CV. Book IV. Jehovah's Wonderful Works in Behalf of Israel. 1909-14. The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics

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The Book of Psalms.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Book IV

Jehovah’s Wonderful Works in Behalf of Israel


[1]	OH give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known among the peoples his doings.
[2]	Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk 1 ye of all his marvellous works.
[3]	Glory ye in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.
[4]	Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
[5]	Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
[6]	O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
[7]	He is Jehovah 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]	The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,
[10]	And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
[11]	Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot 2 of your inheritance;
[12]	When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it.
[13]	And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.
[14]	He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
[15]	Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.
[16]	And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.
[17]	He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:
[18]	His feet they hurt with fetters: He 3 was laid in chains of iron,
[19]	Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of Jehovah tried him.
[20]	The king sent and loosed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
[21]	He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his substance;
[22]	To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom.
[23]	Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
[24]	And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.
[25]	He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants.
[26]	He sent Moses his servant, And Aaron whom he had chosen.
[27]	They set among them his 4 signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
[28]	He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they rebelled not against his words.
[29]	He turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish.
[30]	Their land swarmed with frogs In the chambers of their kings.
[31]	He spake, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their borders.
[32]	He gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in their land.
[33]	He smote their vines also and their fig-trees, And brake the trees of their borders.
[34]	He spake, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, and that without number,
[35]	And did eat up every herb in their land, And did eat up the fruit of their ground.
[36]	He smote also all the first-born in their land, The chief 5 of all their strength.
[37]	And he brought them forth with silver and gold; And there was not 6 one feeble person among his tribes.
[38]	Egypt was glad when they departed; For the fear of them had fallen upon them.
[39]	He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.
[40]	They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
[41]	He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places like a river.
[42]	For he remembered his holy word, And Abraham his servant.
[43]	And he brought forth his people with joy, And his chosen with singing.
[44]	And he gave them the lands of the nations; And they took the labor of the peoples in possession:
[45]	That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise 7 ye Jehovah.

Note 1. Or, Meditate. [back]

Note 2. Heb. cord, or, line. [back]

Note 3. Heb. His soul entered into the iron. [back]

Note 4. Heb. the words of his signs. [back]

Note 5. Heb. beginning. See Deut. 21. 17. [back]

Note 6. Or, none that stumbled. [back]

Note 7. Heb. Hallelujah. [back]

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