Psalm 105
Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
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2 Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
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3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!
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4 Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually!
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5 Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,
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6 O offspring of Abraham, his servant, children of Jacob, his chosen ones!
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7 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
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8 He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
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9 the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,
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10 which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
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11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance.”
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12 When they were few in number, of little account, and sojourners in it,
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13 wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,
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14 he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account,
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15 saying, “Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!”
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16 When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread,
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17 he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
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18 His feet were hurt with fetters; his neck was put in a collar of iron;
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19 until what he had said came to pass, the word of the LORD tested him.
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20 The king sent and released him; the ruler of the peoples set him free;
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21 he made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions,
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22 to bind his princes at his pleasure and to teach his elders wisdom.
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23 Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
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24 And the LORD made his people very fruitful and made them stronger than their foes.
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25 He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily 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 performed his signs among them and miracles in the land of Ham.
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28 He sent darkness, and made the land dark; they did not rebel against his words.
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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, even in the chambers of their kings.
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31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
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32 He gave them hail for rain, and fiery lightning bolts through their land.
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33 He struck down their vines and fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
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34 He spoke, and the locusts came, young locusts without number,
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35 which devoured all the vegetation in their land and ate up the fruit of their ground.
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36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their strength.
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37 Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
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38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for dread of them had fallen upon it.
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39 He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night.
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40 They asked, and he brought quail, and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.
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41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed through the desert like a river.
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42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham, his servant.
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43 So he brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing.
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44 And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,
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45 that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise the LORD!