⁴ The Lord is great; he should be praised.
    He should be honored more than all the gods.
⁵ All the gods of the nations are only idols.
    But the Lord made the skies.
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.
    The whole earth should tremble before the Lord.
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 show their joy.
    Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy.
¹³     They will sing before the Lord because he is coming.
    He is coming to judge the world.
He will judge the world with fairness
    and the nations with truth.

⁸ He will keep his agreement forever.
    He will keep his promises always.
⁹ He will keep his agreement he made with Abraham.
    He will keep 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.
    The promised land 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.
    They went 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 hurt my chosen people.
    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.
    It was 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.
    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, also called Israel, lived in Egypt.^[a]
24 The Lord made his people grow in number.
    He made them stronger than their enemies.
²⁵ And he caused the Egyptians to hate his people.
    They made plans against the Lord’s servants.
²⁶ Then he sent his servant Moses,
    and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
²⁷ They did many signs among the Egyptians.
    They worked miracles 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.
    They were even in the bedrooms of their rulers.
³¹ The Lord spoke, and flies came.
    Gnats were everywhere in the country.
³² He made hail fall like rain.
    And he sent lightning through their land.
³³ He struck down their grapevines and fig trees.
    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.
    They ate what 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.
    He 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.
    He brought out his chosen ones with singing.
⁴⁴ He gave them lands that belonged to other nations.
    They received what others had worked for.
⁴⁵ This was so they would keep his orders
    and obey his teachings.

Praise the Lord!

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.
    He will keep the promise he made to Isaac.
¹⁷ The Lord made it a law for the people of Jacob.
    He made it an agreement with Israel to last forever.
¹⁸ The Lord said, “I will give you the land of Canaan. The promised land will belong to you.”

¹⁹ Then God’s people were few in number.
    They were strangers in the land.
²⁰ They went from one nation to another.
    They went from one kingdom to another.
²¹ But the Lord did not let anyone hurt them.
    He warned kings not to harm them.
²² He said, “Don’t hurt my chosen people.
    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 the Lord’s glory.
    Tell all peoples about his wonderful works.
²⁵ The Lord is great; he should be praised.
    He should be honored more than all the gods.
²⁶ All the gods of the nations are only idols.
    But the Lord made the skies.
²⁷ The Lord 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 Lord for the glory of his name.
Bring your offering to him.
    Worship the Lord because he is holy.
³⁰ The whole earth should tremble before the Lord.
    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 show their joy.
³³ Then the trees of the forest will sing.
    They will sing with joy before the Lord.
    They will sing because the Lord 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.
    Bring us back and save us from the nations.
Then we will thank you.
    Then we will gladly praise you.”
³⁶ Praise the Lord, the God of Israel,
    forever and forever.