بركات الله لشعبه
1 إحمَدوا الرّبَّ وادْعوا باسمِهِ،
وعرِّفوا في الشُّعوبِ بأعمالِهِ.
2 أنشِدوا للرّبِّ ورتِّلوا لهُ،
وتأمَّلُوا في جميعِ عَجائِبِهِ.
3 هلِّلوا لاسمِهِ القُدُّوسِ،
واطْلُبوهُ فتَفرَحَ قلوبُكُم.
4 إلتَمِسوا الرّبَّ وعِزَّتَهُ،
واطْلُبوا وجهَهُ كُلَّ حينٍ.
5 أُذكُروا عجائِبَهُ الّتي صَنَعَ،
ومُعجِزاتِهِ وأحكامَ فمِهِ،
6 يا نَسلَ إبراهيمَ عبدِهِ،
يا بَني يَعقوبَ الّذي اخْتارَهُ.
7 هوَ الرّبُّ إلهُنا،
في كُلِّ الأرضِ أحكامُهُ.
8 يذكُرُ إلى الأبدِ عَهدَهُ،
وصيّتَهُ إلى ألفِ جيلٍ،
9 العَهدَ الّذي قطَعَهُ لإبراهيمَ،
اليمينَ الّتي حَلَفَها لإسحَقَ
10 وأَثبَتَها حَقًّا ليعقوبَ،
عَهدا أبديًّا لإسرائيلَ.
11 قالَ: «أُعطيكُم أرضَ كنعانَ
قِسْمةَ ميراثٍ لكُم»،
12 حينَ كانوا عددا ضئيلا،
قليلينَ غُرَباءَ فيها،
13 مُتَنَقِّلينَ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ إلى أُمَّةٍ،
ومِنْ مَملَكةٍ إلى مَملَكةٍ.
14 لم يَدَعْ أحدا يَظلِمُهُم،
بل وَبَّخَ المُلوكَ مِنْ أجلِهِم.
15 قالَ: «لا تَمَسُّوا الّذينَ اخْتَرتُهُم،
ولا تُسيئُوا إلى أنبـيائي».
16 دعا بالجُوعِ على الأرضِ،
وقَطَعَ قُوتَ الخبزِ كُلَّهُ.
17 أرسَلَ أمامَهُم إنسانا،
يوسُفَ الّذي بِيعَ عَبدا.
18 حبَسوا رِجلِـيهِ بالقُيودِ،
وأدخَلوا عُنُقَه في الحديدِ،
19 إلى أنْ تَتِمَّ كلِمَتُهُ
ويُبَرهِنَ صِدْقَها قولُ الرّبِّ.
20 أرسلَ المَلِكُ فَحَلَّ قُيودَهُ،
سلطانُ الشُّعوبِ فأخلى سَبـيلَهُ.
21 أقامَهُ سيِّدا على بـيتِهِ
وسَلَّطَهُ على جميعِ مُقتَناهُ،
22 يُؤدِّبُ أعوانَهُ كما يشاءُ
ويُعَلِّمُ شُيوخَهُ الحِكمةَ.
23 وجاءَ إِسرائيلُ إلى مِصْرَ
يَعقوبُ تَغَرَّبَ في أرضِ حامٍ.
24 فزادَ الرّبُّ شعبَه نُمُوًّا
وجعَلَهُ أقوى مِنْ جميعِ خُصومِهِ.
25 لَكِنَّهُ حوَّلَ قلوبَ المِصْريِّينَ.
فأبغَضوا شعبَهُ ونكَّلوا بِــعبـيدِهِ،
26 فأرسلَ موسى عبدَهُ إليهِم
وهرونَ الّذي اخْتارَهُ،
27 فصَنَعا آياتِهِ ومُعجِزاتِهِ،
هُناكَ في أرضِ حامٍ.
28 أرسلَ الظَّلامَ فأظلَمَت،
وما نفَعَهُم تدبـيرُهُ.
29 حوَّلَ مياهَهُم إلى دَمٍ
وأماتَ كُلَّ أسماكِهِم.
30 فاضَت أرضُهُم ضَفادِعَ،
حتّى في مَخادِعِ مُلوكِهِم،
31 أمرَ الذُّبابَ والبَعوضَ
فاجتاحَ جميعَ أرضِهِم.
32 جعلَ أمطارَهُم بَرَدا
ونارا في أرضِهم تلتَهِبُ،
33 وضَرَبَ كُرومَهُم وتِـينَهُم
وكسَّرَ أشجارَ أرضِهِم.
34 أمرَ الجَرادَ والجَنادِبَ
فجاءَ مِنها ما لا يُحصَى.
35 فأكلَ عُشْبَ أرضِهِم كُلَّهُ
والتَهَمَ ثِمارَ تُربَتِهِم.
36 ضَرَبَ الأبكارَ كُلَّهُم في مِصْرَ،
عُنفوانَ كُلِّ قُدرةٍ لهُم،
37 وأخرجَ الشَّعبَ بِفِضَّةٍ وذهَبٍ
ولم يسقُطْ مِنْ أسباطِهِم واحدٌ.
38 ففَرِحَت مِصْرُ بِـخُروجِهِم مِنها،
لأنَّ الرُّعبَ حَلَّ علَيها.
39 بَسَطَ سَحابا ظَلَّلَهُم
ونارا أضاءَت لهُم في اللَّيلِ.
40 طلَبوا فجاءَهُم بالسَّلوى،
ومِنْ خبزِ السَّماءِ أشبَعَهُم.
41 فتَحَ الصَّخرَةَ فسالتِ المياهُ
وجَرَت أنهارا في القِفارِ.
42 هكذا ذكَرَ كلِمَتَهُ المُقدَّسَةَ،
كلِمَتَهُ لإبرهيمَ عبدِهِ،
43 فأخرجَ شعبَهُ المُختارَ،
أخرَجَهُم بالسُّرور والتَّرنِـيمِ.
44 ومنَحَهُم أرضَ الأمَمِ
فوَرِثُوا تَعَبَ الشُّعوبِ
45 لِـيَسهَروا على حُقوقِهِ
ويَنصُروا شرائعَهُ. هلِّلويا.
1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
15 Saying , Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.