| 1 ¶ O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
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| 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
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| 3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
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| 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
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| 5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
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| 6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
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| 7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
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| 8 ¶ He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
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| 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
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| 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
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| 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot1 of your inheritance:
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| 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
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| 13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
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| 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
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| 15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
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| 16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
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| 17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
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| 18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:2
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| 19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
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| 20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
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| 21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:3
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| 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
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| 23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
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| 24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
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| 25 ¶ He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
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| 26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
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| 27 They shewed his4 signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
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| 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
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| 29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
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| 30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
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| 31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
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| 32 He gave them5 hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
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| 33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
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| 34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
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| 35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
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| 36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
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| 37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
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| 38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
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| 39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
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| 40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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| 41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
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| 42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
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| 43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:6
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| 44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
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| 45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise7 ye the LORD.
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