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2 Sing unto him, sing unto him a psalm of praise; meditate on all his wonderful works.

3 Make your boast of his holy name; let the heart of those rejoice, who seek

JEHOVAH.

4 Seek ye JEHOVAH, that ye may be strengthened; approach his presence ever

more.

5 O, ye posterity of Abraham, his servant! o, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen !

6 Recite the wonders which he hath wrought; his miracles, and the judgments of his mouth.

7 He, JEHOVAH, is our GOD; his judgments are known over the earth:

8 He remembereth his covenant for ever; even the promise he gave to a thousand generations:

9 The covenant which he made with Abraham; and the oath which he sware unto Isaac:

IO And what he confirmed to Jacob as an immutable decree; and to Israel for an eternal covenant :

11 Saying; "To you I will give the

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2 While they were as yet but few in number, and sojourners in it.

13 When they removed from nation to nation; from one kingdom to another people:

14 He suffered no man to oppress them; but reproved kings for their sakes:

15 "Touch not, said he, mine anointed; and do my prophets no harm.”

16 When he called for a famine upon the land, and destroyed the provision of bread;

17 He sent a man before them into Egypt, even Joseph, who was sold for a

slave:

18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters, and whose body was cramped with irons

;

19 Until the time that his predictions came to pass; and the word of JEHOVAH showed him to be guiltless.

20 Then the king sent, and released him; the governor of the people set him free: 21 Making him lord of his household: and ruler of all he possessed:

22 That he might restrain his princes at

his pleasure, and teach his senators wis

dom.

23 Then Israel went down into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. 24 When Jehovah had increased his people exceedingly; and made them more numerous than their enemies :

25 When he turned the heart of the Egyptians to hate his people, and to devise stratagems against his servants:

26 Then he sent Moses, his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

27 He ordered wonderful and portentous plagues in the land of Ham; he sent darkness, and hindered them from moving, yet they disobeyed his word.

28 He changed their waters into blood; and destroyed their fish :

29 Their lands produced frogs, even in the most retired apartments of their kings: 30 He spake, and the moscheto-fly came; and other flies throughout their coast. 31 He gave them heavy storms of hail; flames of fire also were in their land.

32 He blasted their vines and their figtrees; and destroyed the trees on their coast.

33 He spake, and the locust came; and caterpillars innumerable:

34 Which devoured all the herbage in the land; and consumed all the fruits of their soil.

35 At length, he smote all the first-born in their country; even the prime of all their strength.

36 I hen he brought forth his own people with silver and gold; not a feeble person. was among their tribes.

37 The Egyptians rejoiced at their departure, for they were afraid of them.

38 He spread over them a cloud to cover them by day; and fire to give them light by night.

39 At their request, he brought quails; and gave them plenty of bread from heaven. 40 He opened the rock, and the waters rushed out; the stream flowed in the parched desert.

41 For he remembered his holy promise given unto Abraham, his servant:

42 He, therefore, brought forth his people with joy; his chosen ones with a song of triumph.

43 He gave them the lands of the na

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tions; and they took possession of the labours of the peoples:

44 That they might keep his ordinances, and observe his laws.

PSALM CVI.

O GIVE thanks unto JEHOVAH, for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Who can distinctly rehearse the mighty acts of JEHOVAH? who can proclaim all his praise?

3 Remember us, O JEHOVAH! with the favour thou usest to show to thy people; and visit us with thy saving power:

4 That we may see the prosperity of thy chosen; may share in the joy of thy nation, and sing praise with thine inheritance.

5 Happy are they who observe justice, and do righteousness at all times.

;

6 But we have sinned as our fathers did we have acted perversely, and committed wickedness.

7 When our fathers were in Egypt, they regarded not thy wonderful works; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but were disobedient as they went up from the red-sea.

8 Never

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