New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done.
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Give ye thanks to Jehovah -- call ye in His name, Make known among the peoples His acts.
2 Sing to him; yes, sing his praises. Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds.
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Sing ye to Him -- sing praise to Him, Meditate ye on all His wonders.
3 Exult in his holy name; rejoice, you who worship the LORD .
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Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth.
4 Search for the LORD and for his strength; continually seek him.
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Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually.
5 Remember the wonders he has performed, his miracles, and the rulings he has given,
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Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.
6 you children of his servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.
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O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
7 He is the LORD our God. His justice is seen throughout the land.
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He [is] Jehovah our God, In all the earth [are] His judgments.
8 He always stands by his covenant— the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
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He hath remembered to the age His covenant, The word He commanded to a thousand generations,
9 This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.
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That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant:
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And doth establish it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel -- a covenant age-during,
11 “I will give you the land of Canaan as your special possession.”
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Saying, `To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,'
12 He said this when they were few in number, a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.
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In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.
13 They wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
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And they go up and down, from nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto another people.
14 Yet he did not let anyone oppress them. He warned kings on their behalf:
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He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings.
15 “Do not touch my chosen people, and do not hurt my prophets.”
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`Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.'
16 He called for a famine on the land of Canaan, cutting off its food supply.
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And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.
17 Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them— Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
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He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.
18 They bruised his feet with fetters and placed his neck in an iron collar.
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They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul,
19 Until the time came to fulfill his dreams, the LORD tested Joseph’s character.
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Till the time of the coming of His word The saying of Jehovah hath tried him.
20 Then Pharaoh sent for him and set him free; the ruler of the nation opened his prison door.
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The king hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out.
21 Joseph was put in charge of all the king’s household; he became ruler over all the king’s possessions.
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He hath made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.
22 He could instruct the king’s aides as he pleased and teach the king’s advisers.
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To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And his elders he maketh wise.
23 Then Israel arrived in Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
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And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And the LORD multiplied the people of Israel until they became too mighty for their enemies.
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And He maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries.
25 Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites, and they plotted against the LORD ’s servants.
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He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.
26 But the LORD sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen.
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He hath sent Moses His servant, Aaron whom He had fixed on.
27 They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians, and wonders in the land of Ham.
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They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
28 The LORD blanketed Egypt in darkness, for they had defied his commands to let his people go.
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He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.
29 He turned their water into blood, poisoning all the fish.
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He hath turned their waters to blood, And putteth to death their fish.
30 Then frogs overran the land and even invaded the king’s bedrooms.
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Teemed hath their land [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.
31 When the LORD spoke, flies descended on the Egyptians, and gnats swarmed across Egypt.
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He hath said, and the beetle cometh, Lice into all their border.
32 He sent them hail instead of rain, and lightning flashed over the land.
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He hath made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.
33 He ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the trees.
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And He smiteth their vine and their fig, And shivereth the trees of their border.
34 He spoke, and hordes of locusts came— young locusts beyond number.
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He hath said, and the locust cometh, And the cankerworm -- innumerable,
35 They ate up everything green in the land, destroying all the crops in their fields.
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And it consumeth every herb in their land, And it consumeth the fruit of their ground.
36 Then he killed the oldest son in each Egyptian home, the pride and joy of each family.
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And He smiteth every first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,
37 The LORD brought his people out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold; and not one among the tribes of Israel even stumbled.
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And bringeth them out with silver and gold, And there is not in its tribes a feeble one.
38 Egypt was glad when they were gone, for they feared them greatly.
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Rejoiced hath Egypt in their going forth, For their fear had fallen upon them.
39 The LORD spread a cloud above them as a covering and gave them a great fire to light the darkness.
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He hath spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night.
40 They asked for meat, and he sent them quail; he satisfied their hunger with manna—bread from heaven.
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They have asked, and He bringeth quails, And [with] bread of heaven satisfieth them.
41 He split open a rock, and water gushed out to form a river through the dry wasteland.
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He hath opened a rock, and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places -- a river.
42 For he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham.
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For He hath remembered His holy word, With Abraham His servant,
43 So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing.
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And He bringeth forth His people with joy, With singing His chosen ones.
44 He gave his people the lands of pagan nations, and they harvested crops that others had planted.
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And He giveth to them the lands of nations, And the labour of peoples they possess,
45 All this happened so they would follow his decrees and obey his instructions. Praise the LORD !
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That they may observe His statutes, And His laws may keep. Praise ye Jehovah!
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