1 | O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. |
2 | Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. |
3 | Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. |
4 | Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. |
5 | Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; |
6 | O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. |
7 | He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. |
8 | He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. |
9 | Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; |
10 | And confirmed the same unto 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 | When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. |
13 | When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; |
14 | He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; |
15 | Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. |
16 | Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. |
17 | He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: |
18 | Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: |
19 | Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. |
20 | The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. |
21 | He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: |
22 | To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. |
23 | Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. |
24 | And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. |
25 | He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. |
26 | He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. |
27 | They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. |
28 | He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. |
29 | He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. |
30 | Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. |
31 | He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. |
32 | He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. |
33 | He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. |
34 | He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, |
35 | And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. |
36 | He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. |
37 | He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. |
38 | Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. |
39 | He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. |
40 | The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. |
41 | He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. |
42 | For he remembered his holy promise, and 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 inherited the labour of the people; |
45 | That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
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