New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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1 note Give the Lord thanks and invoke him by name,
make his deeds known in the world around.
2 Pay him honour with song and psalm
and think upon all his wonders.
3 Exult in his hallowed name;
let those who seek the Lord be joyful in heart.
4 Turn to the Lord, your strength, note
seek his presence always.
5 Remember the wonders that he has wrought,
his portents and the judgements he has given,
6 O offspring of Abraham his servant, O chosen sons of Jacob.
7 He is the Lord our God;
his judgements fill the earth.
8 He called to mind his covenant from long ago, note
the promise he extended to a thousand generations—
9 the covenant made with Abraham,
his oath given to Isaac,
10 the decree by which he bound himself for Jacob,
his everlasting covenant with Israel:
11 ‘I will give you the land of Canaan’, he said,
‘to be your possession, your patrimony.’
12 A small company it was,
few in number, strangers in that land,
13 roaming from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another;
14 but he let no one ill-treat them,
for their sake he admonished kings:
15 ‘Touch not my anointed servants,
do my prophets no harm.’
16 He called down famine on the land
and cut short their daily bread. note
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17 But he had sent on a man before them,
Joseph, who was sold into slavery;
18 he was kept a prisoner with fetters on his feet
and an iron collar clamped on his neck.
19 He was tested by the Lord's command
until what he foretold came true.
20 Then the king sent and set him free,
the ruler of nations released him;
21 he made him master of his household
and ruler over all his possessions,
22 to correct his officers at will
and teach his counsellors wisdom.
23 Then Israel too went down into Egypt
and Jacob came to live in the land of Ham.
24 There God made his people very fruitful,
he made them stronger than their enemies,
25 whose hearts he turned to hatred of his people
and double-dealing with his servants.
26 He sent his servant Moses
and Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 They were his note mouthpiece to announce his signs,
his portents in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and all was dark,
but still they resisted his commands.
29 He turned their waters into blood
and killed all their fish.
30 Their country swarmed with frogs,
even their princes' inner chambers.
31 At his command came swarms of flies
and maggots the whole land through.
32 He changed their rain into hail
and flashed fire over their country.
33 He blasted their vines and their fig-trees
and splintered the trees throughout the land.
34 At his command came locusts,
hoppers past all number,
35 they consumed every green thing in the land,
consumed all the produce of the soil.
36 Then he struck down all the first-born in Egypt, note
the firstfruits of their manhood;
37 he led Israel note out, laden with silver and gold,
and among all their tribes no man fell.
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38 The Egyptians were glad when they went,
for fear of Israel had taken hold of them.
39 He spread a cloud as a screen,
and fire to light up the night.
40 They asked, and he sent them quails,
he gave them bread from heaven in plenty.
41 He opened a rock and water gushed out,
a river flowing in a parched land;
42 for he had remembered his solemn promise
given to his servant Abraham.
43 So he led out his people rejoicing,
his chosen ones in triumph.
44 He gave them the lands of heathen nations
and they took possession where others had toiled,
45 so that they might keep his statutes
and obey his laws.
O praise the Lord.
New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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