Psalm 105

Part II

Et intravit Israel
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Israel came into Egypt, *
and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.
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The Lord made his people exceedingly fruitful; *
he made them stronger than their enemies;
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Whose heart he turned, so that they hated his people, *
and dealt unjustly with his servants.
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He sent Moses his servant, *
and Aaron whom he had chosen.
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They worked his signs among them, *
and portents in the land of Ham.
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He sent darkness, and it grew dark; *
but the Egyptians rebelled against his words.
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He turned their waters into blood *
and caused their fish to die.
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Their land was overrun by frogs, *
in the very chambers of their kings.
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He spoke, and there came swarms of insects *
and gnats within all their borders.
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He gave them hailstones instead of rain, *
and flames of fire throughout their land.
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He blasted their vines and their fig trees *
and shattered every tree in their country.
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He spoke, and the locust came, *
and young locusts without number,
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Which ate up all the green plants in their land *
and devoured the fruit of their soil.
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He struck down the firstborn of their land, *
the first fruits of all their strength.
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He led out his people with silver and gold; *
in all their tribes there was not one that stumbled.
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Egypt was glad of their going, *
because they were afraid of them.
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He spread out a cloud for a covering *
and a fire to give light in the night season.
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They asked, and quails appeared, *
and he satisfied them with bread from heaven.
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He opened the rock, and water flowed, *
so the river ran in the dry places.
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For God remembered his holy word *
and Abraham his servant.
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So he led forth his people with gladness, *
his chosen with shouts of joy.
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He gave his people the lands of the nations, *
and they took the fruit of others’ toil,
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That they might keep his statutes *
and observe his laws.
Hallelujah!