1 Give thanks to the Lord.

Call on him.

Make known among the nations what he has done.

2 Sing to him.

Make music to praise him.

Meditate on all the miracles he has performed.

3 Brag about his holy name.

Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

4 Search for the Lord and his strength.

Always seek his presence.

5 Remember the miracles he performed,

the amazing things he did, and the judgments he pronounced,

6 you descendants of his servant Abraham,

you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.

7 He is the Lord our God.

His judgments are pronounced throughout the earth.

8 He always remembers his promise,* Or “covenant.”

the word that he commanded for a thousand generations,

9 the promise that he made to Abraham,

and his sworn oath to Isaac.

10 He confirmed it as a law for Jacob,

as an everlasting promise to Israel,

11 by saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan.

It is your share of the inheritance.”

12 While the people of Israel were few in number,

a small group of foreigners living in that land,

13 they wandered from nation to nation,

from one kingdom to another.

14 He didn’t permit anyone to oppress them.

He warned kings about them:

15 “Do not touch my anointed ones

or harm my prophets.”

16 He brought famine to the land.

He took away their food supply.

17 He sent a man ahead of them.

He sent Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

18 They hurt his feet with shackles,

and cut into his neck with an iron collar.

19 The Lord’s promise tested him through fiery trials

until his prediction came true.

20 The king sent someone to release him.

The ruler of nations set him free.

21 He made Joseph the master of his palace

and the ruler of all his possessions.

22 Joseph trained the king’s officers the way he wanted

and taught his respected leaders wisdom.

23 Then Israel came to Egypt.

Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

24 The Lord made his people grow rapidly in number

and stronger than their enemies.

25 He changed their minds so that they hated his people,

and they dealt treacherously with his servants.

26 He sent his servant Moses, and he sent Aaron, whom he had chosen.

27 They displayed his miraculous signs among them

and did amazing things in the land of Ham.

28 He sent darkness and made ⌞their land⌟ dark.

They did not rebel against his orders.

29 He turned their water into blood

and caused their fish to die.

30 He made their land swarm with frogs,

even in the kings’ bedrooms.

31 He spoke, and swarms of flies and gnats

infested their whole territory.

32 He gave them hail and lightning

instead of rain throughout their land.

33 He struck their grapevines and fig trees

and smashed the trees in their territory.

34 He spoke, and countless locusts and grasshoppers came.

35 They devoured all the plants in the land.

They devoured the crops in the fields.

36 He killed all the firstborn sons,

the first ones born in the land when their fathers were young.

37 He brought Israel out with silver and gold,

and no one among his tribes stumbled.

38 The Egyptians were terrified of Israel,

so they were glad when Israel left.

39 He spread out a cloud as a protective covering

and a fire to light up the night.

40 The Israelites asked, and he brought them quail

and filled them with bread from heaven.

41 He opened a rock, and water gushed

and flowed like a river through the dry places.

42 He remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.

43 He brought his people out with joy,

his chosen ones with a song of joy.

44 He gave them the lands of ⌞other⌟ nations,

and they inherited what others had worked for

45 so that they would obey his laws

and follow his teachings.

Hallelujah!