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105:1  O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples.
105:2  Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wonderful works.
105:3  Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
105:4  Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually.
105:5  Remember the wonderful works he has done, his miracles, and the judgements he has uttered,
105:6  O offspring of his servant Abraham, children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
105:7  He is the Lord our God; his judgements are in all the earth.
105:8  He is mindful of his covenant for ever, of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
105:9  the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,
105:10  which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
105:11  saying, ‘To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance.’
105:12  When they were few in number, of little account, and strangers in it,
105:13  wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,
105:14  he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account,
105:15  saying, ‘Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.’
105:16  When he summoned famine against the land, and broke every staff of bread,
105:17  he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
105:18  His feet were hurt with fetters, his neck was put in a collar of iron;
105:19  until what he had said came to pass, the word of the Lord kept testing him.
105:20  The king sent and released him; the ruler of the peoples set him free.
105:21  He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions,
105:22  to instruct his officials at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
105:23  Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.
105:24  And the Lord made his people very fruitful, and made them stronger than their foes,
105:25  whose hearts he then turned to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
105:26  He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen.
105:27  They performed his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.
105:28  He sent darkness, and made the land dark; they rebelled against his words.
105:29  He turned their waters into blood, and caused their fish to die.
105:30  Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings.
105:31  He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
105:32  He gave them hail for rain, and lightning that flashed through their land.
105:33  He struck their vines and fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
105:34  He spoke, and the locusts came, and young locusts without number;
105:35  they devoured all the vegetation in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
105:36  He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the first issue of all their strength.
105:37  Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold, and there was no one among their tribes who stumbled.
105:38  Egypt was glad when they departed, for dread of them had fallen upon it.
105:39  He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night.
105:40  They asked, and he brought quails, and gave them food from heaven in abundance.
105:41  He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed through the desert like a river.
105:42  For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham, his servant.
105:43  So he brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing.
105:44  He gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the wealth of the peoples,
105:45  that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise the Lord!