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Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!
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Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; Talk of all His wondrous works!
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Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the LORD!
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Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face evermore!
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Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,
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O seed of Abraham His servant, You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!
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He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
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He remembers His covenant forever, The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,
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The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
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And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
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Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan As the allotment of your inheritance,”
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When they were few in number, Indeed 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 permitted no one to do them wrong; Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,
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Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm.”
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Moreover He called for a famine in the land; He destroyed all the provision of bread.
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He sent a man before them— Joseph—who was sold as a slave.
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They hurt his feet with fetters, He was laid in irons.
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Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the LORD tested him.
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The king sent and released him, The ruler of the people let him go free.
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He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his possessions,
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To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom.
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Israel also came into Egypt, And Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
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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 craftily with His servants.
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He sent Moses His servant, And Aaron whom He had chosen.
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They performed His signs among them, And wonders in the land of Ham.
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He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they did not rebel against His word.
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He turned their waters into blood, And killed their fish.
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Their land abounded with frogs, Even in the chambers of their kings.
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He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their territory.
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He gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in their land.
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He struck their vines also, and their fig trees, And splintered the trees of their territory.
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He spoke, and locusts came, Young locusts without number,
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And ate up all the vegetation in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.
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He also destroyed all the firstborn in their land, The first of all their strength.
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He also brought them out with silver and gold, And there was none feeble among His tribes.
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Egypt was glad when they departed, For the fear of them had fallen 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 quail, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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He opened the rock, and water gushed out; It 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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He brought out His people with joy, His chosen ones with gladness.
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He gave them the lands of the Gentiles, And they inherited the labor of the nations,
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That they might observe His statutes And keep His laws. Praise the LORD!
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