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O give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. |
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Sing to him, sing psalms to him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. |
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Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. |
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Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. |
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Remember his wonderful works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; |
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O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. |
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He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. |
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He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. |
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Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac; |
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And confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: |
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Saying, To thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: |
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When they were a few men in number; yes, very few, and strangers in it. |
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When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; |
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He suffered no man to do them wrong: yes, he reproved kings for their sakes; |
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Saying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm. |
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Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he broke the whole staff of bread. |
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He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: |
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Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: |
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Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. |
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The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. |
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He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: |
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To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. |
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Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. |
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And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. |
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He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. |
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He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. |
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They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. |
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He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. |
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He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. |
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Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. |
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He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their borders. |
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He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. |
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He smote their vines also and their fig-trees; and broke the trees of their borders. |
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He spoke, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number, |
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And ate up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. |
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He smote also all the first-born in their land, the chief of all their strength. |
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He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. |
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Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. |
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He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. |
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The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. |
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He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. |
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For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. |
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And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: |
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And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labor of the people; |
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That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. |