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Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,

…the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.

When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,

…until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.

The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.

…to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.

And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,

He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.

He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.

He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country.

He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.

He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.

He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.

They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.

He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.

He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.

He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.

They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

…that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!

…that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

…that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

…wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

…to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.

For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

…but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.

…and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

…and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

…and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

…because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.

They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.

For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.

They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.

He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.

…and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.

They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.

He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.

When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,

When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,

He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.

A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.