1 G ive ye thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; make known his acts among the peoples.

2 S ing unto him, sing psalms unto him; meditate upon all his wondrous works.

3 G lory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.

4 S eek Jehovah and his strength, seek his face continually;

5 R emember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth:

6 Y e seed of Abraham his servant, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

7 H e, Jehovah, is our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

8 H e is ever mindful of his covenant,—the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,—

9 W hich he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

10 A nd he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, unto Israel for an everlasting covenant,

11 S aying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;

12 W hen they were a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it.

13 A nd they went from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

14 H e suffered no man to oppress them, and reproved kings for their sakes,

15 T ouch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.

16 A nd he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.

17 H e sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a bondman.

18 T hey afflicted his feet with fetters; his soul came into irons;

19 U ntil the time when what he said came about: the word of Jehovah tried him.

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

21 H e made him lord of his house, and ruler over all his possessions:

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

23 A nd Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

24 A nd he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors.

25 H e turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.

26 H e sent Moses his servant, Aaron whom he had chosen:

27 T hey set his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.

28 H e sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

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

30 T heir land swarmed with frogs,—in the chambers of their kings.

31 H e spoke, and there came dog-flies, gnats in all their borders.

32 H e gave them hail for rain, flaming fire in their land;

33 A nd he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees of their borders.

34 H e spoke, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, even without number;

35 A nd they devoured every herb in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.

36 A nd he smote every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigour.

37 A nd he brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble among their tribes.

38 E gypt rejoiced at their departure; for the fear of them had fallen upon them.

39 H e spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.

40 T hey asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

41 H e opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places a river.

42 F or he remembered his holy word, Abraham his servant;

43 A nd he brought forth his people with gladness, his chosen with rejoicing;

44 A nd he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:

45 T hat they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah!