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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 the Lord and pray to him. Tell the nations what he has done.
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. Tell about all his miracles.
3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
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Be glad that you are his; let those who seek the Lord be happy.
4 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
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Depend on the Lord and his strength; always go to him for help.
5 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
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Remember the miracles he has done; remember his wonders and his decisions.
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
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You are descendants of his servant Abraham, the children of Jacob, his chosen people.
7 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
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He is the Lord our God. His laws are for all the world.
8 He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
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He will keep his agreement forever; he will keep his promises always.
9 the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
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He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and the promise he made to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
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He made it a law for the people of Jacob; he made it an agreement with Israel to last forever.
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.”
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The Lord said, "I will give you the land of Canaan, and it will belong to you."
12 When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
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Then God's people were few in number. They were strangers in the land.
13 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
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They went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another.
14 He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
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But the Lord did not let anyone hurt them; he warned kings not to harm them.
15 “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”
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He said, "Don't touch my chosen people, and don't harm my prophets."
16 He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;
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God ordered a time of hunger in the land, and he destroyed all the food.
17 and he sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
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Then he sent a man ahead of them -- Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,
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They put chains around his feet and an iron ring around his neck.
19 till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.
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Then the time he had spoken of came, and the Lord's words proved that Joseph was right.
20 The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.
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The king of Egypt sent for Joseph and freed him; the ruler of the people set him free.
21 He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed,
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He made him the master of his house; Joseph was in charge of his riches.
22 to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
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He could order the princes as he wished. He taught the older men to be wise.
23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
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Then his father Israel came to Egypt; Jacobn lived in Egypt.
24 The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes,
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The Lord made his people grow in number, and he made them stronger than their enemies.
25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
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He caused the Egyptians to hate his people and to make plans against his servants.
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 performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
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They did many signs among the Egyptians and worked wonders in Egypt.
28 He sent darkness and made the land dark— for had they not rebelled against his words?
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The Lord sent darkness and made the land dark, but the Egyptians turned against what he said.
29 He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.
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So he changed their water into blood and made their fish die.
30 Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
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Then their country was filled with frogs, even in the bedrooms of their rulers.
31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
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The Lord spoke and flies came, and gnats were everywhere in the country.
32 He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;
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He made hail fall like rain and sent lightning through their land.
33 he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
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He struck down their grapevines and fig trees, and he destroyed every tree in the country.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;
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He spoke and grasshoppers came; the locusts were too many to count.
35 they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil.
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They ate all the plants in the land and everything the earth produced.
36 Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood.
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The Lord also killed all the firstborn sons in the land, the oldest son of each family.
37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.
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Then he brought his people out, and they carried with them silver and gold. Not one of his people stumbled.
38 Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.
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The Egyptians were glad when they left, because the Egyptians were afraid of them.
39 He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.
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The Lord covered them with a cloud and lit up the night with fire.
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 quail and filled them with bread from heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
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God split the rock, and water flowed out; it ran like a river through the desert.
42 For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.
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He remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.
43 He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
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So God brought his people out 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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He gave them lands of other nations, so they received what others had worked for.
45 that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD.
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This was so they would keep his orders and obey his teachings.