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Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations. |
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Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders. |
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Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. |
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Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always. |
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Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced, |
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O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones. |
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He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth. |
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He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— |
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the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. |
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He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: |
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“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.” |
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When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land, |
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they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. |
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He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf: |
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“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!” |
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He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. |
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He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave. |
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They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons, |
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until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right. |
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The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free. |
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He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance, |
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to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom. |
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Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham. |
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And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes, |
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whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants. |
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He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. |
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They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. |
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He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words. |
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He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die. |
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Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers. |
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He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country. |
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He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land. |
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He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country. |
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He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number. |
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They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil. |
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Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor. |
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He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled. |
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Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them. |
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He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night. |
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They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. |
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He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert. |
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For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant. |
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He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy. |
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He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor, |
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that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah! |
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