⁸ He will keep his agreement forever;
    he will keep his promises always.
⁹ He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham
    and the promise he made to Isaac.
¹⁰ He made it a law for the people of Jacob;
    he made it an agreement with Israel to last forever.
¹¹ The Lord said, “I will give you the land of Canaan,
    and it will belong to you.”

¹² Then God’s people were few in number.
    They were strangers in the land.
¹³ They went from one nation to another,
    from one kingdom to another.
¹⁴ But the Lord did not let anyone hurt them;
    he warned kings not to harm them.
¹⁵ He said, “Don’t touch my chosen people,
    and don’t harm my prophets.”

¹⁶ God ordered a time of hunger in the land,
    and he destroyed all the food.
¹⁷ Then he sent a man ahead of them—
    Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
¹⁸ They put chains around his feet
    and an iron ring around his neck.
¹⁹ Then the time he had spoken of came,
    and the Lord’s words proved that Joseph was right.
²⁰ The king of Egypt sent for Joseph and freed him;
    the ruler of the people set him free.
²¹ He made him the master of his house;
    Joseph was in charge of his riches.
²² He could order the princes as he wished.
    He taught the older men to be wise.
²³ Then his father Israel came to Egypt;
    Jacob^[a] lived in Egypt.^[b]
24 The Lord made his people grow in number,
    and he made them stronger than their enemies.
²⁵ He caused the Egyptians to hate his people
    and to make plans against his servants.
²⁶ Then he sent his servant Moses,
    and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
²⁷ They did many signs among the Egyptians
    and worked wonders in Egypt.
²⁸ The Lord sent darkness and made the land dark,
    but the Egyptians turned against what he said.
²⁹ So he changed their water into blood
    and made their fish die.
³⁰ Then their country was filled with frogs,
    even in the bedrooms of their rulers.
³¹ The Lord spoke and flies came,
    and gnats were everywhere in the country.
³² He made hail fall like rain
    and sent lightning through their land.
³³ He struck down their grapevines and fig trees,
    and he destroyed every tree in the country.
³⁴ He spoke and grasshoppers came;
    the locusts were too many to count.
³⁵ They ate all the plants in the land
    and everything the earth produced.
³⁶ The Lord also killed all the firstborn sons in the land,
    the oldest son of each family.

³⁷ Then he brought his people out,
    and they carried with them silver and gold.
    Not one of his people stumbled.
³⁸ The Egyptians were glad when they left,
    because the Egyptians were afraid of them.
³⁹ The Lord covered them with a cloud
    and lit up the night with fire.
⁴⁰ When they asked, he brought them quail
    and filled them with bread from heaven.
⁴¹ God split the rock, and water flowed out;
    it ran like a river through the desert.
⁴² He remembered his holy promise
    to his servant Abraham.

⁴³ So God brought his people out with joy,
    his chosen ones with singing.
⁴⁴ He gave them lands of other nations,
    so they received what others had worked for.
⁴⁵ This was so they would keep his orders
    and obey his teachings.

Praise the Lord!

⁴ because the Lord is great; he should be praised at all times.
    He should be honored more than all the gods,
⁵ because all the gods of the nations are only idols,
    but the Lord made the heavens.
⁶ The Lord has glory and majesty;
    he has power and beauty in his Temple.

⁷ Praise the Lord, all nations on earth;
    praise the Lord’s glory and power.
⁸ Praise the glory of the Lord’s name.
    Bring an offering and come into his Temple courtyards.
⁹ Worship the Lord because he is holy.
    Tremble before him, everyone on earth.
¹⁰ Tell the nations, “The Lord is king.”
    The earth is set, and it cannot be moved.
    He will judge the people fairly.
¹¹ Let the skies rejoice and the earth be glad;
    let the sea and everything in it shout.
¹² Let the fields and everything in them rejoice.
Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy
¹³ before the Lord, because he is coming.
    He is coming to judge the world;
he will judge the world with fairness
    and the peoples with truth.

¹⁴ He is the Lord our God.
    His laws are for all the world.
¹⁵ He will keep his agreement forever;
    he will keep his promises always.
¹⁶ He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham
    and the promise he made to Isaac.
¹⁷ He made it a law for the people of Jacob;
    he made it an agreement with Israel to last forever.
¹⁸ He said, “I will give the land of Canaan to you,
    to belong to you.”

¹⁹ Then God’s people were few in number,
    and they were strangers in the land.
²⁰ They went from one nation to another,
    from one kingdom to another.
²¹ But he did not let anyone hurt them;
    he warned kings not to harm them.
²² He said, “Don’t touch my chosen people,
    and don’t harm my prophets.”

²³ Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
    Every day tell how he saves us.
²⁴ Tell the nations about his glory;
    tell all peoples the miracles he does.
²⁵ The Lord is great; he should be praised.
    He should be respected more than all the gods.
²⁶ All the gods of the nations are only idols,
    but the Lord made the skies.
²⁷ He has glory and majesty;
    he has power and joy in his Temple.

²⁸ Praise the Lord, all nations on earth.
    Praise the Lord’s glory and power;
²⁹     praise the glory of the Lord’s name.
Bring an offering and come to him.
    Worship the Lord because he is holy.
³⁰ Tremble before him, everyone on earth.
    The earth is set, and it cannot be moved.
³¹ Let the skies rejoice and the earth be glad.
    Let people everywhere say, “The Lord is king!”
³² Let the sea and everything in it shout;
    let the fields and everything in them rejoice.
³³ Then the trees of the forest will sing
    for joy before the Lord.
    They will sing because he is coming to judge the world.

³⁴ Thank the Lord because he is good.
    His love continues forever.
³⁵ Say to him, “Save us, God our Savior,
    and bring us back and save us from other nations.
Then we will thank you
    and will gladly praise you.”
³⁶ Praise the Lord, the God of Israel.
    He always was and always will be.