The Eternal Faithfulness of the Lord
Oh, agive thanks to the Lord!
Call upon His name;
bMake known His deeds among the peoples!
2 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
aTalk of all His wondrous works!
3 Glory in His holy name;
Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!
4 Seek the Lord and His strength;
aSeek His face evermore!
5 aRemember His marvelous works which He has done,
His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,
6 O seed of Abraham His servant,
You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!
7 He is the Lord our God;
aHis judgments are in all the earth.
8 He aremembers His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,
9 aThe covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His oath to Isaac,
10 And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 Saying, a“To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the allotment of your inheritance,”
12 aWhen they were few in number,
Indeed very few, band strangers in it.
13 When they went from one nation to another,
From one kingdom to another people,
14 aHe permitted no one to do them wrong;
Yes, bHe rebuked kings for their sakes,
15 Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm.”
16 Moreover aHe called for a famine in the land;
He destroyed all the bprovision of bread.
17 aHe sent a man before them—
Joseph—who bwas sold as a slave.
18 aThey hurt his feet with fetters,
He was laid in irons.
19 Until the time that his word came to pass,
aThe word of the Lord tested him.
20 aThe king sent and released him,
The ruler of the people let him go free.
21 aHe made him lord of his house,
And ruler of all his possessions,
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure,
And teach his elders wisdom.
23 aIsrael also came into Egypt,
And Jacob dwelt bin the land of Ham.
24 aHe increased His people greatly,
And made them stronger than their enemies.
25 aHe turned their heart to hate His people,
To deal craftily with His servants.
26 aHe sent Moses His servant,
And Aaron whom He had chosen.
27 They aperformed His signs among them,
And wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark;
And they did not rebel against His word.
29 aHe turned their waters into blood,
And killed their fish.
30 aTheir land abounded with frogs,
Even in the chambers of their kings.
31 aHe spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
And lice in all their territory.
32 aHe gave them hail for rain,
And flaming fire in their land.
33 aHe struck their vines also, and their fig trees,
And splintered the trees of their territory.
34 aHe spoke, and locusts came,
Young locusts without number,
35 And ate up all the vegetation in their land,
And devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 aHe also destroyed all the firstborn in their land,
bThe first of all their strength.
37 aHe also brought them out with silver and gold,
And there was none feeble among His tribes.
38 aEgypt was glad when they departed,
For the fear of them had fallen upon them.
39 aHe spread a cloud for a covering,
And fire to give light in the night.
40 aThe people asked, and He brought quail,
And bsatisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 aHe opened the rock, and water gushed out;
It ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For He remembered aHis holy promise,
And Abraham His servant.
43 He brought out His people with joy,
His chosen ones with gladness.
44 aHe gave them the lands of the Gentiles,
And they inherited the labor of the nations,
45 aThat they might observe His statutes
And keep His laws.
Praise the Lord!
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson.
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