and gold, and there was not one sick person among their tribes.

38 E gypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen upon the people.

Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them fell upon them.

39 T he Lord spread a cloud for a covering, and a fire to give light in the night.

He spread a cloud for a covering and fire to give light in the night.

40 a sked, and He brought quails and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

The people asked, and he brought quails and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

41 H e opened the rock, and water gushed out; it ran in the dry places like a river.

He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places and became a river.

42 F or He remembered His holy word and promise to Abraham His servant.

For he remembered his holy word with Abraham his slave.

43 A nd He brought forth His people with joy, and His chosen ones with gladness and singing,

And he brought forth his people with joy and his chosen with singing

44 A nd gave them the lands of the nations, and they reaped the fruits of those peoples’ labor,

and gave them the lands of the Gentiles, and they inherited the labour of the nations,

45 T hat they might observe His statutes and keep His laws. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

that they might observe his statutes and keep his laws. Halelu-JAH.