4. Seek the Lord and His strength;seek His presence continuously.
5. Remember His marvelous works that He has done;His wonders and the judgments from His mouth,
6. O offspring of Abraham, His servant,O children of Jacob, His chosen ones.
7. He is the Lord our God;His judgments are in all the earth.
8. He remembers His covenant forever,the word that He commanded, to a thousand generations,
9. that covenant He made with Abraham,and His oath to Isaac,
10. and confirmed to Jacob as a decree,and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11. saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaanas the portion of your inheritance.”
12. When they were but a few people in number,indeed, very few, and strangers in it,
13. when they went from one nation to another,from one kingdom to another people,
14. He did not permit anyone to do them wrong;indeed, He reproved kings on their behalf,
15. saying, “Do not touch my anointed ones,and do no harm to my prophets.”
16. Moreover He called for a famine upon the land;He broke the whole supply of bread.
17. He sent a man before them,Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18. They hurt his feet with fetters;his neck was put in an iron collar.
19. Until the time that his word came to pass,the word of the Lord tested him.
20. The king sent and released him;the ruler of the people let him go free.