Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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. Call on him. Make known among 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 to him. Make music to praise him. Meditate on all the miracles he has performed.
3 Glory ye in His holy name; let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
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Brag about his holy name. Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4 Seek the LORD and His strength; seek His face evermore.
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Search for the LORD and his strength. Always seek his presence.
5 Remember His marvelous works that He hath done, His wonders and the judgments of His mouth,
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Remember the miracles he performed, the amazing things he did, and the judgments he pronounced,
6 O ye seed of Abraham, His servant, ye children of Jacob, His chosen.
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you descendants of his servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He is the LORD our God; His judgments are over all the earth.
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He is the LORD our God. His judgments are pronounced throughout the earth.
8 He hath remembered His covenant for ever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations,
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He always remembers his promise, the word that he commanded for a thousand generations,
9 which covenant He made with Abraham, and His oath unto Isaac,
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the promise that he made to Abraham, and his sworn oath to Isaac.
10 and confirmed the same unto Jacob as a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
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He confirmed it as a law for Jacob, as an everlasting promise to Israel,
11 saying, "Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,"
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by saying, "I will give you the land of Canaan. It is your share of the inheritance."
12 when they were but a few men in number, yea, very few and strangers in it.
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While the people of Israel were few in number, a small group of foreigners living in that land,
13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people,
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they wandered from nation to nation, 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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He didn't permit anyone to oppress them. He warned kings about them:
15 saying, "Touch not Mine anointed, and do My prophets no harm."
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"Do not touch my anointed ones or harm my prophets."
16 Moreover He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.
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He brought famine to the land. He took away their food supply.
17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph who was sold as a servant,
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He sent a man ahead of them. He sent Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 whose feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in irons.
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They hurt his feet with shackles, and cut into his neck with an iron collar.
19 Until the time when his word came to pass, the word of the LORD tried him.
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The LORD's promise tested him through fiery trials until his prediction came true.
20 The king sent and loosed him, even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
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The king sent someone to release him. The ruler of nations set him free.
21 He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions,
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He made Joseph the master of his palace and the ruler of all his possessions.
22 to command his princes at his pleasure and teach his elders wisdom.
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Joseph trained the king's officers the way he wanted and taught his respected leaders wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
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Then Israel came to Egypt. Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
24 And He increased His people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.
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The LORD made his people grow rapidly in number and stronger than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate His people and to deal subtly with His servants.
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He changed their minds so that they hated his people, and they dealt treacherously with his servants.
26 He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron whom He had chosen.
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He sent his servant Moses, and he sent Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They showed His signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
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They displayed his miraculous signs among them and did amazing things in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness and made it dark, and they rebelled not against His word.
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He sent darkness and made [their land] dark. They did not rebel against his orders.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
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He turned their water into blood and caused their fish to die.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, even in the chambers of their kings.
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He made their land swarm with frogs, even in the kings' bedrooms.
31 He spoke and there came divers sorts of flies and lice in all their borders.
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He spoke, and swarms of flies and gnats infested their whole territory.
32 He gave them hail for rain and flaming fire in their land.
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He gave them hail and lightning instead of rain throughout their land.
33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees, and broke the trees of their borders.
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He struck their grapevines and fig trees and smashed the trees in their territory.
34 He spoke and the locusts came, and caterpillars without number,
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He spoke, and countless locusts and grasshoppers came.
35 and they ate up all the herbs in their land and devoured the fruit of their ground.
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They devoured all the plants in the land. They devoured the crops in the fields.
36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
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He killed all the firstborn sons, the first ones born in the land when their fathers were young.
37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold, and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
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He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen upon them.
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The Egyptians were terrified of Israel, so they were glad when Israel left.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering and fire to give light in the night.
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He spread out a cloud as a protective covering and a fire to light up the night.
40 The people asked, and He brought quails and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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The Israelites asked, and he brought them quail and filled them with bread from heaven.
41 He opened the rock and the waters gushed out, and ran in the dry places like a river.
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He opened a rock, and water gushed and flowed like a river through the dry places.
42 For He remembered His holy promise and Abraham His servant.
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He remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.
43 And He brought forth His people with joy, His chosen with gladness,
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He brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with a song of joy.
44 and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labor of the people,
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He gave them the lands of [other] nations, and they inherited what others had worked for
45 that they might observe His statutes and keep His laws. Praise ye the LORD!
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so that they would obey his laws and follow his teachings. Hallelujah!
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.
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