| Chapter 105 |
1 | Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; make known his acts among the peoples.
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2 | Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; meditate upon all his wondrous works.
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3 | Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.
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4 | Seek Jehovah and his strength, seek his face continually;
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5 | Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth:
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6 | Ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
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7 | He, Jehovah, is our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
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8 | He is ever mindful of his covenant, -- the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, --
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9 | Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
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10 | And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, unto Israel for an everlasting covenant,
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11 | Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
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12 | When they were a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it.
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13 | And they went from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
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14 | He suffered no man to oppress them, and reproved kings for their sakes,
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15 | [Saying,] Touch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.
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16 | And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.
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17 | He sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a bondman.
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18 | They afflicted his feet with fetters; his soul came into irons;
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19 | Until the time when what he said came about: the word of Jehovah tried him.
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20 | The king sent and loosed him -- the ruler of peoples -- and let him go free.
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21 | He made him lord of his house, and ruler over all his possessions:
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22 | To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.
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23 | And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
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24 | And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors.
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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 set his signs among them, and miracles 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 caused their fish to die.
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30 | Their land swarmed with frogs, -- in the chambers of their kings.
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31 | He spoke, and there came dog-flies, [and] gnats in all their borders.
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32 | He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land;
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33 | And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees of their borders.
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34 | He spoke, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, even without number;
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35 | And they devoured every herb in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
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36 | And he smote every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigour.
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37 | And he brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble among their tribes.
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38 | Egypt rejoiced at their departure; for the fear of them had fallen 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 | They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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41 | He opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
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42 | For he remembered his holy word, [and] Abraham his servant;
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43 | And he brought forth his people with gladness, his chosen with rejoicing;
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44 | And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:
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45 | That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah!
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