Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
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1 Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen.
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Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
2 Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works.
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Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
3 Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice.
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Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4 Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually.
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Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
5 Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
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Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
6 ye seed of Abraam, his servants, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
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you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
7 He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
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He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generation:
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He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
9 which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and he remembered his oath to Isaac.
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the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant;
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He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 saying To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:
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“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.”
12 when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it.
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When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
13 And they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
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they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
14 He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes:
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He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
15 saying, Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm.
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“Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”
16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread.
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He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;
17 He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.
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and he sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
18 They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron,
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They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,
19 until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire.
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till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.
20 The king sent and loosed him; even the prince of the people, and let him go free.
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The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.
21 He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance;
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He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed,
22 to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
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to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham.
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Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.
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The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes,
25 And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
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whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
26 He sent fort Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen.
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He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 He established among them his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
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They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against his words.
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He sent darkness and made the land dark— for had they not rebelled against his words?
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
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He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.
30 Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings.
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Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
31 He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts.
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He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
32 He turned their rain into hail, and sent flaming fire in their land.
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He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;
33 And he smote their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast.
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he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable,
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He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;
35 and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground.
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they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil.
36 He smote also every first-born of their land, the first-fruits of all their labour.
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Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood.
37 And he brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes.
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He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.
38 Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them.
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Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39 He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night.
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He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.
40 They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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They asked, and he brought them quail; he fed them well with the bread of heaven.
41 He clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places.
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He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
42 For he remembered his holy word, which he promised to Abraam his servant.
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For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.
43 And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy;
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He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
44 and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labours of the people;
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he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for—
45 that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law.
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that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD.
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