Tell of his wonders
(1 Chronicles 16:7-22)
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Give thanks to YHWH—call on His Name, || Make His acts known among the peoples.
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Sing to Him—sing praise to Him, || Meditate on all His wonders.
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Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, || The heart of those seeking YHWH rejoices.
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Seek YHWH and His strength, || Seek His face continually.
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Remember His wonders that He did, || His signs and the judgments of His mouth.
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O seed of Abraham, His servant, || O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
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He [is] our God YHWH, || His judgments [are] in all the earth.
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He has remembered His covenant for all time, || The word He commanded to one thousand generations,
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That He has made with Abraham, || And His oath to Isaac,
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And establishes it to Jacob for a statute, || To Israel—a perpetual covenant,
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Saying, “I give the land of Canaan to you, || The portion of your inheritance,”
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In their being few in number, || But a few, and sojourners in it.
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And they go up and down, from nation to nation, || From a kingdom to another people.
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He has not permitted any to oppress them || And He reproves kings for their sakes.
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“Do not strike against My anointed, || And do no evil to My prophets.”
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And He calls a famine on the land, || He has broken the whole staff of bread.
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He has sent a man before them, || Joseph has been sold for a servant.
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They have afflicted his feet with chains, || Iron has entered his soul,
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Until the time of the coming of His word || The saying of YHWH has tried him.
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The king has sent, and looses him, || The ruler of the peoples, and draws him out.
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He has made him lord of his house, || And ruler over all his possessions.
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To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, || And he makes his elderly wise.
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And Israel comes into Egypt, || And Jacob has sojourned in the land of Ham.
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And He makes His people very fruitful, || And makes it mightier than its adversaries.
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He turned their heart to hate His people, || To conspire against His servants.
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He has sent His servant Moses, || Aaron whom He had fixed on.
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They have set among them the matters of His signs, || And wonders in the land of Ham.
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He has sent darkness, and it is dark, || And they have not provoked His word.
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He has turned their waters to blood, || And puts their fish to death.
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Their land has teemed [with] frogs, || In the inner chambers of their kings.
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He has commanded, and the beetle comes, || Lice into all their border.
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He has made their showers hail, || A flaming fire [is] in their land.
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And He strikes their vine and their fig, || And shatters the trees of their border.
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He has commanded, and the locust comes, || And the cankerworm—innumerable,
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And it consumes every herb in their land, || And it consumes the fruit of their ground.
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And He strikes every firstborn in their land, || The first-fruit of all their strength,
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And brings them out with silver and gold, || And there is not a feeble one in its tribes.
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Egypt has rejoiced in their going forth, || For their fear had fallen on them.
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He has spread a cloud for a covering, || And fire to enlighten the night.
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They have asked, and He brings quails, || And satisfies them [with] bread of the heavens.
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He has opened a rock, and waters flow, || They have gone on in dry places—a river.
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For He has remembered His holy word, || With His servant Abraham,
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And He brings forth His people with joy, || His chosen ones with singing.
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And He gives to them the lands of nations, || And they possess the labor of peoples,
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That they may observe His statutes, || And may keep His laws. Praise YAH!
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