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[1] When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:
[2] Judea made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
[3] The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.
[4] The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like the lambs of the flock.
[5] What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: and thou, O Jordan, that thou wast turned back?
[6] Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye hills, like lambs of the flock?
[7] At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved, at the presence of the God of Jacob:
[8] Who turned the rock into pools of water, and the stony hill into fountains of waters.
[9] Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory.
[10] For thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake: lest the gentiles should say: Where is their God?
[11] But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would.
[12] The idols of the gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.
[13] They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not.
[14] They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not.
[15] They have hands and feel not: they have feet and walk not: neither shall they cry out through their throat.
[16] Let them that make them become like unto them: and all such as trust in them.
[17] The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
[18] The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
[19] They that fear the Lord hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
[20] The Lord hath been mindful of us, and hath blessed us. He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron.
[21] He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both little and great.
[22] May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your children.
[23] Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
[24] The heaven of heaven is the Lord's: but the earth he has given to the children of men.
[25] The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell.
[26] But we that live bless the Lord: from this time now and for ever.
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