He is the Lord our God;
    his judgments are in all the earth.

He remembers his covenant(A) forever,
    the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
the covenant he made with Abraham,(B)
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it(C) to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:(D)
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan(E)
    as the portion you will inherit.”(F)

12 When they were but few in number,(G)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,(H)
13 they wandered from nation to nation,(I)
    from one kingdom to another.
14 He allowed no one to oppress(J) them;
    for their sake he rebuked kings:(K)
15 “Do not touch(L) my anointed ones;
    do my prophets(M) no harm.”

16 He called down famine(N) on the land
    and destroyed all their supplies of food;
17 and he sent a man before them—
    Joseph, sold as a slave.(O)
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,(P)
    his neck was put in irons,
19 till what he foretold(Q) came to pass,
    till the word(R) of the Lord proved him true.
20 The king sent and released him,
    the ruler of peoples set him free.(S)
21 He made him master of his household,
    ruler over all he possessed,
22 to instruct his princes(T) as he pleased
    and teach his elders wisdom.(U)

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He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

13 When they went from one nation to another, 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, and do my prophets no harm.

16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.

20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, 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 senators wisdom.

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