1 Pris Herren, påkall hans navn, kunngjør blandt folkene hans store gjerninger!
2 Syng for ham, lovsyng ham, grund på alle hans undergjerninger!
3 Ros eder av hans hellige navn! Deres hjerte glede sig som søker Herren!
4 Spør efter Herren og hans makt, søk hans åsyn all tid!
5 Kom i hu hans undergjerninger som han har gjort, hans undere og hans munns dommer,
6 I, hans tjener Abrahams avkom, Jakobs barn, hans utvalgte!
7 Han er Herren vår Gud, hans dommer er over all jorden.
8 Han kommer evindelig sin pakt i hu, det ord han fastsatte for tusen slekter,
9 den pakt han gjorde med Abraham, og sin ed til Isak;
10 og han stadfestet den som en rett for Jakob, som en evig pakt for Israel,
11 idet han sa: Dig vil jeg gi Kana'ans land til arvelodd.
12 Da de var en liten flokk, få og fremmede der,
13 og vandret fra folk til folk, fra et rike til et annet folk,
14 tillot han ikke noget menneske å gjøre vold imot dem, og han straffet konger for deres skyld:
15 Rør ikke ved mine salvede, og gjør ikke mine profeter noget ondt!
16 Og han kalte hunger inn over landet, han brøt sønder hver støtte av brød*. / {* JES 3, 1.}
17 Han sendte en mann foran dem, til træl blev Josef solgt.
18 De plaget hans føtter med lenker, hans sjel kom i jern*, / {* d.e. hans lenker voldte hans sjel bitter smerte.}
19 inntil den tid da hans ord slo til, da Herrens ord viste hans uskyld.
20 Da sendte kongen bud og lot ham løs, herskeren over folkeslag gav ham fri.
21 Han satte ham til herre over sitt hus og til hersker over alt sitt gods,
22 forat han skulde binde hans fyrster efter sin vilje og lære hans eldste visdom.
23 Så kom Israel til Egypten, og Jakob bodde som fremmed i Kams land.
24 Og han* gjorde sitt folk såre fruktbart og gjorde det sterkere enn dets motstandere. / {* Gud.}
25 Han vendte deres hjerte til å hate hans folk, til å gå frem med svik mot hans tjenere.
26 Han sendte Moses, sin tjener, Aron som han hadde utvalgt.
27 De gjorde hans tegn iblandt dem og undere i Kams land.
28 Han sendte mørke og gjorde det mørkt, og de var ikke gjenstridige mot hans ord.
29 Han gjorde deres vann til blod, og han drepte deres fisker.
30 Deres land vrimlet av frosk, endog i deres kongers saler.
31 Han talte, og det kom fluesvermer, mygg innen hele deres landemerke.
32 Han gav dem hagl for regn, luende ild i deres land,
33 og han slo ned deres vintrær og deres fikentrær, og brøt sønder trærne innen deres landemerke.
34 Han talte, og det kom gresshopper og gnagere* uten tall, / {* d.e. gresshopper.}
35 og de åt op hver urt i deres land, og de åt op frukten på deres mark.
36 Og han slo alt førstefødt i deres land, førstegrøden av all deres kraft.
37 Og han førte dem ut med sølv og gull, og det fantes ingen i hans stammer som snublet.
38 Egypten gledet sig da de drog ut; for frykt for dem var falt på dem.
39 Han bredte ut en sky til dekke og ild til å lyse om natten.
40 De krevde, og han lot vaktler komme og mettet dem med himmelbrød.
41 Han åpnet klippen, og det fløt vann; det løp gjennem det tørre land som en strøm.
42 For han kom i hu sitt hellige ord, Abraham, sin tjener,
43 og han førte sitt folk ut med glede, sine utvalgte med fryderop,
44 og han gav dem hedningefolks land, og hvad folkeslag med møie hadde vunnet, tok de til eie,
45 forat de skulde holde hans forskrifter og ta vare på hans lover. Halleluja!
1 Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name!
Make his doings known among the peoples.
2 Sing to him, sing praises to him!
Tell of all his marvelous works.
3 Glory in his holy name.
Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
4 Seek Yahweh and his strength.
Seek his face forever more.
5 Remember his marvelous works that he has done:
his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
6 you offspring of Abraham, his servant,
you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He is Yahweh, our God.
His judgments are in all the earth.
8 He has remembered his covenant forever,
the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
9 the covenant which he made with Abraham,
his oath to Isaac,
10 and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute;
to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11 saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan,
the lot of your inheritance,"
12 when they were but a few men in number,
yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
13 They went about from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people.
14 He allowed no one to do them wrong.
Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
15 "Don’t touch my anointed ones!
Do my prophets no harm!"
16 He called for a famine on the land.
He destroyed the food supplies.
17 He sent a man before them.
Joseph was sold for a slave.
18 They bruised his feet with shackles.
His neck was locked in irons,
19 until the time that his word happened,
and Yahweh’s word proved him true.
20 The king sent and freed him,
even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
21 He made him lord of his house,
and ruler of all of his possessions,
22 to discipline his princes at his pleasure,
and to teach his elders wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt.
Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
24 He increased his people greatly,
and made them stronger than their adversaries.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people,
to conspire against his servants.
26 He sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They performed miracles among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark.
They didn’t rebel against his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood,
and killed their fish.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the rooms of their kings.
31 He spoke, and swarms of flies came,
and lice in all their borders.
32 He gave them hail for rain,
with lightning in their land.
33 He struck their vines and also their fig trees,
and shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came
with the grasshoppers, without number.
35 They ate up every plant in their land,
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land,
the first fruits of all their manhood.
37 He brought them out with silver and gold.
There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed,
for the fear of them had fallen on them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering,
fire to give light in the night.
40 They asked, and he brought quails,
and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out.
They ran as a river in the dry places.
42 For he remembered his holy word,
and Abraham, his servant.
43 He brought his people out with joy,
his chosen with singing.
44 He gave them the lands of the nations.
They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
45 that they might keep his statutes,
and observe his laws.
Praise Yah!