1  ^tOh give thanks to the Lord; ^ucall upon his name;

^vmake known his deeds among the peoples!

2  Sing to him, sing praises to him;

^wtell of all his wondrous works!

3  Glory in his holy name;

let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

4  Seek the Lord and his ^xstrength;

^yseek his presence continually!

5  Remember the ^zwondrous works that he has done,

his miracles, and ^athe judgments he uttered,

6  O offspring of ^bAbraham, his servant,

children of Jacob, his ^cchosen ones!

7  He is the Lord our God;

his ^djudgments are in all the earth.

8  He ^eremembers his covenant forever,

the word that he commanded, for ^fa thousand generations,

9  ^gthe covenant that he made with Abraham,

his ^hsworn promise to Isaac,

10  which he confirmed to ⁱJacob as a statute,

to Israel as an everlasting covenant,

11  saying, ^j“To you I will give the land of Canaan

as ^kyour portion for an inheritance.”

12  When they were ^lfew in number,

of little account, and ^msojourners in it,

13  wandering from nation to nation,

from one kingdom to another people,

14  he ⁿallowed no one to oppress them;

he ^orebuked kings on their account,

15  saying, ^p“Touch not my anointed ones,

do my prophets no harm!”

16  When he ^qsummoned a famine on the land

and ^rbroke all supply¹ of bread,

17  he had ^ssent a man ahead of them,

Joseph, who was ^tsold as a slave.

18  His ^ufeet were hurt with fetters;

his neck was put in a collar of iron;

19  until ^vwhat he had said came to pass,

the word of the Lord ^wtested him.

20  ^xThe king sent and ^yreleased him;

the ruler of the peoples set him free;

21  he ^zmade him lord of his house

and ruler of all his possessions,

22  to bind² his princes at his pleasure

and to teach his elders wisdom.

23  Then ^aIsrael came to Egypt;

Jacob ^bsojourned in ^cthe land of Ham.

24  And the Lord ^dmade his people very fruitful

and made them stronger than their foes.

25  He ^eturned their hearts to hate his people,

to ^fdeal craftily with his servants.

26  He ^gsent Moses, his servant,

and Aaron, ^hwhom he had chosen.

27  ⁱThey performed his signs among them

and miracles in ^cthe land of Ham.

28  He ^jsent darkness, and made the land dark;

they ^kdid not rebel³ against his words.

29  He turned their waters into blood

and ^lcaused their fish to die.

30  Their land swarmed with frogs,

even in ^mthe chambers of their kings.

31  He spoke, and there came ⁿswarms of flies,

^oand gnats throughout their country.

32  He gave them hail for rain,

and fiery ^plightning bolts through their land.

33  He struck down their vines and fig trees,

and ^qshattered the trees of their country.

34  He spoke, and the ^rlocusts came,

young locusts without number,

35  which devoured all the vegetation in their land

and ate up the fruit of their ground.

36  He ^sstruck down all the firstborn in their land,

^sthe firstfruits of all their strength.

37  Then he brought out Israel with ^tsilver and gold,

and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.

38  ^uEgypt was glad when they departed,

for ^vdread of them had fallen upon it.

39  He ^wspread a cloud for a covering,

and fire to give light by night.

40  ^xThey asked, and he ^ybrought quail,

and gave them ^zbread from heaven in abundance.

41  He opened the rock, and ^awater gushed out;

it flowed through ^bthe desert like a river.

42  For he ^cremembered his holy promise,

and ^dAbraham, his servant.

43  So he brought his people out with joy,

his ^dchosen ones with ^esinging.

44  And he ^fgave them the lands of the nations,

and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,

45  that they might ^gkeep his statutes

and ^hobserve his laws.

ⁱPraise the Lord!

1  Thus says the Lord to ^phis anointed, to Cyrus,

^qwhose right hand I have grasped,

to subdue nations before him

and ^rto loose the belts of kings,

to open doors before him

that gates may not be closed:

2  “I will go before you

and ^slevel the exalted places,¹

^tI will break in pieces the doors of bronze

and cut through the bars of iron,

3  ^uI will give you the treasures of darkness

and the hoards in secret places,

that you may know that it is I, the Lord,

the God of Israel, ^vwho call you by your name.

4  For the sake of my servant Jacob,

and Israel my chosen,

^vI call you by your name,

^wI name you, though you do not know me.

5  ^xI am the Lord, and there is no other,

besides me there is no God;

^yI equip you, though you do not know me,

6  ^zthat people may know, from the rising of the sun

and from the west, that there is none besides me;

I am the Lord, and there is no other.

7  I form light and create darkness;

I make well-being and ^acreate calamity;

I am the Lord, who does all these things.

8  ^b“Shower, O heavens, from above,

and ^clet the clouds rain down righteousness;

let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;

let the earth cause them both to sprout;

I the Lord have created it.

9  ^d“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,

a pot among earthen pots!

^eDoes the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’

or ‘Your work has no handles’?

10  Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’

or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”

11  Thus says ^fthe Lord,

the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:

^g“Ask me of things to come;

will you command me ^hconcerning my children and ⁱthe work of my hands?²

12  ^jI made the earth

and created man on it;

it was my hands ^kthat stretched out the heavens,

and ^lI commanded all their host.

13  ^mI have stirred him up in righteousness,

ⁿand I will make all his ways level;

^ohe shall build my city

^pand set my exiles free,

not for price or reward,”

says the Lord of hosts.

14  Thus says the Lord:

^q“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,

and the Sabeans, men of stature,

shall come over to you ^rand be yours;

they shall follow you;

they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.

They will plead with you, saying:

‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other,

no god besides him.’”

15  ^sTruly, you are a God who hides himself,

O God of Israel, the Savior.

16  ^tAll of them are put to shame and confounded;

the makers of idols go in confusion together.

17  But Israel is saved by the Lord

with everlasting salvation;

^uyou shall not be put to shame or confounded

to all eternity.

18  ^vFor thus says the Lord,

who created the heavens

(he is God!),

who formed the earth and made it

(he established it;

he ^wdid not create it empty,

^xhe formed it to be inhabited!):

“I am the Lord, and there is no other.

19  ^yI did not speak in secret,

in a land of darkness;

I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,

^z‘Seek me in vain.’³

I the Lord speak ^athe truth;

I declare what is right.

20  ^b“Assemble yourselves and come;

draw near together,

you survivors of the nations!

^cThey have no knowledge

who ^dcarry about their wooden idols,

^eand keep on praying to a god

that cannot save.

21  ^fDeclare and present your case;

let them take counsel together!

Who told this long ago?

Who declared it of old?

Was it not I, the Lord?

And there is no other god besides me,

a righteous God ^gand a Savior;

there is none besides me.

22  “Turn to me and be saved,

^hall the ends of the earth!

For I am God, and there is no other.

23  ⁱBy myself I have sworn;

from my mouth has gone out in ^jrighteousness

a word that shall not return:

^k‘To me every knee shall bow,

every tongue shall swear allegiance.’⁴

24  ^l“Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me,

are righteousness and ^mstrength;

to him shall come and be ashamed

ⁿall who were incensed against him.

25  In the Lord all the offspring of Israel

shall be justified and shall glory.”

^z“Great and amazing are your deeds,

O Lord God the Almighty!

^aJust and true are your ways,

O King of the nations!¹

4  ^bWho will not fear, O Lord,

and glorify your name?

For you alone are ^choly.

^dAll nations will come

and worship you,

for your righteous acts have been revealed.”