Tell of His Wonders
The chapter begins with a call to give thanks, sing, seek the LORD, and remember his wonders. That summons is grounded in covenant certainty: the LORD is Israel's God, and the promise first given to Abraham and confirmed to Isaac and Jacob includes the pledged gift of Canaan.
G1ive thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; 2Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; 3Glory in His holy name; 4Seek out the LORD and His strength; 5Remember the wonders He has done, 6O offspring of His servant Abraham, 7He is the LORD our God; 8He remembers His covenant forever, 9the covenant He made with Abraham, 10He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, 11“I will give you the land of Canaan
When the patriarchs were still few and vulnerable wanderers, the LORD protected them from kings and called them his anointed ones. He then sent famine and, before it fully struck, sent Joseph ahead into suffering, imprisonment, vindication, and authority, so that the one humiliated in chains became the instrument of preservation.
12When they were few in number, 13they wandered from nation to nation, 14He let no man oppress them; 15“Do not touch My anointed ones! 16He called down famine on the land 17He sent a man before them— 18They bruised his feet with shackles 19until his prediction came true 20The king sent and released him; 21He made him master of his household, 22to instruct his princes as he pleased
Israel entered Egypt and grew strong there, until the LORD turned the Egyptians against them and sent Moses and Aaron with signs and plagues. The chapter moves quickly through darkness, blood, frogs, insects, hail, locusts, and the death of the firstborn, then ends this movement with Israel's release, enriched and unharmed while Egypt is glad to see them go.
23Then Israel entered Egypt; 24And the LORD made His people very fruitful, 25whose hearts He turned to hate His people, 26He sent Moses His servant, 27They performed His miraculous signs among them, 28He sent darkness, and it became dark— 29He turned their waters to blood 30Their land teemed with frogs, 31He spoke, and insects swarmed— 32He gave them hail for rain, 33He struck their vines and fig trees 34He spoke, and the locusts came— 35They devoured every plant in their land 36Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, 37He brought Israel out with silver and gold, 38Egypt was glad when they departed,
After bringing his people out, the LORD guides them with cloud and fire, feeds them with quail and bread, and brings water from the rock in the desert. All of this is explicitly tied to his remembered promise to Abraham, and the final note is that the gift of the land is ordered toward obedience to his statutes and laws.
39He spread a cloud as a covering 40They asked, and He brought quail 41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; 42For He remembered His holy promise 43He brought forth His people with rejoicing, 44He gave them the lands of the nations, 45that they might keep His statutes