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1 Give ye thanks to Jehovah -- call ye in His name, Make known among the peoples His acts.
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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 ye to Him -- sing praise to Him, Meditate ye on all His wonders.
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2 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
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3 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth.
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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 ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually.
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4 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
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5 Remember His wonders that He did, His signs 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 seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
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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] Jehovah our God, In all the earth [are] His judgments.
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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 to the age His covenant, The word 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 That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
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9 the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
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10 And doth establish it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel -- a covenant age-during,
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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, `To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion 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 In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners 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 And they go up and down, from nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto another people.
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13 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
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14 He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings.
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14 He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
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15 `Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.'
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15 "Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm."
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16 And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.
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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 hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.
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17 and he sent a man before them-- Joseph, sold as a slave.
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18 They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul,
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18 They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,
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19 Till the time of the coming of His word The saying of Jehovah hath 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 hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out.
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20 The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.
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21 He hath made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.
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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 chiefs at his pleasure, And his elders he maketh wise.
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22 to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
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23 And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath 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 maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries.
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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 conspire against 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 hath sent Moses His servant, Aaron whom He had fixed on.
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26 He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
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27 They have set among them the matters of His signs, 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 hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked 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 hath turned their waters to blood, And putteth to death their fish.
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29 He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.
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30 Teemed hath their land [with] frogs, In the inner 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 hath said, and the beetle cometh, Lice into all their border.
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31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
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32 He hath made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land.
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32 He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;
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33 And He smiteth their vine and their fig, And shivereth the trees of their border.
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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 hath said, and the locust cometh, And the cankerworm -- innumerable,
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34 He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;
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35 And it consumeth every herb in their land, And it consumeth 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 And He smiteth every first-born in their land, The first-fruit 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 And bringeth them out with silver and gold, And there is not in its tribes a feeble one.
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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 Rejoiced hath Egypt in their going forth, For their fear had fallen 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 hath spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten 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 They have asked, and He bringeth quails, And [with] bread of heaven satisfieth them.
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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 hath opened a rock, and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places -- 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 hath remembered His holy word, With 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 bringeth forth His people with joy, With singing His chosen ones.
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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 He giveth to them the lands of nations, And the labour of peoples they possess,
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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 may observe His statutes, And His laws may keep. Praise ye Jehovah!
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45 that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD.
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