Deuteronomy 7:18
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18 do not be afraid of them. Just remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt,(A)
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Psalm 105:5
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5 Remember the wonderful works he has done,
his miracles and the judgments he has uttered,(A)
Deuteronomy 31:6
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6 Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you.”(A)
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Psalm 77:11
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11 I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord;
I will remember your wonders of old.(A)
Deuteronomy 1:29
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29 I said to you, ‘Have no dread or fear of them.
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Isaiah 51:9-10
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9 Awake, awake, put on strength,
O arm of the Lord!
Awake, as in days of old,
the generations of long ago!
Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces,
who pierced the dragon?(A)
10 Was it not you who dried up the sea,
the waters of the great deep;
who made the depths of the sea a way
for the redeemed to cross over?(B)
Isaiah 63:11-15
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11 Then they[a] remembered the days of old,
of Moses his servant.[b]
Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea
with the shepherds of his flock?
Where is the one who put within them
his holy spirit,(A)
12 who caused his glorious arm
to march at the right hand of Moses,
who divided the waters before them
to make for himself an everlasting name,(B)
13 who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in the desert,
they did not stumble.(C)
14 Like cattle that go down into the valley,
the spirit of the Lord gave them rest.
Thus you led your people,
to make for yourself a glorious name.(D)
A Prayer of Penitence
15 Look down from heaven and see,
from your holy and glorious habitation.
Where are your zeal and your might?
Your great pity and your compassion are withheld from me.(E)
Isaiah 41:10-14
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10 do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be afraid, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you; I will help you;
I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.(A)
11 All who are incensed against you
shall be ashamed and disgraced;
those who strive against you
shall be as nothing and shall perish.(B)
12 You shall seek those who contend with you,
but you shall not find them;
those who war against you
shall be as nothing at all.(C)
13 For I, the Lord your God,
hold your right hand;
it is I who say to you, “Do not fear,
I will help you.”(D)
14 Do not fear, you worm Jacob,
you maggot[a] Israel!
I will help you, says the Lord;
your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.(E)
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- 41.14 Cn: Heb men of
Psalm 136:10-15
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10 who struck Egypt through their firstborn,
for his steadfast love endures forever;(A)
11 and brought Israel out from among them,
for his steadfast love endures forever;(B)
12 with a strong hand and an outstretched arm,
for his steadfast love endures forever;(C)
13 who divided the Red Sea[a] in two,
for his steadfast love endures forever;(D)
14 and made Israel pass through the midst of it,
for his steadfast love endures forever;(E)
15 but overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea,[b]
for his steadfast love endures forever;(F)
Psalm 135:8-10
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8 He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
both humans and animals;(A)
9 he sent signs and wonders
into your midst, O Egypt,
against Pharaoh and all his servants.(B)
10 He struck down many nations
and killed mighty kings—(C)
Psalm 105:26-36
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26 He sent his servant Moses
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.(A)
27 They performed his signs among them
and miracles in the land of Ham.(B)
28 He sent darkness and made the land dark;
they rebelled[a] against his words.(C)
29 He turned their waters into blood
and caused their fish to die.(D)
30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the chambers of their kings.(E)
31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies
and gnats throughout their country.(F)
32 He gave them hail for rain
and lightning that flashed through their land.(G)
33 He struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came,
and young locusts without number;(H)
35 they devoured all the vegetation in their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
the first issue of all their strength.(I)
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- 105.28 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb they did not rebel
Psalm 78:42-51
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42 They did not keep in mind his power
or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
43 when he displayed his signs in Egypt
and his miracles in the fields of Zoan.
44 He turned their rivers to blood,
so that they could not drink of their streams.(A)
45 He sent among them swarms of flies that devoured them
and frogs that destroyed them.(B)
46 He gave their crops to the caterpillar
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail
and their sycamores with frost.(C)
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail
and their flocks to thunderbolts.(D)
49 He let loose on them his fierce anger,
wrath, indignation, and distress,
a company of destroying angels.(E)
50 He made a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death
but gave their lives over to the plague.
51 He struck all the firstborn in Egypt,
the first issue of their strength in the tents of Ham.(F)
Psalm 78:11
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11 They forgot what he had done
and the miracles that he had shown them.(A)
Psalm 46:1-2
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Psalm 46
God’s Defense of His City and People
To the leader. Of the Korahites. According to Alamoth. A Song.
1 God is our refuge and strength,
a very present[a] help in trouble.(A)
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea,(B)
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- 46.1 Or well proved
Psalm 27:1-2
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Psalm 27
Triumphant Song of Confidence
Of David.
1 The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold[a] of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?(A)
2 When evildoers assail me
to devour my flesh—
my adversaries and foes—
they shall stumble and fall.(B)
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- 27.1 Or refuge
Judges 6:13
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13 Gideon answered him, “But sir, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our ancestors recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has cast us off and given us into the hand of Midian.”(A)
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Deuteronomy 3:6
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6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon, in each city utterly destroying men, women, and children.(A)
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Exodus 7:1-14
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7 The Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.(A) 2 You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.(B) 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.(C) 4 When Pharaoh does not listen to you, I will lay my hand upon Egypt and bring my people the Israelites, company by company, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.(D) 5 The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”(E) 6 Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them.(F) 7 Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.(G)
Aaron’s Miraculous Rod
8 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 9 “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a wonder,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a snake.’ ”(H) 10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did as the Lord had commanded; Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake.(I) 11 Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same by their secret arts.(J) 12 Each one threw down his staff, and they became snakes, but Aaron’s staff swallowed up theirs. 13 However, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.(K)
The First Plague: Water Turned to Blood
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go.(L)
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