Psalm 101 | |||
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I will sing of faithfulness and justice; • | ||
to you, O Lord, will I sing. | |||
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Let me be wise in the way that is perfect: • | ||
when will you come to me? | |||
3
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I will walk with purity of heart • | ||
within the walls of my house. | |||
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I will not set before my eyes • | ||
a counsel that is evil. | |||
5
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I abhor the deeds of unfaithfulness; • | ||
they shall not cling to me. | |||
6
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A crooked heart shall depart from me; • | ||
I will not know a wicked person. | |||
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One who slanders a neighbour in secret • | ||
I will quickly put to silence. | |||
8
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Haughty eyes and an arrogant heart • | ||
I will not endure. | |||
9
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My eyes are upon the faithful in the land, • | ||
that they may dwell with me. | |||
10
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One who walks in the way that is pure • | ||
shall be my servant. | |||
11
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There shall not dwell in my house • | ||
one that practises deceit. | |||
12
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One who utters falsehood • | ||
shall not continue in my sight. | |||
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Morning by morning will I put to silence • | ||
all the wicked in the land, | |||
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To cut off from the city of the Lord • | ||
all those who practise evil. | |||
Psalm 102 | |||
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O Lord, hear my prayer • | ||
and let my crying come before you. | |||
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Hide not your face from me • | ||
in the day of my distress. | |||
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Incline your ear to me; • | ||
when I call, make haste to answer me, | |||
4
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For my days are consumed in smoke • | ||
and my bones burn away as in a furnace. | |||
5
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My heart is smitten down and withered like grass, • | ||
so that I forget to eat my bread. | |||
6
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From the sound of my groaning • | ||
my bones cleave fast to my skin. | |||
7
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I am become like a vulture in the wilderness, • | ||
like an owl that haunts the ruins. | |||
8
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I keep watch and am become like a sparrow • | ||
solitary upon the housetop. | |||
9
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My enemies revile me all the day long, • | ||
and those who rage at me have sworn together against me. | |||
10
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I have eaten ashes for bread • | ||
and mingled my drink with weeping, | |||
11
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Because of your indignation and wrath, • | ||
for you have taken me up and cast me down. | |||
12
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My days fade away like a shadow, • | ||
and I am withered like grass. | |||
13
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But you, O Lord, shall endure for ever • | ||
and your name through all generations. | |||
14
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You will arise and have pity on Zion; • | ||
it is time to have mercy upon her; | |||
surely the time has come. | |||
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For your servants love her very stones • | ||
and feel compassion for her dust. | |||
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Then shall the nations fear your name, O Lord, • | ||
and all the kings of the earth your glory, | |||
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When the Lord has built up Zion • | ||
and shown himself in glory; | |||
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When he has turned to the prayer of the destitute • | ||
and has not despised their plea. | |||
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This shall be written for those that come after, • | ||
and a people yet unborn shall praise the Lord. | |||
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For he has looked down from his holy height; • | ||
from the heavens he beheld the earth, | |||
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That he might hear the sighings of the prisoner • | ||
and set free those condemned to die; | |||
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That the name of the Lord may be proclaimed in Zion • | ||
and his praises in Jerusalem, | |||
23
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When peoples are gathered together • | ||
and kingdoms also, to serve the Lord. | |||
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He has brought down my strength in my journey • | ||
and has shortened my days. | |||
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I pray, 'O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days; • | ||
your years endure throughout all generations. | |||
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'In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, • | ||
and the heavens are the work of your hands; | |||
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'They shall perish, but you will endure; • | ||
they all shall wear out like a garment. | |||
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'You change them like clothing, and they shall be changed; • | ||
but you are the same, and your years will not fail. | |||
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'The children of your servants shall continue, • | ||
and their descendants shall be established in your sight.' | |||
Psalm 103 | |||
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Bless the Lord, O my soul, • | ||
and all that is within me bless his holy name. | |||
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Bless the Lord, O my soul, • | ||
and forget not all his benefits; | |||
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Who forgives all your sins • | ||
and heals all your infirmities; | |||
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Who redeems your life from the Pit • | ||
and crowns you with faithful love and compassion; | |||
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Who satisfies you with good things, • | ||
so that your youth is renewed like an eagle's. | |||
6
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The Lord executes righteousness • | ||
and judgement for all who are oppressed. | |||
7
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He made his ways known to Moses • | ||
and his works to the children of Israel. | |||
