The Message Bible MSG
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1 Hallelujah! Thank God! Pray to him by name! Tell everyone you meet 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 him songs, belt out hymns, translate his wonders into music!
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Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
3 Honor his holy name with Hallelujahs, you who seek God. Live a happy life!
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Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of them rejoice who seek Yahweh.
4 Keep your eyes open for God, watch for his works; be alert for signs of his presence.
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Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
5 Remember the world of wonders he has made, his miracles, and the verdicts he's rendered -
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Remember his marvelous works that he has done; His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
6 O seed of Abraham, his servant, O child of Jacob, his chosen.
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You seed of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He's God, our God, in charge of the whole earth.
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He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
8 And he remembers, remembers his Covenant - for a thousand generations he's been as good as his word.
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He has remembered his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
9 It's the Covenant he made with Abraham, the same oath he swore to Isaac,
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The covenant which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac,
10 The very statute he established with Jacob, the eternal Covenant with Israel,
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And confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11 Namely, "I give you the land. Canaan is your hill-country inheritance."
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Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;"
12 When they didn't count for much, a mere handful, and strangers at that,
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When they were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and sojourners in it.
13 Wandering from country to country, drifting from pillar to post,
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They went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.
14 He permitted no one to abuse them. He told kings to keep their hands off:
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He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
15 "Don't you dare lay a hand on my anointed, don't hurt a hair on the heads of my prophets."
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"Don't touch my anointed ones. Do my prophets no harm."
16 Then he called down a famine on the country, he broke every last blade of wheat.
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He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
17 But he sent a man on ahead: Joseph, sold as a slave.
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He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
18 They put cruel chains on his ankles, an iron collar around his neck,
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They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
19 Until God's word came to the Pharaoh, and God confirmed his promise.
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Until the time that his word happened, And Yahweh's word proved him true.
20 God sent the king to release him. The Pharaoh set Joseph free;
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The king sent and freed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
21 He appointed him master of his palace, put him in charge of all his business
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He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all of his possessions;
22 To personally instruct his princes and train his advisors in wisdom.
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To discipline his princes at his pleasure, And to teach his elders wisdom.
23 Then Israel entered Egypt, Jacob immigrated to the Land of Ham.
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Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 God gave his people lots of babies; soon their numbers alarmed their foes.
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He increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.
25 He turned the Egyptians against his people; they abused and cheated God's servants.
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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 also chose.
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He sent Moses, his servant, And Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They worked marvels in that spiritual wasteland, miracles in the Land of Ham.
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They performed miracles among them, And wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He spoke, "Darkness!" and it turned dark - they couldn't see what they were doing.
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He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn't rebel against his words.
29 He turned all their water to blood so that all their fish died;
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He turned their waters into blood, And killed their fish.
30 He made frogs swarm through the land, even into the king's bedroom;
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Their land swarmed with frogs, Even in the chambers of their kings.
31 He gave the word and flies swarmed, gnats filled the air.
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He spoke, and swarms of flies came, And lice in all their borders.
32 He substituted hail for rain, he stabbed their land with lightning;
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He gave them hail for rain, With lightning in their land.
33 He wasted their vines and fig trees, smashed their groves of trees to splinters;
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He struck their vines and also their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their country.
34 With a word he brought in locusts, millions of locusts, armies of locusts;
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He spoke, and the locusts came, And the grasshoppers, without number,
35 They consumed every blade of grass in the country and picked the ground clean of produce;
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Ate up every plant in their land; Ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 He struck down every firstborn in the land, the first fruits of their virile powers.
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He struck also all the firstborn in their land, The chief of all their strength.
37 He led Israel out, their arms filled with loot, and not one among his tribes even stumbled.
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He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
38 Egypt was glad to have them go - they were scared to death of them.
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Egypt was glad when they departed, For the fear of them had fallen on them.
39 God spread a cloud to keep them cool through the day and a fire to light their way through the night;
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He spread a cloud for a covering, Fire to give light in the night.
40 They prayed and he brought quail, filled them with the bread of heaven;
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They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
41 He opened the rock and water poured out; it flowed like a river through that desert -
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He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
42 All because he remembered his Covenant, his promise to Abraham, his servant.
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For he remembered his holy word, And Abraham, his servant.
43 Remember this! He led his people out singing for joy; his chosen people marched, singing their hearts out!
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He brought forth his people with joy, His chosen with singing.
44 He made them a gift of the country they entered, helped them seize the wealth of the nations
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He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
45 So they could do everything he told them - could follow his instructions to the letter. Hallelujah!
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That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise Yah!