1 O give thanks to the Lord and call upon his name; ♦︎
make known his deeds among the peoples.
2 Sing to him, sing praises, ♦︎
and tell of all his marvellous works.
3 Rejoice in the praise of his holy name; ♦︎
let the hearts of them rejoice who seek the Lord.
4 Seek the Lord and his strength; ♦︎
seek his face continually.
5 Remember the marvels he has done, ♦︎
his wonders and the judgements of his mouth,
6 O seed of Abraham his servant, ♦︎
O children of Jacob his chosen.
7 He is the Lord our God; ♦︎
his judgements are in all the earth.
8 He has always been mindful of his covenant, ♦︎
the promise that he made for a thousand generations:
9 The covenant he made with Abraham, ♦︎
the oath that he swore to Isaac,
10 Which he established as a statute for Jacob, ♦︎
an everlasting covenant for Israel,
11 Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan ♦︎
to be the portion of your inheritance.
12 When they were but few in number, ♦︎
of little account, and sojourners in the land,
13 Wandering from nation to nation, ♦︎
from one kingdom to another people,
14 He suffered no one to do them wrong ♦︎
and rebuked even kings for their sake,
15 Saying, Touch not my anointed ♦︎
and do my prophets no harm.
16 Then he called down famine over the land ♦︎
and broke every staff of bread.
17 But he had sent a man before them, ♦︎
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18 They shackled his feet with fetters; ♦︎
his neck was ringed with iron.
19 Until all he foretold came to pass, ♦︎
the word of the Lord tested him.
20 The king sent and released him; ♦︎
the ruler of peoples set him free.
21 He appointed him lord of his household ♦︎
and ruler of all he possessed,
22 To instruct his princes as he willed ♦︎
and to teach his counsellors wisdom.
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17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relation to God 18and know his will and determine what is best because you are instructed in the law, 19and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth, 21you, then, that teach others, will you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? 22You that forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You that abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23You that boast in the law, do you dishonour God by breaking the law? 24For, as it is written, The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.
25 Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26So, if those who are uncircumcised keep the requirements of the law, will not their uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 27Then those who are physically uncircumcised but keep the law will condemn you that have the written code and circumcision but break the law. 28For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something external and physical. 29Rather, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heartit is spiritual and not literal. Such a person receives praise not from others but from God.
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