¹הודו ליהוה קראו בשמו הודיעו בעמים עלילותיו׃

¹Oh give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known among the peoples his doings.

²שירו לו זמרו לו שיחו בכל נפלאותיו׃

²Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvelous works.

³התהללו בשם קדשו ישמח לב מבקשי יהוה׃

³Glory ye in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.

⁴דרשו יהוה ועזו בקשו פניו תמיד׃

⁴Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

⁵זכרו נפלאותיו אשר עשה מפתיו ומשפטי פיו׃

⁵Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,

⁶זרע אברהם עבדו בני יעקב בחיריו׃

⁶O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷הוא יהוה אלהינו בכל הארץ משפטיו׃

⁷He is Jehovah our God: His judgments are in all the earth.

⁸זכר לעולם בריתו דבר צוה לאלף דור׃

⁸He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

⁹אשר כרת את אברהם ושבועתו לישחק׃

⁹[The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,

¹⁰ויעמידה ליעקב לחק לישראל ברית עולם׃

¹⁰And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

¹¹לאמר לך אתן את ארץ כנען חבל נחלתכם׃

¹¹Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;

¹²בהיותם מתי מספר כמעט וגרים בה׃

¹²When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it.

¹³ויתהלכו מגוי אל גוי מממלכה אל עם אחר׃

¹³And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.

¹⁴לא הניח אדם לעשקם ויוכח עליהם מלכים׃

¹⁴He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

¹⁵אל תגעו במשיחי ולנביאי אל תרעו׃

¹⁵[Saying], Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.

¹⁶ויקרא רעב על הארץ כל מטה לחם שבר׃

¹⁶And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.

¹⁷שלח לפניהם איש לעבד נמכר יוסף׃

¹⁷He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:

¹⁸ענו בכבל רגליו ברזל באה נפשו׃

¹⁸His feet they hurt with fetters: He was laid in [chains of] iron,

¹⁹עד עת בא דברו אמרת יהוה צרפתהו׃

¹⁹Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of Jehovah tried him.

²⁰שלח מלך ויתירהו משל עמים ויפתחהו׃

²⁰The king sent and loosed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

²¹שמו אדון לביתו ומשל בכל קנינו׃

²¹He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his substance;

²²לאסר שריו בנפשו וזקניו יחכם׃

²²To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom.

²³ויבא ישראל מצרים ויעקב גר בארץ חם׃

²³Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

²⁴ויפר את עמו מאד ויעצמהו מצריו׃

²⁴And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.

²⁵הפך לבם לשנא עמו להתנכל בעבדיו׃

²⁵He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants.

²⁶שלח משה עבדו אהרן אשר בחר בו׃

²⁶He sent Moses his servant, [And] Aaron whom he had chosen.

²⁷שמו בם דברי אתותיו ומפתים בארץ חם׃

²⁷They set among them his signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.

²⁸שלח חשך ויחשך ולא מרו את דבריו׃

²⁸He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they rebelled not against his words.

²⁹הפך את מימיהם לדם וימת את דגתם׃

²⁹He turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish.

³⁰שרץ ארצם צפרדעים בחדרי מלכיהם׃

³⁰Their land swarmed with frogs In the chambers of their kings.

³¹אמר ויבא ערב כנים בכל גבולם׃

³¹He spake, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their borders.

³²נתן גשמיהם ברד אש להבות בארצם׃

³²He gave them hail for rain, [And] flaming fire in their land.

³³ויך גפנם ותאנתם וישבר עץ גבולם׃

³³He smote their vines also and their fig-trees, And brake the trees of their borders.

³⁴אמר ויבא ארבה וילק ואין מספר׃

³⁴He spake, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, and that without number,

³⁵ויאכל כל עשב בארצם ויאכל פרי אדמתם׃

³⁵And did eat up every herb in their land, And did eat up the fruit of their ground.

³⁶ויך כל בכור בארצם ראשית לכל אונם׃

³⁶He smote also all the first-born in their land, The chief of all their strength.

³⁷ויוציאם בכסף וזהב ואין בשבטיו כושל׃

³⁷And he brought them forth with silver and gold; And there was not one feeble person among his tribes.

³⁸שמח מצרים בצאתם כי נפל פחדם עליהם׃

³⁸Egypt was glad when they departed; For the fear of them had fallen upon them.

³⁹פרש ענן למסך ואש להאיר לילה׃

³⁹He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.

⁴⁰שאל ויבא שלו ולחם שמים ישביעם׃

⁴⁰They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

⁴¹פתח צור ויזובו מים הלכו בציות נהר׃

⁴¹He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places [like] a river.

⁴²כי זכר את דבר קדשו את אברהם עבדו׃

⁴²For he remembered his holy word, [And] Abraham his servant.

⁴³ויוצא עמו בששון ברנה את בחיריו׃

⁴³And he brought forth his people with joy, [And] his chosen with singing.

⁴⁴ויתן להם ארצות גוים ועמל לאמים יירשו׃

⁴⁴And he gave them the lands of the nations; And they took the labor of the peoples in possession:

⁴⁵בעבור ישמרו חקיו ותורתיו ינצרו הללו יה׃

⁴⁵That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise ye Jehovah.