¹Give thanks to the Lord. Call on his name. Make known his accomplishments among the nations. ²Sing to him. Make music to him. Tell about all his miraculous deeds.³Boast about his holy name. Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. ⁴Seek the Lord and the strength he gives. Seek his presence continually. ⁵Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, ⁶O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones. ⁷He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth. ⁸He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations—⁹the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac. ¹⁰He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise, ¹¹saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.” ¹²When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident foreigners within it,¹³they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another. ¹⁴He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake, ¹⁵saying, “Don’t touch my chosen ones. Don’t harm my prophets.” ¹⁶He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply. ¹⁷He sent a man ahead of them— Joseph was sold as a servant. ¹⁸The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar, ¹⁹until the time when his prediction came true. The Lord’s word proved him right.²⁰The king authorized his release; the ruler of nations set him free. ²¹He put him in charge of his palace, and made him manager of all his property, ²²giving him authority to imprison his officials and to teach his advisers. ²³Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham. ²⁴The Lord made his people very fruitful and made them more numerous than their enemies. ²⁵He caused the Egyptians to hate his people and to mistreat his servants. ²⁶He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. ²⁷They executed his miraculous signs among them and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham. ²⁸He made it dark; Moses and Aaron did not disobey his orders. ²⁹He turned the Egyptians’ water into blood and killed their fish. ³⁰Their land was overrun by frogs, which even got into the rooms of their kings. ³¹He ordered flies to come; gnats invaded their whole territory. ³²He sent hail along with the rain; there was lightning in their land. ³³He destroyed their vines and fig trees and broke the trees throughout their territory. ³⁴He ordered locusts to come, innumerable grasshoppers. ³⁵They ate all the vegetation in their land and devoured the crops of their fields. ³⁶He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power. ³⁷He brought his people out enriched with silver and gold; none of his tribes stumbled. ³⁸Egypt was happy when they left, for they were afraid of them.³⁹He spread out a cloud for a cover, and provided a fire to light up the night. ⁴⁰They asked for food, and he sent quail; he satisfied them with food from the sky. ⁴¹He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions.⁴²Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant. ⁴³When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy. ⁴⁴He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, ⁴⁵so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the Lord.