| Chapter 105 |
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Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. |
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Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works. |
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Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of them rejoice who seek Yahweh. |
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Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more. |
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Remember his marvelous works that he has done; His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, |
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You seed of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones. |
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He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth. |
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He has remembered his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations, |
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The covenant which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac, |
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And confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; To Israel for an everlasting covenant, |
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Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;" |
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When they were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and sojourners in it. |
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They went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. |
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He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, |
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"Don`t touch my anointed ones. Do my prophets no harm." |
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He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies. |
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He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave. |
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They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons, |
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Until the time that his word happened, And Yahweh`s word proved him true. |
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The king sent and freed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free. |
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He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all of his possessions; |
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To discipline his princes at his pleasure, And to teach his elders wisdom. |
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Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. |
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He increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries. |
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He turned their heart to hate his people, To conspire against his servants. |
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He sent Moses, his servant, And Aaron, whom he had chosen. |
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They performed miracles among them, And wonders in the land of Ham. |
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He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn`t rebel against his words. |
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He turned their waters into blood, And killed their fish. |
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Their land swarmed with frogs, Even in the chambers of their kings. |
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He spoke, and swarms of flies came, And lice in all their borders. |
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He gave them hail for rain, With lightning in their land. |
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He struck their vines and also their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their country. |
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He spoke, and the locusts came, And the grasshoppers, without number, |
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Ate up every plant in their land; Ate up the fruit of their ground. |
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He struck also all the firstborn in their land, The chief of all their strength. |
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He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes. |
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Egypt was glad when they departed, For the fear of them had fallen on them. |
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He spread a cloud for a covering, Fire to give light in the night. |
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They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of the sky. |
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He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places. |
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For he remembered his holy word, And Abraham, his servant. |
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He brought forth his people with joy, His chosen with singing. |
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He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession, |
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That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise Yah! Psalm 106 |