O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his
name: make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing
psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. Glory ye in
his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
4Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. Remember
his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments
of his mouth; O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of
Jacob his chosen. He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in
all the earth.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever,
the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. Which covenant
he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; And confirmed the
same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your
inheritance: When they were but a few men in number; yea, very
few, and strangers in it. When they went from one nation to another,
from one kingdom to another people; He suffered no man to do them
wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; Saying, Touch not
mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. Moreover he called
for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: Until
the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. The
king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let
him go free. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his
substance: To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his
senators wisdom. Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned
in the land of Ham. And he increased his people greatly; and made
them stronger than their enemies.
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.