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The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, • | ||
slow to anger and of great kindness. | |||
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He will not always accuse us, • | ||
neither will he keep his anger for ever. | |||
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He has not dealt with us according to our sins, • | ||
nor rewarded us according to our wickedness. | |||
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For as the heavens are high above the earth, • | ||
so great is his mercy upon those who fear him. | |||
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As far as the east is from the west, • | ||
so far has he set our sins from us. | |||
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As a father has compassion on his children, • | ||
so is the Lord merciful towards those who fear him. | |||
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For he knows of what we are made; • | ||
he remembers that we are but dust. | |||
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Our days are but as grass; • | ||
we flourish as a flower of the field; | |||
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For as soon as the wind goes over it, it is gone, • | ||
and its place shall know it no more. | |||
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But the merciful goodness of the Lord is from of old | ||
and endures for ever on those who fear him, • | |||
and his righteousness on children's children; | |||
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On those who keep his covenant • | ||
and remember his commandments to do them. | |||
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The Lord has established his throne in heaven, • | ||
and his kingdom has dominion over all. | |||
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Bless the Lord, you angels of his, • | ||
you mighty ones who do his bidding | |||
and hearken to the voice of his word. | |||
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Bless the Lord, all you his hosts, • | ||
you ministers of his who do his will. | |||
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Bless the Lord, all you works of his, | ||
in all places of his dominion; • | |||
bless the Lord, O my soul. | |||
Psalm 104 | |||
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Bless the Lord, O my soul. • | ||
O Lord my God, how excellent is your greatness! | |||
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You are clothed with majesty and honour, • | ||
wrapped in light as in a garment. | |||
3
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You spread out the heavens like a curtain • | ||
and lay the beams of your dwelling place in the waters above. | |||
4
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You make the clouds your chariot • | ||
and ride on the wings of the wind. | |||
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You make the winds your messengers • | ||
and flames of fire your servants. | |||
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You laid the foundations of the earth, • | ||
that it never should move at any time. | |||
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You covered it with the deep like a garment; • | ||
the waters stood high above the hills. | |||
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At your rebuke they fled; • | ||
at the voice of your thunder they hastened away. | |||
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They rose up to the hills and flowed down to the valleys beneath, • | ||
to the place which you had appointed for them. | |||
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You have set them their bounds that they should not pass, • | ||
nor turn again to cover the earth. | |||
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You send the springs into the brooks, • | ||
which run among the hills. | |||
12
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They give drink to every beast of the field, • | ||
and the wild asses quench their thirst. | |||
13
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Beside them the birds of the air make their nests • | ||
and sing among the branches. | |||
14
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You water the hills from your dwelling on high; • | ||
the earth is filled with the fruit of your works. | |||
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You make grass to grow for the cattle • | ||
and plants to meet our needs, | |||
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Bringing forth food from the earth • | ||
and wine to gladden our hearts, | |||
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Oil to give us a cheerful countenance • | ||
and bread to strengthen our hearts. | |||
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The trees of the Lord are full of sap, • | ||
the cedars of Lebanon which he planted, | |||
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In which the birds build their nests, • | ||
while the fir trees are a dwelling for the stork. | |||
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The mountains are a refuge for the wild goats • | ||
and the stony cliffs for the conies. | |||
21
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You appointed the moon to mark the seasons, • | ||
and the sun knows the time for its setting. | |||
22
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You make darkness that it may be night, • | ||
in which all the beasts of the forest creep forth. | |||
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The lions roar for their prey • | ||
and seek their food from God. | |||
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The sun rises and they are gone • | ||
to lay themselves down in their dens. | |||
25
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People go forth to their work • | ||
and to their labour until the evening. | |||
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O Lord, how manifold are your works! • | ||
In wisdom you have made them all; | |||
the earth is full of your creatures. | |||
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There is the sea, spread far and wide, • | ||
and there move creatures beyond number, both small and great. | |||
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There go the ships, and there is that Leviathan • | ||
which you have made to play in the deep. | |||
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All of these look to you • | ||
to give them their food in due season. | |||
30
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When you give it them, they gather it; • | ||
you open your hand and they are filled with good. | |||
31
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When you hide your face they are troubled; • | ||
when you take away their breath, | |||
they die and return again to the dust. | |||
32
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When you send forth your spirit, they are created, • | ||
and you renew the face of the earth. | |||
33
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May the glory of the Lord endure for ever; • | ||
