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Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh, call on his name, proclaim his deeds to the peoples!
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Sing to him, make music for him, recount all his wonders!
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Glory in his holy name, let the hearts that seek Yahweh rejoice!
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Seek Yahweh and his strength, tirelessly seek his presence!
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Remember the marvels he has done, his wonders, the judgements he has spoken.
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Stock of Abraham, his servant, children of Jacob whom he chose!
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He is Yahweh our God, his judgements touch the whole world.
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He remembers his covenant for ever, the promise he laid down for a thousand generations,
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which he concluded with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
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He established it as a statute for Jacob, an everlasting covenant with Israel,
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saying, 'To you I give a land, Canaan, your allotted birthright.'
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When they were insignificant in numbers, a handful of strangers in the land,
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wandering from country to country, from one kingdom and nation to another,
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he allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he instructed kings,
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'Do not touch my anointed ones, to my prophets you may do no harm.'
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He called down famine on the land, he took away their food supply;
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he sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, sold as a slave.
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So his feet were weighed down with shackles, his neck was put in irons.
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In due time his prophecy was fulfilled, the word of Yahweh proved him true.
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The king sent orders to release him, the ruler of nations set him free;
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he put him in charge of his household, the ruler of all he possessed,
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to instruct his princes as he saw fit, to teach his counsellors wisdom.
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Then Israel migrated to Egypt, Jacob settled in the country of Ham.
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He made his people increase in numbers, he gave them more strength than their enemies,
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whose heart he turned to hate his own people, to double-cross his servants.
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He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, the man of his choice.
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They worked there the wonders he commanded, marvels in the country of Ham.
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Darkness he sent, and darkness fell, but that nation defied his orders.
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He turned their rivers to blood, and killed all the fish in them.
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Their country was overrun with frogs, even in the royal apartments;
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at his word came flies, and mosquitoes throughout the country.
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He gave them hail as their rain, flames of fire in their land;
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he blasted their vine and their fig tree, and shattered the trees of the country.
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At his word came locusts, hoppers beyond all counting;
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they devoured every green thing in the land, devoured all the produce of the soil.
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He struck all the first-born in their land, the flower of all their manhood;
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he led Israel out with silver and gold; in their tribes there was none who stumbled.
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Egypt was glad at their leaving, for terror of Israel had seized them.
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He spread out a cloud to cover them, and fire to light up the night.
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They asked and he brought them quails, food from heaven to their hearts' content;
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he opened a rock, the waters gushed out, and flowed in dry ground as a river.
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Faithful to his sacred promise, given to his servant Abraham,
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he led out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy.
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He gave them the territories of nations, they reaped the fruit of other people's labours,
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on condition that they kept his statutes, and remained obedient to his laws.
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