Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 Give thanks to the Lord, proclaim his greatness; tell the nations what he has done.
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Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
2 Sing praise to the Lord; tell the wonderful things he has done.
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Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
3 Be glad that we belong to him; let all who worship him rejoice.
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Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of them rejoice who seek Yahweh.
4 Go to the Lord for help; and worship him continually.
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Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
5 You descendants of Abraham, his servant; you descendants of Jacob, the man he chose: remember the miracles that God performed and the judgments that he gave.
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Remember his marvelous works that he has done; His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
7 The Lord is our God; his commands are for all the world.
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He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
8 He will keep his covenant forever, his promises for a thousand generations.
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He has remembered his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
9 He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and his promise to Isaac.
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The covenant which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac,
10 The Lord made a covenant with Jacob, one that will last forever.
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And confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11 "I will give you the land of Canaan," he said. "It will be your own possession."
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Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;"
12 God's people were few in number, strangers in the land of Canaan.
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When they were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and sojourners in it.
13 They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to another.
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They went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.
14 But God let no one oppress them; to protect them, he warned the kings:
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He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
15 "Don't harm my chosen servants; do not touch my prophets."
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"Don't touch my anointed ones. Do my prophets no harm."
16 The Lord sent famine to their country and took away all their food.
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He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
17 But he sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
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He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
18 His feet were kept in chains, and an iron collar was around his neck,
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They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
19 until what he had predicted came true. The word of the Lord proved him right.
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Until the time that his word happened, And Yahweh's word proved him true.
20 Then the king of Egypt had him released; the ruler of nations set him free.
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The king sent and freed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
21 He put him in charge of his government and made him ruler over all the land,
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He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all of his possessions;
22 with power over the king's officials and authority to instruct his advisers.
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To discipline his princes at his pleasure, And to teach his elders wisdom.
23 Then Jacob went to Egypt and settled in that country.
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Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 The Lord gave many children to his people and made them stronger than their enemies.
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He increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.
25 He made the Egyptians hate his people and treat his servants with deceit.
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He turned their heart to hate his people, To conspire against his servants.
26 Then he sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
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He sent Moses, his servant, And Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They did God's mighty acts and performed miracles in Egypt.
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They performed miracles among them, And wonders in the land of Ham.
28 God sent darkness on the country, but the Egyptians did not obey his command.
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He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn't rebel against his words.
29 He turned their rivers into blood and killed all their fish.
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He turned their waters into blood, And killed their fish.
30 Their country was overrun with frogs; even the palace was filled with them.
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Their land swarmed with frogs, Even in the chambers of their kings.
31 God commanded, and flies and gnats swarmed throughout the whole country.
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He spoke, and swarms of flies came, And lice in all their borders.
32 He sent hail and lightning on their land instead of rain;
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He gave them hail for rain, With lightning in their land.
33 he destroyed their grapevines and fig trees and broke down all the trees.
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He struck their vines and also their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their country.
34 He commanded, and the locusts came, countless millions of them;
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He spoke, and the locusts came, And the grasshoppers, without number,
35 they ate all the plants in the land; they ate all the crops.
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Ate up every plant in their land; Ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 He killed the first-born sons of all the families of Egypt.
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He struck also all the firstborn in their land, The chief of all their strength.
37 Then he led the Israelites out; they carried silver and gold, and all of them were healthy and strong.
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He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
38 The Egyptians were afraid of them and were glad when they left.
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Egypt was glad when they departed, For the fear of them had fallen on them.
39 God put a cloud over his people and a fire at night to give them light.
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He spread a cloud for a covering, Fire to give light in the night.
40 They asked, and he sent quails; he gave them food from heaven to satisfy them.
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They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out, flowing through the desert like a river.
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He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
42 He remembered his sacred promise to Abraham his servant.
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For he remembered his holy word, And Abraham, his servant.
43 So he led his chosen people out, and they sang and shouted for joy.
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He brought forth his people with joy, His chosen with singing.
44 He gave them the lands of other peoples and let them take over their fields,
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He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
45 so that his people would obey his laws and keep all his commands. Praise the Lord!
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That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise Yah!
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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