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Confitemini Domino

1  Give thanks unto the Lord and call upon his Name; *
tell the peoples what things he has done.
2  O let your songs be of him, and praise him, *
and let your speech be of all his wondrous works.
3  Rejoice in his holy Name; *
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4  Seek the Lord and his strength; *
seek his face evermore.
5  Remember the marvelous works that he has done, *
his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
6  O seed of Abraham his servant, *
O children of Jacob his chosen.
7  He is the Lord our God; *
his judgments are in all the world.
8  He has always been mindful of his covenant, *
and the promise that he made to a thousand generations,
9  Even the covenant that he made with Abraham, *
and the oath that he swore to Isaac,
10  Which he appointed to Jacob for a law, *
and to Israel for an everlasting testament,
11  Saying, “To you will I give the land of Canaan *
to be the portion of your inheritance.”
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12  When there were yet but a few of them, *
and they were strangers in the land,
13  And they wandered from nation to nation, *
and from one kingdom to another,
14  He allowed no one to do them wrong, *
but reproved even kings for their sakes:
15  “Do not touch my Anointed, *
and do my prophets no harm.”
16  Moreover, he called for a famine in the land *
and destroyed all the provision of bread.
17  But he had sent a man before them: *
Joseph, who was sold to be a bondservant,
18  Whose feet they hurt in the stocks; *
they put an iron collar around his neck.
19  Until the time came that his sayings were fulfilled, *
the word of the Lord tried him.
20  The king sent and delivered him; *
the ruler of the people let him go free.
21  He made him lord over his house, *
and ruler of all his possessions,
22  That he might instruct his princes according to his will *
and teach his elders wisdom.

23  Israel also came into Egypt, *
and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.
24  And he increased his people exceedingly, *
and made them stronger than their enemies,
25  Whose heart he turned, so that they hated his people, *
and dealt deceitfully with his servants.
26  Then he sent Moses his servant, *
and Aaron whom he had chosen,
27  And they worked his signs among them, *
and wonders in the land of Ham.

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28  He sent darkness, and it was dark; *
but they were not obedient to his word.
29  He turned their waters into blood *
and caused their fish to die.
30  Their land brought forth frogs, *
even in their kings’ chambers.
31  He spoke the word, and there came all manner of flies, *
and gnats in all their borders.
32  He gave them hailstones for rain, *
and flames of fire in their land.
33  He smote their vines also, and their fig trees, *
and destroyed the trees that were in their borders.
34  He spoke the word, and the grasshoppers came,
  and locusts innumerable, *
which ate up all the grass in their land and devoured 
the fruit of their ground.
35  He smote all the firstborn in their land, *
even the firstfruits of all their strength.
36  He brought forth Israel with silver and gold; *
in all their tribes there was not one who stumbled.
37  Egypt was glad at their departing, *
for they were afraid of them.
38  He spread out a cloud to be a covering, *
and fire to give light in the night season.
39  At their desire he brought quail, *
and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
40  He opened the rock, and the waters flowed out, *
so that rivers ran in the dry places.
41  For he remembered his holy promise *
and Abraham his servant.
42  And he brought forth his people with joy, *
and his chosen ones with gladness,
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43  And gave them the lands of the nations, *
and they took the labors of the peoples in possession,
44  That they might keep his statutes *
and observe his laws. Praise the Lord.