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1. Hallelujah! Thank GOD! Pray to him by name! Tell everyone you meet what he has done!
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1. O give thanks H3034 unto the LORD H3068 ; call H7121 upon his name H8034 : make known H3045 his deeds H5949 among the people H5971 .
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2. Sing him songs, belt out hymns, translate his wonders into music!
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2. Sing H7891 unto him , sing psalms H2167 unto him: talk H7878 ye of all H3605 his wondrous works H6381 .
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3. Honor his holy name with Hallelujahs, you who seek GOD. Live a happy life!
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3. Glory H1984 ye in his holy H6944 name H8034 : let the heart H3820 of them rejoice H8055 that seek H1245 the LORD H3068 .
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4. Keep your eyes open for GOD, watch for his works; be alert for signs of his presence.
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4. Seek H1875 the LORD H3068 , and his strength H5797 : seek H1245 his face H6440 evermore H8548 .
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5. Remember the world of wonders he has made, his miracles, and the verdicts he's rendered--
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5. Remember H2142 his marvelous works H6381 that H834 he hath done H6213 ; his wonders H4159 , and the judgments H4941 of his mouth H6310 ;
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6. O seed of Abraham, his servant, O child of Jacob, his chosen.
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6. O ye seed H2233 of Abraham H85 his servant H5650 , ye children H1121 of Jacob H3290 his chosen H972 .
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7. He's GOD, our God, in charge of the whole earth.
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7. He H1931 is the LORD H3068 our God H430 : his judgments H4941 are in all H3605 the earth H776 .
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8. And he remembers, remembers his Covenant-- for a thousand generations he's been as good as his word.
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8. He hath remembered H2142 his covenant H1285 forever H5769 , the word H1697 which he commanded H6680 to a thousand H505 generations H1755 .
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9. It's the Covenant he made with Abraham, the same oath he swore to Isaac,
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9. Which H834 covenant he made H3772 with H854 Abraham H85 , and his oath H7621 unto Isaac H3446 ;
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10. The very statute he established with Jacob, the eternal Covenant with Israel,
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10. And confirmed H5975 the same unto Jacob H3290 for a law H2706 , and to Israel H3478 for an everlasting H5769 covenant H1285 :
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11. Namely, "I give you the land. Canaan is your hill-country inheritance."
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11. Saying H559 , Unto thee will I give H5414 H853 the land H776 of Canaan H3667 , the lot H2256 of your inheritance H5159 :
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12. When they didn't count for much, a mere handful, and strangers at that,
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12. When they were H1961 but a few men H4962 in number H4557 ; yea , very few H4592 , and strangers H1481 in it.
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13. Wandering from country to country, drifting from pillar to post,
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13. When they went H1980 from one nation H4480 H1471 to H413 another H1471 , from one kingdom H4480 H4467 to H413 another H312 people H5971 ;
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14. He permitted no one to abuse them. He told kings to keep their hands off:
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14. He suffered H5117 no H3808 man H120 to do them wrong H6231 : yea , he reproved H3198 kings H4428 for their sakes H5921 ;
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15. "Don't you dare lay a hand on my anointed, don't hurt a hair on the heads of my prophets."
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15. Saying , Touch H5060 not H408 mine anointed H4899 , and do my prophets H5030 no H408 harm H7489 .
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16. Then he called down a famine on the country, he broke every last blade of wheat.
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16. Moreover he called for H7121 a famine H7458 upon H5921 the land H776 : he broke H7665 the whole H3605 staff H4294 of bread H3899 .
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17. But he sent a man on ahead: Joseph, sold as a slave.
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17. He sent H7971 a man H376 before H6440 them, even Joseph H3130 , who was sold H4376 for a servant H5650 :
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18. They put cruel chains on his ankles, an iron collar around his neck,
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18. Whose feet H7272 they hurt H6031 with fetters H3525 : he H5315 was laid H935 in iron H1270 :
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19. Until God's word came to the Pharaoh, and GOD confirmed his promise.
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19. Until H5704 the time H6256 that his word H1697 came H935 : the word H565 of the LORD H3068 tried H6884 him.
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20. God sent the king to release him. The Pharaoh set Joseph free;
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20. The king H4428 sent H7971 and loosed H5425 him; even the ruler H4910 of the people H5971 , and let him go free H6605 .
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21. He appointed him master of his palace, put him in charge of all his business
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21. He made H7760 him lord H113 of his house H1004 , and ruler H4910 of all H3605 his substance H7075 :
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22. To personally instruct his princes and train his advisors in wisdom.
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22. To bind H631 his princes H8269 at his pleasure H5315 ; and teach his senators H2205 wisdom H2449 .
