New Living Translation

1 Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim his greatness.<br>Let the whole world know what he has done.<br> 2 Sing to him; yes, sing his praises.<br>Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds.<br> 3 Exult in his holy name;<br>rejoice, you who worship the LORD.<br> 4 Search for the LORD and for his strength;<br>continually seek him.<br> 5 Remember the wonders he has performed,<br>his miracles, and the rulings he has given,<br> 6 you children of his servant Abraham,<br>you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.<br> 7 He is the LORD our God (Elohim).<br>His justice is seen throughout the land.<br> 8 He always stands by his covenant —<br>the commitment he made to a thousand generations.<br> 9 This is the covenant he made with Abraham<br>and the oath he swore to Isaac.<br> 10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,<br>and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant:<br> 11 “I will give you the land of Canaan<br>as your special possession.”<br> 12 He said this when they were few in number,<br>a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.<br> 13 They wandered from nation to nation,<br>from one kingdom to another.<br> 14 Yet he did not let anyone oppress them.<br>He warned kings on their behalf:<br> 15 “Do not touch my chosen people,<br>and do not hurt my prophets.”<br> 16 He called for a famine on the land of Canaan,<br>cutting off its food supply.<br> 17 Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them —<br>Joseph, who was sold as a slave.<br> 18 They bruised his feet with fetters<br>and placed his neck in an iron collar.<br> 19 Until the time came to fulfill his dreams,<br>the LORD tested Joseph’s character.<br> 20 Then Pharaoh sent for him and set him free;<br>the ruler of the nation opened his prison door.<br> 21 Joseph was put in charge of all the king’s household;<br>he became ruler over all the king’s possessions.<br> 22 He could instruct the king’s aides as he pleased<br>and teach the king’s advisers.<br> 23 Then Israel arrived in Egypt;<br>Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.<br> 24 And the LORD multiplied the people of Israel<br>until they became too mighty for their enemies.<br> 25 Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites,<br>and they plotted against the LORD’s servants.<br> 26 But the LORD sent his servant Moses,<br>along with Aaron, whom he had chosen.<br> 27 They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians,<br>and wonders in the land of Ham.<br> 28 The LORD blanketed Egypt in darkness,<br>for they had defied his commands to let his people go.<br> 29 He turned their water into blood,<br>poisoning all the fish.<br> 30 Then frogs overran the land<br>and even invaded the king’s bedrooms.<br> 31 When the LORD spoke, flies descended on the Egyptians,<br>and gnats swarmed across Egypt.<br> 32 He sent them hail instead of rain,<br>and lightning flashed over the land.<br> 33 He ruined their grapevines and fig trees<br>and shattered all the trees.<br> 34 He spoke, and hordes of locusts came —<br>young locusts beyond number.<br> 35 They ate up everything green in the land,<br>destroying all the crops in their fields.<br> 36 Then he killed the oldest son in each Egyptian home,<br>the pride and joy of each family.<br> 37 The LORD brought his people out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold;<br>and not one among the tribes of Israel even stumbled.<br> 38 Egypt was glad when they were gone,<br>for they feared them greatly.<br> 39 The LORD spread a cloud above them as a covering<br>and gave them a great fire to light the darkness.<br> 40 They asked for meat, and he sent them quail;<br>he satisfied their hunger with manna — bread from heaven.<br> 41 He split open a rock, and water gushed out<br>to form a river through the dry wasteland.<br> 42 For he remembered his sacred promise<br>to his servant Abraham.<br> 43 So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy,<br>his chosen ones with rejoicing.<br> 44 He gave his people the lands of pagan nations,<br>and they harvested crops that others had planted.<br> 45 All this happened so they would follow his decrees<br>and obey his instructions.<br> Praise the LORD!<br>