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O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
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Sing unto him, sing psalms unto 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 marvellous 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 unto Isaac;
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And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
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Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: lot: Heb. cord
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When they were but a few men in number; yea, 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: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
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Saying , Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
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Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake 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: he...: Heb. his soul came into 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: substance: Heb. possession
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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 shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. his...: Heb. words of his signs
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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 spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
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He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. them...: Heb. their rain hail
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He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
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He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
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And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
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He smote also all the firstborn 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: gladness: Heb. singing
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And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
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[45]
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That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. Praise...: Heb. Hallelujah
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