^1. OH give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples.

^2. Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; [2] Speak of all His [1] wonders.

^3. [3] Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad.

^4. Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.

^5. Remember His [5] wonders which He has done, His marvels and the judgments [4] uttered by His mouth,

^6. O seed of Abraham, His servant, O 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 for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

^11. Saying, « To you I will give the land of Canaan As the [6] portion of your inheritance,»

^12. When they were only a few men in number, Very few, and strangers in it.

^13. And they wandered about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.

^14. He permitted no man to oppress them, And He reproved kings for their sakes:

^15. « Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm.»

^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 afflicted his feet with fetters, [7] He himself was laid in irons;

^19. Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the LORD [8] tested 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 [10] imprison his princes [9] at will, That he might teach his elders wisdom.

^23. Israel also came into Egypt; Thus Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

^24. And He caused His people to be very fruitful, And made them stronger than their adversaries.

^25. He turned their heart to hate His people, To deal craftily with His servants.

^26. He sent Moses His servant, And Aaron, whom He had chosen.

^27. They [11] 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 there came a swarm of flies And gnats in all their territory.

^32. He [12] gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in their land.

^33. He struck down their vines also and their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their territory.

^34. He spoke, and locusts came, And young locusts, even without number,

^35. And ate up all vegetation in their land, And ate up the fruit of their ground.

^36. He also struck down all the firstborn in their land, The first fruits of all their vigor.

^37. Then He brought them 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 them.

^39. He spread a cloud for a [13] covering, And fire to illumine by night.

^40. [15] They asked, and He brought quail, And satisfied them with the [14] bread of heaven.

^41. He opened the [17] rock and water flowed out; [16] It ran in the dry places like a river.

^42. For He remembered His holy word With Abraham His servant;

^43. And He brought forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with a joyful shout.

^44. He gave them also the lands of the [18] nations, That they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples' labor,

^45. So that they might keep His statutes And observe His laws, [20] Praise [19] the LORD!