• The Lord’s Wonderful Works in Behalf of Israel.

  • 1 Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; Make His deeds known among the peoples.
  • 2 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Tell of all His wonders.
  • 3 Boast in His holy name; May the heart of those who seek the Lord be joyful.
  • 4 Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face continually.
  • 5 Remember His wonders which He has done, His marvels and the judgments spoken by His mouth,
  • 6 You descendants of Abraham, His servant, You sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!
  • 7 He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
  • 8 He has remembered His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,
  • 9 The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac.
  • 10 Then He confirmed it to Jacob as a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
  • 11 Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan As the portion of your inheritance,”
  • 12 When they were only a few people in number, Very few, and strangers in it.
  • 13 And they wandered from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people,
  • 14 He allowed no one to oppress them, And He rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,
  • 15 “Do not touch My anointed ones, And do not harm My prophets.”
  • 16 And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.
  • 17 He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
  • 18 They forced his feet into shackles, He was put in irons;
  • 19 Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the Lord refined him.
  • 20 The king sent and released him, The ruler of peoples, and set him free.
  • 21 He made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions,
  • 22 To imprison his high officials at will, That he might teach his elders wisdom.
  • 23 Israel also came into Egypt; So Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
  • 24 And He made His people very fruitful, And made them stronger than their enemies.
  • 25 He turned their heart to hate His people, To deal cunningly with His servants.
  • 26 He sent His servant Moses, And Aaron, whom He had chosen.
  • 27 They performed His wondrous acts among them, And miracles in the land of Ham.
  • 28 He sent darkness and made it dark; And they did not rebel against His words.
  • 29 He turned their waters into blood, And caused their fish to die.
  • 30 Their land swarmed with frogs Even in the chambers of their kings.
  • 31 He spoke, and a swarm of flies And gnats invaded all their territory.
  • 32 He gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in their land.
  • 33 He also struck their vines and their fig trees, And smashed the trees of their territory.
  • 34 He spoke, and locusts came, And creeping locusts, beyond number,
  • 35 And they ate all the vegetation in their land, And ate the fruit of their ground.
  • 36 He also fatally struck all the firstborn in their land, The first fruits of all their vigor.
  • 37 Then He brought the Israelites out with silver and gold, And among His tribes there was not one who stumbled.
  • 38 Egypt was glad when they departed, For the dread of them had fallen upon the Egyptians.
  • 39 He spread out a cloud as a covering, And fire to illumine by night.
  • 40 They asked, and He brought quail, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
  • 41 He opened the rock and water flowed out; It ran in the dry places like a river.
  • 42 For He remembered His holy word With His servant Abraham;
  • 43 And He led out His people with joy, His chosen ones with a joyful shout.
  • 44 He also gave them the lands of the nations, So that they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples’ labor,
  • 45 And that they might keep His statutes And comply with His laws; Praise the Lord!