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23. Then Israel entered Egypt, Jacob immigrated to the Land of Ham.
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23. Israel H3478 also came into H935 Egypt H4714 ; and Jacob H3290 sojourned H1481 in the land H776 of Ham H2526 .
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24. God gave his people lots of babies; soon their numbers alarmed their foes.
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24. And he increased H6509 H853 his people H5971 greatly H3966 ; and made them stronger H6105 than their enemies H4480 H6862 .
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25. He turned the Egyptians against his people; they abused and cheated God's servants.
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25. He turned H2015 their heart H3820 to hate H8130 his people H5971 , to deal subtlely H5230 with his servants H5650 .
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26. Then he sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he also chose.
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26. He sent H7971 Moses H4872 his servant H5650 ; and Aaron H175 whom H834 he had chosen H977 .
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27. They worked marvels in that spiritual wasteland, miracles in the Land of Ham.
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27. They showed H7760 his signs H1697 H226 among them , and wonders H4159 in the land H776 of Ham H2526 .
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28. He spoke, "Darkness!" and it turned dark-- they couldn't see what they were doing.
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28. He sent H7971 darkness H2822 , and made it dark H2821 ; and they rebelled H4784 not H3808 against H853 his word H1697 .
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29. He turned all their water to blood so that all their fish died;
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29. He turned H2015 H853 their waters H4325 into blood H1818 , and slew H4191 H853 their fish H1710 .
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30. He made frogs swarm through the land, even into the king's bedroom;
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30. Their land H776 brought forth frogs in abundance H8317 H6854 , in the chambers H2315 of their kings H4428 .
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31. He gave the word and flies swarmed, gnats filled the air.
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31. He spoke H559 , and there came H935 divers sorts of flies H6157 , and lice H3654 in all H3605 their coasts H1366 .
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32. He substituted hail for rain, he stabbed their land with lightning;
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32. He gave H5414 them hail H1259 for rain H1653 , and flaming H3852 fire H784 in their land H776 .
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33. He wasted their vines and fig trees, smashed their groves of trees to splinters;
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33. He smote H5221 their vines H1612 also and their fig trees H8384 ; and broke H7665 the trees H6086 of their coasts H1366 .
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34. With a word he brought in locusts, millions of locusts, armies of locusts;
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34. He spoke H559 , and the locusts H697 came H935 , and caterpillars H3218 , and that without H369 number H4557 ,
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35. They consumed every blade of grass in the country and picked the ground clean of produce;
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35. And did eat up H398 all H3605 the herbs H6212 in their land H776 , and devoured H398 the fruit H6529 of their ground H127 .
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36. He struck down every firstborn in the land, the first fruits of their virile powers.
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36. He smote H5221 also all H3605 the firstborn H1060 in their land H776 , the chief H7225 of all H3605 their strength H202 .
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37. He led Israel out, their arms filled with loot, and not one among his tribes even stumbled.
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37. He brought them forth H3318 also with silver H3701 and gold H2091 : and there was not H369 one feeble H3782 person among their tribes H7626 .
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38. Egypt was glad to have them go-- they were scared to death of them.
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38. Egypt H4714 was glad H8055 when they departed H3318 : for H3588 the fear H6343 of them fell H5307 upon H5921 them.
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39. God spread a cloud to keep them cool through the day and a fire to light their way through the night;
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39. He spread H6566 a cloud H6051 for a covering H4539 ; and fire H784 to give light H215 in the night H3915 .
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40. They prayed and he brought quail, filled them with the bread of heaven;
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40. The people asked H7592 , and he brought H935 quails H7958 , and satisfied H7646 them with the bread H3899 of heaven H8064 .
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41. He opened the rock and water poured out; it flowed like a river through that desert--
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41. He opened H6605 the rock H6697 , and the waters H4325 gushed out H2100 ; they ran H1980 in the dry places H6723 like a river H5104 .
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42. All because he remembered his Covenant, his promise to Abraham, his servant.
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42. For H3588 he remembered H2142 H853 his holy H6944 promise H1697 , and H853 Abraham H85 his servant H5650 .
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43. Remember this! He led his people out singing for joy; his chosen people marched, singing their hearts out!
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43. And he brought forth H3318 his people H5971 with joy H8342 , and H853 his chosen H972 with gladness H7440 :
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44. He made them a gift of the country they entered, helped them seize the wealth of the nations
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44. And gave H5414 them the lands H776 of the heathen H1471 : and they inherited H3423 the labor H5999 of the people H3816 ;
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45. So they could do everything he told them-- could follow his instructions to the letter. Hallelujah!
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45. That H5668 they might observe H8104 his statutes H2706 , and keep H5341 his laws H8451 . Praise H1984 ye the LORD H3050 .
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