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 a permanent 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 resident aliens 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 an alien 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.^(AB)
28 He sent darkness, and it became dark—
for did they not defy 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^[f] 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!

²⁸ Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent—
discerning, when he seals his lips.^(A)