Bible Reading Plan

¹ Give thanks to Yahweh, call on His name;
proclaim His deeds among the peoples.^(a)
2 Sing to Him, sing praise to Him;
tell about all His wonderful works!^(b)
3 Honor His holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.^(c)
4 Search for the Lord and for His strength;
seek His face always.^(d)
5 Remember the wonderful works He has done,
His wonders, and the judgments He has pronounced,^[a](e)
6 you offspring of Abraham His servant,
Jacob's descendants—His chosen ones.^(f)

⁷ He is the Lord our God;
His judgments govern the whole earth.^(g)
8 He remembers His covenant forever,
the promise He ordained
for a thousand generations^(h)—
⁹ the covenant He made with Abraham,
swore^[b] to Isaac,^(i)
10 and confirmed to Jacob as a decree
and to Israel as an everlasting covenant:^(j)
11 "I will give the land of Canaan to you
as your inherited portion."^(k)

¹² When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and temporary residents in Canaan,^(l)
13 wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,^(m)
14 He allowed no one to oppress them;
He rebuked kings on their behalf:^(n)
15 "Do not touch My anointed ones,^(o)
or harm My prophets."^(p)

¹⁶ He called down famine against the land
and destroyed the entire food supply.^(q)
17 He had sent a man ahead of them—
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.^(r)
18 They hurt his feet with shackles;
his neck was put in an iron collar.^(s)
19 Until the time his prediction came true,
the word of the Lord tested him.^(t)
20 The king sent for him and released him;
the ruler of peoples set him free.^(u)
21 He made him master of his household,
ruler over all his possessions^(v)—
²² binding^[c] his officials at will
and instructing his elders.^(w)

²³ Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.^[d](x)
24 The Lord ^[e] made His people very fruitful;
He made them more numerous than their foes,^(y)
25 whose hearts He turned to hate His people
and to deal deceptively with His servants.^(z)
26 He sent Moses His servant,
and Aaron, whom He had chosen.^(aa)
27 They performed His miraculous signs among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham.^[f](ab)
28 He sent darkness, and it became dark—
for did they not defy^[g] His commands?^(ac)
29 He turned their water into blood
and caused their fish to die.^(ad)
30 Their land was overrun with frogs,
even in their royal chambers.^(ae)
31 He spoke, and insects came^(af)—
gnats throughout their country.^(ag)
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and lightning throughout their land.^(ah)
33 He struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered the trees of their territory.^(ai)
34 He spoke, and locusts came—
young locusts without number.
³⁵ They devoured all the vegetation in their land
and consumed the produce of their land.^(aj)
36 He struck all the firstborn in their land,
all their first progeny.^(ak)

³⁷ Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among His tribes stumbled.^(al)
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
for the dread of Israel^[h] had fallen on them.^(am)
39 He spread a cloud as a covering
and gave a fire to light up the night.^(an)
40 They asked, and He brought quail
and satisfied them with bread from heaven.^(ao)
41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a stream in the desert.^(ap)
42 For He remembered His holy promise
to Abraham His servant.^(aq)
43 He brought His people out with rejoicing,
His chosen ones with shouts of joy.^(ar)
44 He gave them the lands of the nations,
and they inherited
what other peoples had worked for.^(as)

⁴⁵ All this happened
so that they might keep His statutes
and obey His instructions.^(at)
Hallelujah!