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- O give praise to the Lord;
give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.
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- Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody;
let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.
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- Have glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.
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- Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength;
let your hearts ever be turned to him.
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- Keep in mind the great works which he has done;
his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;
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- O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.
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- He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth.
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- He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;
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- The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
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- And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;
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- Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:
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- When they were still small in number, and strange in the land;
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- When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people.
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- He would not let anyone do them wrong;
he even kept back kings because of them,
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- Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.
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- And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread.
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- He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price:
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- His feet were fixed in chains;
his neck was put in iron bands;
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- Till the time when his word came true;
he was tested by the word of the Lord.
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- The king sent men to take off his chains;
even the ruler of the people, who let him go free.
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- He made him lord of his house, and ruler over everything he had;
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- To give his chiefs teaching at his pleasure, and so that his law-givers might get wisdom from him.
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- Then Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob was living in the land of Ham.
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- And his people were greatly increased, and became stronger than those who were against them.
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- Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them.
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- He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the man of his selection.
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- He let his signs be seen among the people, and his wonders in the land of Ham.
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- He sent black night and made it dark;
and they did not go against his word.
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- At his word their waters were turned to blood, and he sent death on all their fish.
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- Their land was full of frogs, even in the rooms of the king.
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- He gave the word, and there came the dog-fly, and insects over all the land.
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- He gave them ice for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
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- He gave their vines and their fig-trees to destruction, and the trees of their land were broken down.
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- At his word the locusts came, and young locusts more than might be numbered,
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- And put an end to all the plants of their land, taking all the fruit of the earth for food.
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- He put to death the first child of every family in the land, the first-fruits of their strength.
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- He took his people out with silver and gold: there was not one feeble person among them.
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- Egypt was glad when they went;
for the fear of them had come down on them.
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- A cloud was stretched over them for a cover;
and he sent fire to give light in the night.
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- At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.
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- His hand made the rock open, and the waters came streaming out;
they went down through the dry places like a river.
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- For he kept in mind his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
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- And he took his people out with joy, the men of his selection with glad cries:
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- And gave them the lands of the nations;
and they took the work of the peoples for a heritage;
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- So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws.
Give praise to the Lord.
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