may the Lord rejoice in his works; | |||
34
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He looks on the earth and it trembles; • | ||
he touches the mountains and they smoke. | |||
35
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I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; • | ||
I will make music to my God while I have my being. | |||
36
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So shall my song please him • | ||
while I rejoice in the Lord. | |||
37
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Let sinners be consumed out of the earth | ||
and the wicked be no more. • | |||
Bless the Lord, O my soul. | |||
Alleluia. | |||
Psalm 105 | |||
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O give thanks to the Lord and call upon his name; • | ||
make known his deeds among the peoples. | |||
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Sing to him, sing praises, • | ||
and tell of all his marvellous works. | |||
3
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Rejoice in the praise of his holy name; • | ||
let the hearts of them rejoice who seek the Lord. | |||
4
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Seek the Lord and his strength; • | ||
seek his face continually. | |||
5
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Remember the marvels he has done, • | ||
his wonders and the judgements of his mouth, | |||
6
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O seed of Abraham his servant, • | ||
O children of Jacob his chosen. | |||
7
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He is the Lord our God; • | ||
his judgements are in all the earth. | |||
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He has always been mindful of his covenant, • | ||
the promise that he made for a thousand generations: | |||
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The covenant he made with Abraham, • | ||
the oath that he swore to Isaac, | |||
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Which he established as a statute for Jacob, • | ||
an everlasting covenant for Israel, | |||
11
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Saying, 'To you will I give the land of Canaan • | ||
to be the portion of your inheritance.' | |||
12
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When they were but few in number, • | ||
of little account, and sojourners in the land, | |||
13
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Wandering from nation to nation, • | ||
from one kingdom to another people, | |||
14
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He suffered no one to do them wrong • | ||
and rebuked even kings for their sake, | |||
15
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Saying, 'Touch not my anointed • | ||
and do my prophets no harm.' | |||
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Then he called down famine over the land • | ||
and broke every staff of bread. | |||
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But he had sent a man before them, • | ||
Joseph, who was sold as a slave. | |||
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They shackled his feet with fetters; • | ||
his neck was ringed with iron. | |||
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Until all he foretold came to pass, • | ||
the word of the Lord tested him. | |||
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The king sent and released him; • | ||
the ruler of peoples set him free. | |||
21
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He appointed him lord of his household • | ||
and ruler of all he possessed, | |||
22
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To instruct his princes as he willed • | ||
and to teach his counsellors wisdom. | |||
23
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Then Israel came into Egypt; • | ||
Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. | |||
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And the Lord made his people exceedingly fruitful; • | ||
he made them too many for their adversaries, | |||
25
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Whose heart he turned, so that they hated his people • | ||
and dealt craftily with his servants. | |||
26
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Then sent he Moses his servant • | ||
and Aaron whom he had chosen. | |||
27
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He showed his signs through their word • | ||
and his wonders in the land of Ham. | |||
28
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He sent darkness and it grew dark; • | ||
yet they did not heed his words. | |||
29
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He turned their waters into blood • | ||
and slew all their fish. | |||
30
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Their land swarmed with frogs, • | ||
even in their kings' chambers. | |||
31
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He spoke the word, and there came clouds of flies, • | ||
swarms of gnats within all their borders. | |||
32
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He gave them hailstones for rain • | ||
and flames of lightning in their land. | |||
33
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He blasted their vines and their fig trees • | ||
and shattered trees across their country. | |||
34
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He spoke the word, and the grasshoppers came • | ||
and young locusts without number; | |||
35
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They ate every plant in their land • | ||
and devoured the fruit of their soil. | |||
36
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He smote all the firstborn in their land, • | ||
the first fruits of all their strength. | |||
37
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Then he brought them out with silver and gold; • | ||
there was not one among their tribes that stumbled. | |||
38
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Egypt was glad at their departing, • | ||
for a dread of them had fallen upon them. | |||
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He spread out a cloud for a covering • | ||
and a fire to light up the night. | |||
40
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They asked and he brought them quails; • | ||
he satisfied them with the bread of heaven. | |||
41
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He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out • | ||
and ran in the dry places like a river. | |||
42
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For he remembered his holy word • | ||
and Abraham, his servant. | |||
43
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So he brought forth his people with joy, • | ||
his chosen ones with singing. | |||
44
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He gave them the lands of the nations • | ||
and they took possession of the fruit of their toil, | |||
45
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That they might keep his statutes • | ||
and faithfully observe his laws. | |||
Alleluia. | |||