The Lord Can Be Trusted
1 Praise the Lord
and pray in his name!
Tell everyone
what he has done.
2 Sing praises to the Lord!
Tell about his miracles.
3 Celebrate and worship
his holy name
with all your heart.
4 Trust the Lord
and his mighty power.
5 Remember his miracles
and all his wonders
and his fair decisions.
6 You belong to the family
of Abraham, his servant;
you are his chosen ones,
the descendants of Jacob.
7 The Lord is our God,
bringing justice
everywhere on earth.
8 He will never forget
his agreement or his promises,
not in thousands of years.
* 9 God made an eternal promise
10 to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
11 when he said, “I'll give you
the land of Canaan.”
12 At the time there were
only a few of us,
and we were homeless.
13 We wandered from nation
to nation, from one country
to another.
14 God did not let anyone
mistreat our people.
Instead he protected us
by punishing rulers
15 and telling them,
“Don't touch my chosen leaders
or harm my prophets!”
16 God kept crops from growing
until food was scarce
everywhere in the land.
17 But he had already sent Joseph,
sold as a slave into Egypt,
18 with chains of iron
around his legs and neck.
19 Joseph remained a slave
until his own words
had come true,
and the Lord had finished
testing him.
20 Then the king of Egypt
set Joseph free
21 and put him in charge
of everything he owned.
22 Joseph was in command
of the officials,
and he taught the leaders
how to use wisdom.
23 Jacob and his family
came and settled in Egypt
as foreigners.
24 They were the Lord's people,
so he let them grow stronger
than their enemies.
25 They served the Lord,
and he made the Egyptians plan
hateful things against them.
26 God sent his servant Moses.
He also chose and sent Aaron
27 to his people in Egypt,
and they worked miracles
and wonders there.
28 Moses and Aaron obeyed God,
and he sent darkness
to cover Egypt.
29 God turned their rivers
into streams of blood,
and the fish all died.
30 Frogs were everywhere,
even in the royal palace.
31 When God gave the command,
flies and gnats
swarmed all around.
32 In place of rain,
God sent hailstones
and flashes of lightning.
33 He destroyed their grapevines
and their fig trees,
and he made splinters
of all the other trees.
34 God gave the command,
and more grasshoppers came
than could be counted.
35 They ate every green plant
and all the crops that grew
in the land of Egypt.
36 Then God took the life
of every first-born son.
37 When God led Israel from Egypt,
they took silver and gold,
and no one was left behind.
38 The Egyptians were afraid
and gladly let them go.
39 God hid them under a cloud
and guided them by fire
during the night.
40 When they asked for food,
he sent more birds
than they could eat.
41 God even split open a rock,
and streams of water
gushed into the desert.
42 God never forgot
his sacred promise
to his servant Abraham.
43 When the Lord rescued
his chosen people from Egypt,
they celebrated with songs.
44 The Lord gave them the land
and everything else
the nations had worked for.
45 He did this so that his people
would obey all his laws.
Shout praises to the Lord!
Kā Dievs vadīja Israēlu
(2Moz 7:8–11:101L 16:8–22)1 Pateicieties Kungam, piesauciet viņa vārdu,
pavēstiet tautām viņa darbus,
2 dziediet viņam, spēlējiet viņa slavai,
izstāstiet visus viņa brīnumus!
3 Lepojieties ar viņa svēto vārdu!
Lai priecājas sirdis tiem, kas meklē Kungu!
4 Alkstiet Kunga un viņa spēka,
viņa klātieni meklējiet vienmēr!
5 Atcerieties brīnumus, ko viņš darījis,
viņa zīmes, tiesas, ko viņš spriedis,
6 jūs, viņa kalpa Ābrahāma dzimums,
Jēkaba dēli, viņa izredzētie!
7 Viņš ir Kungs, mūsu Dievs, viņš tiesā visu zemi!
8 Viņš mūžam atcerēsies derību, ko slēdzis,
vārdu, ko devis, – uz tūkstoš audzēm! –
9 ko viņš noslēdzis ar Ābrahāmu,
ko viņš Īzakam apzvērējis,
10 ko viņš cēlis Jēkabam par likumu,
par mūžīgu derību Israēlam,
11 teikdams: tev es došu Kanaāna zemi,
jums tā būs mantojuma daļa!
12 Kad viņu vēl bija maz,
tik piemājotāji tanī zemē,
13 kad tie staigāja no vienas tautas pie otras,
no vienas valsts atkal citos ļaudīs,
14 tad nevienam viņš tos neļāva apspiest
un aprāja ķēniņus viņu dēļ:
15 neaiztieciet manus svaidītos
un maniem praviešiem nedariet ļauna! –
16 Kad viņš tai zemei uzsūtīja badu
un salauza ik labības stiebru,
17 viņš sūtīja kādu vīru viņiem pa priekšu –
Jāzepu, kuru pārdeva verdzībā.
18 Viņa kājas iekala važās,
dzelzi aplika viņam ap kaklu,
19 līdz piepildījās, ko viņš bija teicis, –
ko Kungs bija teicis, tas attaisnoja viņu!
20 Ķēniņš sūtīja viņu atbrīvot,
tautu valdnieks atlaida viņu,
21 lika savam namam par kungu,
visai savai mantai par valdītāju –
22 lai rīko augstmaņus, kā tīk,
un vecajos gudrībā māca.
23 Tad Israēls nāca uz Ēģipti
un Jēkabs piemita Hāma zemē.
24 Viņš savu tautu darīja tik auglīgu,
ka to tapa vairāk par viņu naidniekiem –
25 tiem viņš sagrozīja sirdis, lai nīst viņa tautu,
lai vērpj viltu pret viņa kalpiem.
26 Viņš sūtīja Mozu, savu kalpu,
un Āronu, kuru viņš izredzējis,
27 lai sludina viņa zīmes starp tiem
un brīnumus Hāma zemē.
28 Viņš sūtīja tumsu, lai paliek tumšs, –
vai tie nesacēlās pret viņa vārdu?!
29 Viņš tiem pārvērta ūdeņus asinīs un nonāvēja zivis.
30 Mudžēja vardes to zemē – viņu ķēniņu iekštelpās!
31 Viņš teica, un nāca mušas un knišļi visās robežās.
32 Viņš deva tiem lietus vietā krusu,
uguns liesmas viņu zemē,
33 un sita to vīnakokus un vīģes kokus,
un aplauza kokus to robežās,
34 viņš teica, un nāca siseņi un kāpuri bez skaita,
35 apēda visu zāli to zemē un apēda viņu zemes augļus.
36 Viņš sita visus pirmdzimtos to zemē –
pirmo no it visa, ko viņu spēks bija devis.
37 Bet savai tautai viņš ļāva aiziet ar sudrabu un zeltu –
neviena tizla viņa ciltīs!
38 Priecājās Ēģipte, viņiem aizejot,
jo bailes no viņiem tai bija uzkritušas!
39 Viņš izpleta mākoni par apsegu
un uguni gaismai naktī.
40 Tie lūdza, un viņš sūtīja paipalas
un debesu maizi tiem deva līdz sātam.
41 Viņš atvēra klinti – un šļācās ūdens,
plūda izkaltušā zemē kā upe.
42 Viņš neaizmirsa savu svēto solījumu
savam kalpam Ābrahāmam,
43 un līksmu viņš veda savu tautu,
un gavilēja viņa izredzētie,
44 viņš tiem atdeva tautu zemes,
un tie iemantoja cilšu pūliņus,
45 ka turētu viņa likumus
un viņa bauslību ņemtu vērā.
Slavējiet Kungu!
