Psalms 105 / 150
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(Tell of All His Wonderful Works)
Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name;
make known his deeds among the peoples!
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Sing to him, sing praises to him;
tell of all his wondrous works!
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Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
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Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his presence continually!
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Remember the wondrous works that he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,
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O offspring of Abraham, his servant,
children of Jacob, his chosen ones!
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He is the Lord our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.
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He remembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
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the covenant that he made with Abraham,
his sworn promise to Isaac,
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which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
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saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan
as your portion for an inheritance."
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When they were few in number,
of little account, and sojourners in it,
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wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
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he allowed no one to oppress them;
he rebuked kings on their account,
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saying, "Touch not my anointed ones,
do my prophets no harm!"
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When he summoned a famine on the land
and broke all supply of bread,
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he had sent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
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His feet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron;
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until what he had said came to pass,
the word of the Lord tested him.
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The king sent and released him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free;
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he made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions,
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to bind his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom.
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Then Israel came to Egypt;
Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
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And the Lord made his people very fruitful
and made them stronger than their foes.
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He turned their hearts to hate his people,
to deal craftily with his servants.
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He sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
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They performed his signs among them
and miracles in the land of Ham.
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He sent darkness, and made the land dark;
they did not rebel against his words.
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He turned their waters into blood
and caused their fish to die.
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Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the chambers of their kings.
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He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
and gnats throughout their country.
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He gave them hail for rain,
and fiery lightning bolts through their land.
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He struck down their vines and fig trees,
and shattered the trees of their country.
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He spoke, and the locusts came,
young locusts without number,
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which devoured all the vegetation in their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
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He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the firstfruits of all their strength.
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Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold,
and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
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Egypt was glad when they departed,
for dread of them had fallen upon it.
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He spread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.
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They asked, and he brought quail,
and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.
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He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed through the desert like a river.
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For he remembered his holy promise,
and Abraham, his servant.
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So he brought his people out with joy,
his chosen ones with singing.
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And he gave them the lands of the nations,
and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,
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that they might keep his statutes
and observe his laws.
Praise the Lord!