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Psalms 104

1Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord and call upon His name; Report His works among the Gentiles;

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2Sing to Him, and play a stringed instrument to Him; Describe all His wonderful works.

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3Praise His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad;

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4Seek the Lord and be strengthened; Seek His face continually.

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5Remember the wonders He performed, Of His marvels and the judgments of His mouth,

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6O seed of Abraham, His servants, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.

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7He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth.

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8Remember His covenant forever, And His word He commanded for a thousand generations,

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9Which He established with Abraham, And His oath with Isaac;

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10And He established it as an ordinance with Jacob And as an everlasting covenant with Israel,

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11Saying, "I shall give you the land of Canaan As the portion of your inheritance."

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12When they were few in number, The smallest and sojourners in the land,

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13And passed through from nation to nation, From a kingdom to a different people,

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14He allowed no man to wrong them; And He reproved kings on their behalf:

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15"Do not touch My anointed ones, And do not act wickedly towards My prophets."

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16And He called a famine upon the land; He shattered all their provision of bread;

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17He sent a man before them; He sold Joseph into slavery.

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18They humbled his feet with fetters; His soul passed into the iron

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19Until his word came to pass; The revelation of the Lord tried him in the fire.

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20The king, the ruler of the people, sent and released him, And he acquitted him.

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21He made him lord of his house And ruler of all his domain,

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22To instruct his rulers as himself And to teach his elders wisdom.

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23And Israel came into Egypt, And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham;

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24He increased His people greatly, And made them stronger than their enemies.

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25He changed their heart to hate His people, To deal craftily with His servants.

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26He sent Moses His servant; He sent Aaron, whom He chose.

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27He put among them the words of His signs And of His wonders in the land of Ham.

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28He sent darkness, and it grew dark; And they rebelled against His words.

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29He turned their waters into blood, And He killed their fish.

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30Their land produced frogs In the chambers of their kings.

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31He spoke and the dog-fly came, And gnats in all their borders.

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32He gave them hail for rain; Fire burned up their land;

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33And He smote their vineyards and their fig trees, And He shattered every tree in their domain.

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34He spoke, and the locust came, And the caterpillar without number,

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35And ate up all the grass in their land, And devoured the fruit of their land.

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36And He smote all the firstborn in their land, The firstling of all their labor.

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37He led them out with silver and gold, And there was not among their tribes one who was feeble.

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38Egypt was gladdened by their exodus, For fear of them fell upon them.

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39He spread a cloud as a cover for them, And a fire to give them light at night.

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40They asked, and the quails came, And He filled them with the bread of heaven.

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41He split the rock, and the waters flowed; The rivers ran in the waterless places.

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42For He remembered His holy word Which He gave to His servant Abraham.

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43He brought out His people with exceeding joy, And His chosen ones with gladness.

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44And He gave them the lands of the nations, And they inherited the labors of the peoples,

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45So they might keep His ordinances, And seek out His law.

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