1 Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
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2 Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
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3 Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of them rejoice who seek Yahweh.
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4 Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
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5 Remember his marvelous works that he has done; His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
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6 You seed of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
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7 He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
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8 He has remembered his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
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9 The covenant which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac,
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10 And confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
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11 Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;"
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12 When they were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and sojourners in it.
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13 They went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.
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14 He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
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15 "Don't touch my anointed ones. Do my prophets no harm."
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16 He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
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17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
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18 They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
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19 Until the time that his word happened, And Yahweh's word proved him true.
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20 The king sent and freed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
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21 He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all of his possessions;
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22 To discipline his princes at his pleasure, And to teach his elders wisdom.
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23 Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
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24 He increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.
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25 He turned their heart 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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27 They performed miracles among them, And wonders in the land of Ham.
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28 He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn't rebel against his words.
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29 He turned their waters into blood, And killed their fish.
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30 Their land swarmed with frogs, Even in the chambers of their kings.
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31 He spoke, and swarms of flies came, And lice in all their borders.
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32 He gave them hail for rain, With lightning in their land.
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33 He struck their vines and also their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their country.
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34 He spoke, and the locusts came, And the grasshoppers, without number,
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35 Ate up every plant in their land; Ate up the fruit of their ground.
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36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, The chief of all their strength.
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37 He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
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38 Egypt was glad when they departed, For the fear of them had fallen on them.
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39 He spread a cloud for a covering, Fire to give light in the night.
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40 They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
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41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
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42 For he remembered his holy word, And Abraham, his servant.
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43 He brought forth his people with joy, His chosen with singing.
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44 He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
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45 That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise Yah! Psalm 106
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