King James Version KJV
Good News Translation GNT
1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
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Give thanks to the Lord, proclaim his greatness; tell the nations what he has done.
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
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Sing praise to the Lord; tell the wonderful things he has done.
3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
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Be glad that we belong to him; let all who worship him rejoice.
4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
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Go to the Lord for help; and worship him continually.
5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
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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.
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
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The Lord is our God; his commands are for all the world.
8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
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He will keep his covenant forever, his promises for a thousand generations.
9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
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He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and his promise to Isaac.
10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
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The Lord made a covenant with Jacob, one that will last forever.
11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
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"I will give you the land of Canaan," he said. "It will be your own possession."
12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
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God's people were few in number, strangers in the land of Canaan.
13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
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They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to another.
14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
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But God let no one oppress them; to protect them, he warned the kings:
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
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"Don't harm my chosen servants; do not touch my prophets."
16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
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The Lord sent famine to their country and took away all their food.
17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
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But he sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
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His feet were kept in chains, and an iron collar was around his neck,
19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
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until what he had predicted came true. The word of the Lord proved him right.
20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
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Then the king of Egypt had him released; the ruler of nations set him free.
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
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He put him in charge of his government and made him ruler over all the land,
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
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with power over the king's officials and authority to instruct his advisers.
23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
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Then Jacob went to Egypt and settled in that country.
24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
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The Lord gave many children to his people and made them stronger than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
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He made the Egyptians hate his people and treat his servants with deceit.
26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
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Then he sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
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They did God's mighty acts and performed miracles in Egypt.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
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God sent darkness on the country, but the Egyptians did not obey his command.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
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He turned their rivers into blood and killed all their fish.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
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Their country was overrun with frogs; even the palace was filled with them.
31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
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God commanded, and flies and gnats swarmed throughout the whole country.
32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
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He sent hail and lightning on their land instead of rain;
33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
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he destroyed their grapevines and fig trees and broke down all the trees.
34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
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He commanded, and the locusts came, countless millions of them;
35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
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they ate all the plants in the land; they ate all the crops.
36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
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He killed the first-born sons of all the families of Egypt.
37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
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Then he led the Israelites out; they carried silver and gold, and all of them were healthy and strong.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
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The Egyptians were afraid of them and were glad when they left.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
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God put a cloud over his people and a fire at night to give them light.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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They asked, and he sent quails; he gave them food from heaven to satisfy them.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
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He opened a rock, and water gushed out, flowing through the desert like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
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He remembered his sacred promise to Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
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So he led his chosen people out, and they sang and shouted for joy.
44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
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He gave them the lands of other peoples and let them take over their fields,
45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
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so that his people would obey his laws and keep all his commands. Praise the Lord!
The King James Version is in the public domain.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.