The Book of Psalms
Chapter 104
1 – Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
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2 – Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
3 – Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
4 – Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
5 – Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
6 – O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
7 – He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8 – He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 – Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:
10 – And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
11 – Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
12 – When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
13 – And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
14 – He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
15 – Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
16 – And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
17 – He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
18 – They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
19 – until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.
20 – The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
21 – He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
22 – That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
23 – And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
24 – And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies,
25 – He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
26 – He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
27 – He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
28 – He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.
29 – He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.
30 – Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.
31 – He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
32 – He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.
33 – And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
34 – He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.
35 – And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
36 – And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
37 – And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
38 – Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.
39 – He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
40 – They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
41 – He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
42 – Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
43 – And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
44 – And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:
45 – That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.
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