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Verse 1

Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.

Verse 2

Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.

Verse 3

Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.

Verse 4

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

Verse 5

Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,

Verse 6

you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Verse 7

He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.

Verse 8

He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

Verse 9

the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,

Verse 10

and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

Verse 11

saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;"

Verse 12

when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.

Verse 13

They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

Verse 14

He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Verse 15

"Don't touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!"

Verse 16

He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.

Verse 17

He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.

Verse 18

They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,

Verse 19

until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh's word proved him true.

Verse 20

The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

Verse 21

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions;

Verse 22

to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.

Verse 23

Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

Verse 24

He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.

Verse 25

He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.

Verse 26

He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

Verse 27

They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

Verse 28

He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn't rebel against his words.

Verse 29

He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.

Verse 30

Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.

Verse 31

He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.

Verse 32

He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.

Verse 33

He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.

Verse 34

He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,

Verse 35

ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit of their ground.

Verse 36

He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.

Verse 37

He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.

Verse 38

Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.

Verse 39

He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.

Verse 40

They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.

Verse 41

He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.

Verse 42

For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.

Verse 43

He brought forth his people with joy, his chosen with singing.

Verse 44

He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,

Verse 45

that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!

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