Tell of His Wonders (1 Chronicles 16:7–22)
1 DRA Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles. BSB BSB: Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
2 DRA Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works. BSB BSB: Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
3 DRA Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. BSB BSB: Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4 DRA Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore. BSB BSB: Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
5 DRA Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth. BSB BSB: Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
6 DRA O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen. BSB BSB: O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
7 DRA He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth. BSB BSB: He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
8 DRA He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. BSB BSB: He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
9 DRA Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac: BSB BSB: the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
10 DRA And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament: BSB BSB: He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 DRA Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance. BSB BSB: “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
12 DRA When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein: BSB BSB: When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
13 DRA And 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 DRA He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes. BSB BSB: He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
15 DRA Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets. BSB BSB: “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
16 DRA And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread. BSB BSB: He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
17 DRA He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave. BSB BSB: He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave.
18 DRA They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul, BSB BSB: They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
19 DRA Until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him. BSB BSB: until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
20 DRA The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty. BSB BSB: The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.
21 DRA He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession. BSB BSB: He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,
22 DRA That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom. BSB BSB: to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
23 DRA And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham. BSB BSB: Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
24 DRA And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies, BSB BSB: And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
25 DRA 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 DRA He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen. BSB BSB: He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
27 DRA He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham. BSB BSB: They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 DRA He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words. BSB BSB: He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.
29 DRA He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish. BSB BSB: He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.
30 DRA Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings. BSB BSB: Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
31 DRA He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts. BSB BSB: He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country.
32 DRA He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land. BSB BSB: He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.
33 DRA And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts. BSB BSB: He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
34 DRA He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number. BSB BSB: He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
35 DRA And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground. BSB BSB: They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.
36 DRA And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour. BSB BSB: Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
37 DRA And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble. BSB BSB: He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.
38 DRA Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them. BSB BSB: Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39 DRA He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night. BSB BSB: He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
40 DRA They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven. BSB BSB: They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 DRA He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land. BSB BSB: He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
42 DRA Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham. BSB BSB: For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
43 DRA And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness. BSB BSB: He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
44 DRA And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people: BSB BSB: He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
45 DRA That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law. BSB BSB: that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
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