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Psalm 105
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| 105:1
O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds
among the people. |
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| 105:2
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. |
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Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the
LORD. |
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Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. |
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Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the
judgments of his mouth; |
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O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. |
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He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. |
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He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a
thousand generations. |
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Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; |
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And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an
everlasting covenant: |
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Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your
inheritance: |
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When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in
it. |
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When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another
people; |
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He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their
sakes; |
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Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. |
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Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of
bread. |
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He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: |
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Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: |
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Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. |
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The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go
free. |
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He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: |
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To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. |
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Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. |
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And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their
enemies. |
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He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his
servants. |
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He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. |
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They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. |
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He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his
word. |
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He turned their
waters into blood, and slew their fish. |
(105:29-36)
The psalmist recounts God's treatment
of the Egyptians: "He smote the firstborn in their land." See Ex.12:29-30 for the gory details.
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Their land brought
forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
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He spake, and there
came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. |
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He gave them hail for
rain, and flaming fire in their land. |
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He smote their vines
also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
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"He smote ... their fig trees."
(God hates figs)
What the Bible says about figs
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He spake, and the
locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, |
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And did eat up all
the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. |
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He smote also all
the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. |
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He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one
feeble person among their tribes. |
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Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. |
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He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. |
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The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread
of heaven. |
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He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places
like a river. |
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For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. |
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And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: |
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And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of
the people; |
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That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the
LORD.
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