Psalms

¹ Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.

² tell of all his wonderful acts.

³ let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

⁴ seek his face always.

⁵ his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,

⁶ O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷ his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸ the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,

⁹ the oath he swore to Isaac.

¹⁰ to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

¹¹ as the portion you will inherit.”

¹² few indeed, and strangers in it,

¹³ from one kingdom to another.

¹⁴ for their sake he rebuked kings:

¹⁵ do my prophets no harm.”

¹⁶ and destroyed all their supplies of food;

¹⁷ Joseph, sold as a slave.

¹⁸ his neck was put in irons,

¹⁹ till the word of the Lord proved him true.

²⁰ the ruler of peoples set him free.

²¹ ruler over all he possessed,

²² and teach his elders wisdom.

²³ Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.

²⁴ he made them too numerous for their foes,

²⁵ to conspire against his servants.

²⁶ and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

²⁷ his wonders in the land of Ham.

²⁸ for had they not rebelled against his words?

²⁹ causing their fish to die.

³⁰ which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.

³¹ and gnats throughout their country.

³² with lightning throughout their land;

³³ and shattered the trees of their country.

³⁴ grasshoppers without number;

³⁵ ate up the produce of their soil.

³⁶ the firstfruits of all their manhood.

³⁷ and from among their tribes no one faltered.

³⁸ because dread of Israel had fallen on them.

³⁹ and a fire to give light at night.

⁴⁰ and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

⁴¹ like a river it flowed in the desert.

⁴² given to his servant Abraham.

⁴³ his chosen ones with shouts of joy;

⁴⁴ and they fell heir to what others had toiled for—

⁴⁵ and observe his laws. Praise the Lord.