Tell of His Wonders (1 Chronicles 16:7–22)
1 CPDV Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations. BSB BSB: Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
2 CPDV Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders. BSB BSB: Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
3 CPDV Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice. BSB BSB: Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4 CPDV Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always. BSB BSB: Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
5 CPDV Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth: BSB BSB: Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
6 CPDV you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect. BSB BSB: O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
7 CPDV He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth. BSB BSB: He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
8 CPDV He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations, BSB BSB: He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
9 CPDV which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac. BSB BSB: the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
10 CPDV And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament, BSB BSB: He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 CPDV saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance. BSB BSB: “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
12 CPDV Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there, BSB BSB: When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
13 CPDV and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people, BSB BSB: they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
14 CPDV he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf. BSB BSB: He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
15 CPDV Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets. BSB BSB: “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
16 CPDV And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread. BSB BSB: He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
17 CPDV He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave. BSB BSB: He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave.
18 CPDV They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul, BSB BSB: They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
19 CPDV until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him. BSB BSB: until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
20 CPDV The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him. BSB BSB: The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.
21 CPDV He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions, BSB BSB: He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,
22 CPDV so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence. BSB BSB: to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
23 CPDV And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham. BSB BSB: Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
24 CPDV And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies. BSB BSB: And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
25 CPDV He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants. BSB BSB: whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
26 CPDV He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose. BSB BSB: He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
27 CPDV He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham. BSB BSB: They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 CPDV He sent darkness and made it conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech. BSB BSB: He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.
29 CPDV He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish. BSB BSB: He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.
30 CPDV Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings. BSB BSB: Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
31 CPDV He spoke, and there came forth common flies and gnats, in every region. BSB BSB: He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country.
32 CPDV He gave them a shower of hail and a burning fire, in the same land. BSB BSB: He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.
33 CPDV And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and he crushed the trees of their region. BSB BSB: He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
34 CPDV He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number. BSB BSB: He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
35 CPDV And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land. BSB BSB: They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.
36 CPDV And he struck all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their labor. BSB BSB: Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
37 CPDV And he led them out with silver and gold, and there was not an infirm one among their tribes. BSB BSB: He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.
38 CPDV Egypt was joyful at their departure, for the fear of them lay heavy upon them. BSB BSB: Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39 CPDV He spread a cloud for their protection, and a fire, to give them light through the night. BSB BSB: He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
40 CPDV They petitioned, and the quail came; and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven. BSB BSB: They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 CPDV He ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: rivers gushed in the dry land. BSB BSB: He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
42 CPDV For he had called to mind his holy word, which he kept near to his servant Abraham. BSB BSB: For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
43 CPDV And he led forth his people in exultation, and his elect in rejoicing. BSB BSB: He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
44 CPDV And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, and they possessed the labors of the peoples, BSB BSB: He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
45 CPDV so that they might observe his justifications, and inquire about his law. BSB BSB: that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
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