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Psalm 105
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Give thanks to the LORD and call upon his Name;
make known his deeds among the peoples.
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Sing to him, sing praises to him,
and speak of all his marvelous works.
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Glory in his holy Name;
let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
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Search for the LORD and his strength;
continually seek his face.
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Remember the marvels he has done,
his wonders and the judgments of his mouth,
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O offspring of Abraham his servant,
O children of Jacob his chosen.
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He is the LORD our God;
his judgments prevail in all the world.
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He has always been mindful of his covenant,
the promise he made for a thousand generations:
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The covenant he made with Abraham,
the oath that he swore to Isaac,
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Which he established as a statute for Jacob,
an everlasting covenant for Israel,
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Saying, "To you will I give the land of Canaan
to be your allotted inheritance."
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When they were few in number,
of little account, and sojourners in the land,
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Wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,
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He let no one oppress them
and rebuked kings for their sake,
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Saying, "Do not touch my anointed
and do my prophets no harm."
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Then he called for a famine in the land
and destroyed the supply of bread.
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He sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
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They bruised his feet in fetters;
his neck they put in an iron collar.
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Until his prediction 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 set him as a master over his household,
as a ruler over all his possessions,
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To instruct his princes according to his will
and to teach his elders wisdom.
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Israel came into Egypt,
and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.
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The LORD made his people exceedingly fruitful;
he made them stronger than their enemies;
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Whose heart he turned, so that they hated his people,
and dealt unjustly with his servants.
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He sent Moses his servant,
and Aaron whom he had chosen.
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They worked his signs among them,
and portents in the land of Ham.
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He sent darkness, and it grew dark;
but the Egyptians rebelled 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 was overrun by frogs,
in the very chambers of their kings.
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He spoke, and there came swarms of insects
and gnats within all their borders.
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He gave them hailstones instead of rain,
and flames of fire throughout their land.
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He blasted their vines and their fig trees
and shattered every tree in their country.
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He spoke, and the locust came,
and young locusts without number,
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Which ate up all the green plants in their land
and devoured the fruit of their soil.
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He struck down the firstborn of their land,
the firstfruits of all their strength.
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He led out his people with silver and gold;
in all their tribes there was not one that stumbled.
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Egypt was glad of their going,
because they were afraid of them.
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He spread out a cloud for a covering
and a fire to give light in the night season.
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They asked, and quails appeared,
and he satisfied them with bread from heaven.
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He opened the rock, and water flowed,
so the river ran in the dry places.
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For God remembered his holy word
and Abraham his servant.
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So he led forth his people with gladness,
his chosen with shouts of joy.
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He gave his people the lands of the nations,
and they took the fruit of others' toil,
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That they might keep his statutes
and observe his laws. Hallelujah!