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1 Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
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Give thanks to ADONAI! Call on his name! Make his deeds known among the peoples.
2 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
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Sing to him, sing praises to him, talk about all his wonders.
3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
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Glory in his holy name; let those seeking ADONAI have joyful hearts.
4 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
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Seek ADONAI and his strength; always seek his presence.
5 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
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Remember the wonders he has done, his signs and his spoken rulings.
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
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You descendants of Avraham his servant, you offspring of Ya'akov, his chosen ones,
7 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
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he is ADONAI our God! His rulings are everywhere on earth.
8 He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
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He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded to a thousand generations,
9 the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
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the covenant he made with Avraham, the oath he swore to Yitz'chak,
10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
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and established as a law for Ya'akov, for Isra'el as an everlasting covenant:
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.”
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"To you I will give the land of Kena'an as your allotted heritage."
12 When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
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When they were but few in number, and not only few, but aliens there too,
13 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
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wandering from nation to nation, from this kingdom to that people,
14 He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
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he allowed no one to oppress them. Yes, for their sakes he rebuked even kings:
15 “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”
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"Don't touch my anointed ones or do my prophets harm!"
16 He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;
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He called down famine on the land, broke off all their food supply,
17 and he sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
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but sent a man ahead of them -Yosef, who was sold as a slave.
18 They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,
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They shackled his feet with chains, and they bound him in irons;
19 till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.
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until the time when his word proved true, God's utterance kept testing him.
20 The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.
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The king sent and had him released, the ruler of peoples set him free;
21 He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed,
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he made him lord of his household, in charge of all he owned,
22 to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
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correcting his officers as he saw fit and teaching his counselors wisdom.
23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
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Then Isra'el too came into Egypt, Ya'akov lived as an alien in the land of Ham.
24 The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes,
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There God made his people very fruitful, made them too numerous for their foes,
25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
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whose hearts he turned to hate his people, and treat his servants unfairly.
26 He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
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He sent his servant Moshe and Aharon, whom he had chosen.
27 They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
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They worked his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness and made the land dark— for had they not rebelled against his words?
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He sent darkness, and the land grew dark; they did not defy his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.
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He turned their water into blood and caused their fish to die.
30 Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
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Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the royal chambers.
31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
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He spoke, and there came swarms of insects and lice throughout their land.
32 He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;
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He gave them hail instead of rain, with fiery [lightning] throughout their land.
33 he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
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He struck their vines and fig trees, shattering trees all over their country.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;
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He spoke, and locusts came, also grasshoppers without number;
35 they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil.
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they ate up everything green in their land, devoured the fruit of their ground. 896
36 Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood.
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He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their strength.
37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.
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Then he led his people out, laden with silver and gold; among his tribes not one stumbled.
38 Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.
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Egypt was happy to have them leave, because fear of [Isra'el] had seized them.
39 He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.
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He spread out a cloud to screen them off and fire to give them light at night.
40 They asked, and he brought them quail; he fed them well with the bread of heaven.
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When they asked, he brought them quails and satisfied them with food from heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
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He split a rock, and water gushed out, flowing as a river over the dry ground,
42 For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.
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for he remembered his holy promise to his servant Avraham.
43 He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
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He led out his people with joy, his chosen ones with singing.
44 he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for—
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Then he gave them the lands of the nations, and they possessed what peoples had toiled to produce,
45 that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD.
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in order to obey his laws and follow his teachings. Halleluyah!
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