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| [1]Give ye thanks to Jehovah -- call ye in His name, Make known among the peoples His acts. |
[1]Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen. |
| [2]Sing ye to Him -- sing praise to Him, Meditate ye on all His wonders. |
[2]Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works. |
| [3]Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth. |
[3]Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice. |
| [4]Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually. |
[4]Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually. |
| [5]Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth. |
[5]Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; |
| [6]O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones. |
[6]ye seed of Abraam, his servants, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. |
| [7]He [is] Jehovah our God, In all the earth [are] His judgments. |
[7]He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth. |
| [8]He hath remembered to the age His covenant, The word He commanded to a thousand generations, |
[8]He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generation: |
| [9]That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac, |
[9]which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and he remembered his oath to Isaac. |
| [10]And doth establish it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel -- a covenant age-during, |
[10]And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant; |
| [11]Saying, `To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,' |
[11]saying To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance: |
| [12]In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it. |
[12]when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it. |
| [13]And they go up and down, from nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto another people. |
[13]And they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people. |
| [14]He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings. |
[14]He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes: |
| [15]`Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.' |
[15]saying, Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm. |
| [16]And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken. |
[16]Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread. |
| [17]He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold. |
[17]He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave. |
| [18]They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul, |
[18]They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron, |
| [19]Till the time of the coming of His word The saying of Jehovah hath tried him. |
[19]until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire. |
| [20]The king hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out. |
[20]The king sent and loosed him; even the prince of the people, and let him go free. |
| [21]He hath made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions. |
[21]He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance; |
| [22]To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And his elders he maketh wise. |
[22]to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. |
| [23]And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham. |
[23]Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham. |
| [24]And He maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries. |
[24]And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies. |
| [25]He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants. |
[25]And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants. |
| [26]He hath sent Moses His servant, Aaron whom He had fixed on. |
[26]He sent fort Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen. |
| [27]They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham. |
[27]He established among them his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham. |
| [28]He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word. |
[28]He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against his words. |
| [29]He hath turned their waters to blood, And putteth to death their fish. |
[29]He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. |
| [30]Teemed hath their land [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings. |
[30]Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings. |
| [31]He hath said, and the beetle cometh, Lice into all their border. |
[31]He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts. |
| [32]He hath made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land. |
[32]He turned their rain into hail, and sent flaming fire in their land. |
| [33]And He smiteth their vine and their fig, And shivereth the trees of their border. |
[33]And he smote their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast. |
| [34]He hath said, and the locust cometh, And the cankerworm -- innumerable, |
[34]He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable, |
| [35]And it consumeth every herb in their land, And it consumeth the fruit of their ground. |
[35]and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground. |
| [36]And He smiteth every first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength, |
[36]He smote also every first-born of their land, the first-fruits of all their labour. |
| [37]And bringeth them out with silver and gold, And there is not in its tribes a feeble one. |
[37]And he brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes. |
| [38]Rejoiced hath Egypt in their going forth, For their fear had fallen upon them. |
[38]Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them. |
| [39]He hath spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night. |
[39]He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night. |
| [40]They have asked, and He bringeth quails, And [with] bread of heaven satisfieth them. |
[40]They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven. |
| [41]He hath opened a rock, and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places -- a river. |
[41]He clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places. |
| [42]For He hath remembered His holy word, With Abraham His servant, |
[42]For he remembered his holy word, which he promised to Abraam his servant. |
| [43]And He bringeth forth His people with joy, With singing His chosen ones. |
[43]And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy; |
| [44]And He giveth to them the lands of nations, And the labour of peoples they possess, |
[44]and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labours of the people; |
| [45]That they may observe His statutes, And His laws may keep. Praise ye Jehovah! |
[45]that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law. |