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1 Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
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(104-1) Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
2 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
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(104-2) Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
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(104-3) Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
4 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
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(104-4) Seek ye the lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
5 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
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(104-5) Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
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(104-6) O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
7 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
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(104-7) He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
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(104-8) He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
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(104-9) Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:
10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
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(104-10) And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.”
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(104-11) Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
12 When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
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(104-12) When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
13 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
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(104-13) And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
14 He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
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(104-14) He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
15 “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”
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(104-15) Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
16 He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;
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(104-16) And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
17 and he sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
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(104-17) He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
18 They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,
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(104-18) They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
19 till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.
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(104-19) Until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.
20 The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.
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(104-20) The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
21 He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed,
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(104-21) He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
22 to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
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(104-22) That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
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(104-23) And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
24 The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes,
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(104-24) And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies.
25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
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(104-25) He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
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(104-26) He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
27 They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
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(104-27) He gave them power to shew them signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
28 He sent darkness and made the land dark— for had they not rebelled against his words?
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(104-28) He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.
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(104-29) He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.
30 Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
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(104-30) Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
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(104-31) He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
32 He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;
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(104-32) He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.
33 he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
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(104-33) And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;
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(104-34) He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.
35 they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil.
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(104-35) And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
36 Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood.
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(104-36) And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.
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(104-37) And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
38 Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.
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(104-38) Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.
39 He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.
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(104-39) He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
40 They asked, and he brought them quail; he fed them well with the bread of heaven.
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(104-40) They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
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(104-41) He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
42 For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.
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(104-42) Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
43 He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
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(104-43) And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
44 he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for—
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(104-44) And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:
45 that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD.
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(104-45) That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.
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