1 Alleluia. Confess ye to our Lord, and invocate his name: shew forth his works among the Gentiles.
1 Give1 glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
2 Chant to him, and sing to him: tell ye all his marvelous works.
2 Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
3 Praise ye him in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek our Lord.
3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
4 Seek ye our Lord, and be confirmed: seek his face always.
4 Seek ye the lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
5 Remember ye his marvelous works, which he hath done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
5 Remember his marvelous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
6 The seed of Abraham his servants: the children of Jacob his elect.
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
7 He is the Lord our God: in all the earth are his judgments.
7 He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He hath been mindful for ever of his testament; of the word which he commanded unto a thousand generations.
8 He hath remembered his covenant forever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 Which he disposed to Abraham: and of his oath to Isaac.
9 Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:
10 And he appointed it to Jacob for a precept: and to Israel for an eternal testament,
10 And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
11 saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the cord of your inheritance.
11 Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
12 When they were of small number, very few and sojourners thereof:
12 When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
13 And they passed from nation into nation, & from Kingdom to another people.
13 And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
14 He left not a man to hurt them: and he rebuked kings for their sake:
14 He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
15 Touch not my anointed, and toward my Prophets be not malignant.
15 Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
16 And he called a famine upon the land: and he destroyed all the strength of bread.
16 And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
17 He sent a man before them: Joseph was sold to be a servant.
17 He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
18 They humbled his feet in fetters, iron passed through his soul,
18 They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
19 until his word came. The word of our Lord inflamed him:
19 Until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.
20 the king sent, and loosed him; the Prince of the people, and released him.
20 The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
21 He appointed him lord of his house: and Prince of all his possession.
21 He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
22 That he might instruct his Princes as himself: and might teach his ancients wisdom.
22 That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
23 And Israel entered into Ægypt, and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
23 And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
24 And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies.
24 And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies.
25 He turned their heart that they hated his people: and to work guile toward his servants.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
26 He sent Moyses his servant: Aaron himself whom he chose.
26 He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
27 He did put in them the words of his signs, and of his wonders in the Land of Cham.
27 He gave them power to show his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
28 He sent darkness, and obscured: and did not exasperate his words.
28 He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood: and killed their fishes.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in the inner chambers of their kings.
30 Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.
31 He said, and the cænomyia came: and the sciniphs in all their coasts.
31 He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
32 He made their rains hail: fire burning in their land.
32 He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.
33 And he struck their vines, and their fig-trees: and he destroyed the wood of their coasts.
33 And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
34 He said, & the locust came, & the bruchus whereof there was no number.
34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.
35 And it did eat all the grass in their land: and it did eat all the fruit of their land.
35 And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
36 And he struck every first begotten in their land: the first fruits of all their labour.
36 And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labor.
37 And he brought them forth with gold and silver, and there was not in their tribes a feeble person.
37 And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
38 Ægypt was glad at their departure: because the fear of them lay upon them.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to shine unto them by night.
39 He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
40 They made petition, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
40 They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
41 He divided the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran in the dry ground.
41 He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
42 Because he was mindful of his holy word, which he had uttered to Abraham his servant.
42 Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
43 And he brought forth his people in exultation, and his elect in joy.
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
44 And he gave them the countries of the Nations: and they possessed the labours of peoples:
44 And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labors of the people:
45 That they might keep his justifications, and seek after his law.
45 That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.