8 He gremembers His covenant forever,

The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,

9 hThe covenant which He made with Abraham,

And His oath to Isaac,

10 And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,

To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

11 Saying, i“To you I will give the land of Canaan

As the allotment of your inheritance,”

12 jWhen they were few in number,

Indeed very few, kand strangers in it.

13 When they went from one nation to another,

From one kingdom to another people,

14 lHe permitted no one to do them wrong;

Yes, mHe rebuked kings for their sakes,

15 Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones,

And do My prophets no harm.”

16 Moreover nHe called for a famine in the land;

He destroyed all the oprovision of bread.

17 pHe sent a man before them—

Joseph—who qwas sold as a slave.

18 rThey hurt his feet with fetters,

1He was laid in irons.

19 Until the time that his word came to pass,

sThe word of the Lord tested him.

20 tThe king sent and released him,

The ruler of the people let him go free.

21 uHe made him lord of his house,

And ruler of all his possessions,

22 To 2bind his princes at his pleasure,

And teach his elders wisdom.

23 vIsrael also came into Egypt,

And Jacob dwelt win the land of Ham.