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^1 (a)Oh give thanks to the Lord; ^(b)call upon his name;
    ^(c)make known his deeds among the peoples!
² Sing to him, sing praises to him;
    ^(d)tell of all his wondrous works!
³ Glory in his holy name;
    let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
⁴ Seek the Lord and his ^(e)strength;
    ^(f)seek his presence continually!
⁵ Remember the ^(g)wondrous works that he has done,
    his miracles, and ^(h)the judgments he uttered,
⁶ O offspring of ⁽ⁱ⁾Abraham, his servant,
    children of Jacob, his ^(j)chosen ones!

⁷ He is the Lord our God;
    his ^(k)judgments are in all the earth.
⁸ He ^(l)remembers his covenant forever,
    the word that he commanded, for ^(m)a thousand generations,
^9 (n)the covenant that he made with Abraham,
    his ^(o)sworn promise to Isaac,
¹⁰ which he confirmed to ^(p)Jacob as a statute,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
¹¹ saying, ^(q)"To you I will give the land of Canaan
    as ^(r)your portion for an inheritance."

¹² When they were ^(s)few in number,
    of little account, and ^(t)sojourners in it,
¹³ wandering from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴ he ^(u)allowed no one to oppress them;
    he ^(v)rebuked kings on their account,
¹⁵ saying, ^(w)"Touch not my anointed ones,
    do my prophets no harm!"

¹⁶ When he ^(x)summoned a famine on the land
    and ^(y)broke all supply^[a] of bread,
¹⁷ he had ^(z)sent a man ahead of them,
    Joseph, who was ^(aa)sold as a slave.
¹⁸ His ^(ab)feet were hurt with fetters;
    his neck was put in a collar of iron;
¹⁹ until ^(ac)what he had said came to pass,
    the word of the Lord ^(ad)tested him.
^20 (ae)The king sent and ^(af)released him;
    the ruler of the peoples set him free;
²¹ he ^(ag)made him lord of his house
    and ruler of all his possessions,
²² to bind^[b] his princes at his pleasure
    and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³ Then ^(ah)Israel came to Egypt;
    Jacob ^(ai)sojourned in ^(aj)the land of Ham.
²⁴ And the Lord ^(ak)made his people very fruitful
    and made them stronger than their foes.
²⁵ He ^(al)turned their hearts to hate his people,
    to ^(am)deal craftily with his servants.

²⁶ He ^(an)sent Moses, his servant,
    and Aaron, ^(ao)whom he had chosen.
^27 (ap)They performed his signs among them
    and miracles in ^(aq)the land of Ham.
²⁸ He ^(ar)sent darkness, and made the land dark;
    they ^(as)did not rebel^[c] against his words.
²⁹ He turned their waters into blood
    and ^(at)caused their fish to die.
³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs,
    even in ^(au)the chambers of their kings.
³¹ He spoke, and there came ^(av)swarms of flies,
    ^(aw)and gnats throughout their country.
³² He gave them hail for rain,
    and fiery ^(ax)lightning bolts through their land.
³³ He struck down their vines and fig trees,
    and ^(ay)shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke, and the ^(az)locusts came,
    young locusts without number,
³⁵ which devoured all the vegetation in their land
    and ate up the fruit of their ground.
³⁶ He ^(ba)struck down all the firstborn in their land,
    ^(bb)the firstfruits of all their strength.

³⁷ Then he brought out Israel with ^(bc)silver and gold,
    and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
^38 (bd)Egypt was glad when they departed,
    for ^(be)dread of them had fallen upon it.

³⁹ He ^(bf)spread a cloud for a covering,
    and fire to give light by night.
^40 (bg)They asked, and he ^(bh)brought quail,
    and gave them ^(bi)bread from heaven in abundance.
⁴¹ He opened the rock, and ^(bj)water gushed out;
    it flowed through ^(bk)the desert like a river.
⁴² For he ^(bl)remembered his holy promise,
    and ^(bm)Abraham, his servant.

⁴³ So he brought his people out with joy,
    his ^(bn)chosen ones with ^(bo)singing.
⁴⁴ And he ^(bp)gave them the lands of the nations,
    and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,
⁴⁵ that they might ^(bq)keep his statutes
    and ^(br)observe his laws.
^(bs)Praise the Lord!