He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations --

Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations!

saying, "Don't touch my chosen ones! Don't harm my prophets!"

Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!

He brought his people out enriched with silver and gold; none of his tribes stumbled.

He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.

Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham.

He caused them to hate his people, and to mistreat his servants.

Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

He sent a man ahead of them -- Joseph was sold as a servant.

Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds!

O children of Abraham, God's servant, you descendants of Jacob, God's chosen ones!

Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,

He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy.

He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake,

He spread out a cloud for a cover, and provided a fire to light up the night.

The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar,

They asked for food, and he sent quails; he satisfied them with food from the sky.

until the time when his prediction came true. The Lord's word proved him right.

He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth.

so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the Lord!

the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it,

He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions.

They executed his miraculous signs among them, and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham.

He ordered locusts to come, innumerable grasshoppers.

He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,

Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant.

He put him in charge of his palace, and made him manager of all his property,

saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance."

He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power.

He ordered flies to come; gnats invaded their whole territory.

Their land was overrun by frogs, which even got into the rooms of their kings.

The Lord made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their enemies.

He sent hail along with the rain; there was lightning in their land.

they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another.

He made it dark; they did not disobey his orders.

He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced,

giving him authority to imprison his officials and to teach his advisers.

Egypt was happy when they left, for they were afraid of them.

He turned their water into blood, and killed their fish.

The king authorized his release; the ruler of nations set him free.

He destroyed their vines and fig trees, and broke the trees throughout their territory.

They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields.