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1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
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1 Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
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2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works .
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2 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
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3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
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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 face evermore.
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4 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
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5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done ; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
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5 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
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6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
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6 O descendants of Abraham his servant, O sons 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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7 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
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8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
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8 He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,
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9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
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9 the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
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10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
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10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
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11 Saying , Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
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11 "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit."
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12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
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12 When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
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13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
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13 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
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14 He suffered no man to do them wrong : yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
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14 He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
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15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm .
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15 "Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm."
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16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
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16 He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;
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17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
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17 and he sent a man before them-- Joseph, sold as a slave.
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18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
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18 They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,
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19 Until the time that his word came : the word of the LORD tried him.
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19 till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.
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20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free .
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20 The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.
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21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
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21 He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed,
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22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom .
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22 to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
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23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
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23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.
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24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
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24 The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes,
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25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
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25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
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26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen .
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26 He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
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27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
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27 They performed his miraculous signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
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28 He sent darkness, and made it dark ; and they rebelled not against his word.
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28 He sent darkness and made the land dark-- for had they not rebelled against his words?
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29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
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29 He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.
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30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance , in the chambers of their kings.
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30 Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
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31 He spake , and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
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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 flaming fire in their land.
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32 He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;
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33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
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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 spake , and the locusts came , and caterpillers, and that without number,
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34 He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;
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35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
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35 they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil.
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36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
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36 Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood.
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37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
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37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.
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38 Egypt was glad when they departed : for the fear of them fell upon them.
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38 Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.
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39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
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39 He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.
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40 The people asked , and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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40 They asked, and he brought them quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out ; they ran in the dry places like a river.
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41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; like a river it flowed in the desert.
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42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
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42 For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.
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43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
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43 He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
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44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
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44 he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for--
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45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
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45 that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD.
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