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[1] Praise the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his works among the people.
[2] Sing unto him, sing praise unto him , and talk of all his wondrous works.
[3] Rejoice in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord, rejoice.
[4] Seek the Lord and his strength: seek his face continually.
[5] Remember his marvelous works, that he hath done, his wonders and the judgments of his mouth,
[6] Ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob, which are his elect.
[7] He is the Lord our God: his judgments are through all the earth.
[8] He hath alway remembered his covenant and promise, that he made to a thousand generations,
[9] Even that which he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac:
[10] And since hath confirmed it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
[11] Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.
[12] Albeit they were few in number, yea, very few, and strangers in the land,
[13] And walked about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,
[14] Yet suffered he no man to do them wrong, but reproved kings for their sakes, saying,
[15] Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
[16] Moreover he called a famine upon the land , and utterly brake the staff of bread.
[17] But he sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a slave.
[18] They held his feet in the stocks , and he was laid in irons,
[19] Until his appointed time came, and the counsel of the Lord had tried him.
[20] The King sent and loosed him: even the ruler of the people delivered him.
[21] He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance,
[22] That he should bind his princes unto his will, and teach his ancients wisdom.
[23] Then Israel came to Egypt, and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.
[24] And he increased his people exceedingly, and made them stronger then their oppressors.
[25] He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal craftily with his servants.
[26] Then sent he Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen.
[27] They showed among them the message of his signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
[28] He sent darkness, and made it dark: and they were not disobedient unto his commission.
[29] He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
[30] Their land brought forth frogs, even in their king's chambers.
[31] He spake, and there came swarms of flies and lice in all their quarters.
[32] He gave them hail for rain, and flames of fire in their land.
[33] He smote their vines also and their fig trees, and brake down the trees in their coasts.
[34] He spake, and the grasshoppers came, and caterpillars innumerable,
[35] And did eat up all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
[36] He smote also all the first born in their land, even the beginning of all their strength.
[37] He brought them forth also with silver and gold, and there was none feeble among their tribes.
[38] Egypt was glad at their departing: for the fear of them had fallen upon them.
[39] He spread a cloud to be a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
[40] They asked, and he brought quails, and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
[41] He opened the rock, and the waters flowed out, and ran in the dry places like a river.
[42] For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant,
[43] And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness,
[44] And gave them the lands of the heathen, and they took the labors of the people in possession,
[45] That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise ye the Lord.
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