1Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name!
Make his doings known among the peoples.
2Sing to him, sing praises to him!
Tell of all his marvelous works.
3Glory in his holy name.
Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
4Seek Yahweh and his strength.
Seek his face forever more.
5Remember his marvelous works that he has done;
his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
6you offspring of Abraham, his servant,
you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7He is Yahweh, our God.
His judgments are in all the earth.
8He has remembered his covenant forever,
the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
9the covenant which he made with Abraham,
his oath to Isaac,
10and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute;
to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan,
the lot of your inheritance”;
12when they were but a few men in number,
yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
13They went about from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people.
14He 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!”
16He called for a famine on the land.
He destroyed the food supplies.
17He sent a man before them.
Joseph was sold for a slave.
18They bruised his feet with shackles.
His neck was locked in irons,
19until the time that his word happened,
and Yahweh’s word proved him true.
20The king sent and freed him;
even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
21He made him lord of his house,
and ruler of all of his possessions;
22to discipline his princes at his pleasure,
and to teach his elders wisdom.