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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8 But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. 9The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you,* not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. 10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.*
11 Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness, 12waiting for and hastening* the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire? 13But, in accordance with his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.
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