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He has shown his people the power of his works,
    in giving them the heritage of the nations.

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He has shown his people the power of his works,(A)
    giving them the lands of other nations.(B)

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You brought a vine out of Egypt;
    you drove out the nations and planted it.(A)

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You transplanted a vine(A) from Egypt;
    you drove out(B) the nations and planted(C) it.

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12 In the sight of their ancestors he worked marvels
    in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.(A)
13 He divided the sea and let them pass through it
    and made the waters stand like a heap.(B)
14 In the daytime he led them with a cloud
    and all night long with a fiery light.(C)
15 He split rocks open in the wilderness
    and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.(D)
16 He made streams come out of the rock
    and caused waters to flow down like rivers.

17 Yet they sinned still more against him,
    rebelling against the Most High in the desert.(E)
18 They tested God in their heart
    by demanding the food they craved.(F)
19 They spoke against God, saying,
    “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?(G)
20 Even though he struck the rock so that water gushed out
    and torrents overflowed,
can he also give bread
    or provide meat for his people?”(H)

21 Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of rage;
    a fire was kindled against Jacob,
    his anger mounted against Israel,(I)
22 because they had no faith in God
    and did not trust his saving power.(J)
23 Yet he commanded the skies above
    and opened the doors of heaven;(K)
24 he rained down on them manna to eat
    and gave them the grain of heaven.(L)
25 Mortals ate of the bread of angels;
    he sent them food in abundance.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
    and by his power he led out the south wind;(M)
27 he rained flesh upon them like dust,
    winged birds like the sand of the seas;(N)
28 he let them fall within their camp,
    all around their dwellings.
29 And they ate and were well filled,
    for he gave them what they craved.(O)
30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
    while the food was still in their mouths,
31 the anger of God rose against them,
    and he killed the strongest of them
    and laid low the flower of Israel.(P)

32 In spite of all this they still sinned;
    they did not believe in his wonders.(Q)
33 So he made their days vanish like a breath
    and their years in terror.(R)
34 When he killed them, they searched for him;
    they repented and sought God earnestly.(S)
35 They remembered that God was their rock,
    the Most High God their redeemer.(T)
36 But they flattered him with their mouths;
    they lied to him with their tongues.(U)
37 Their heart was not steadfast toward him;
    they were not true to his covenant.
38 Yet he, being compassionate,
    forgave their iniquity
    and did not destroy them;
often he restrained his anger
    and did not stir up all his wrath.(V)
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,
    a wind that passes and does not come again.(W)
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
    and grieved him in the desert!(X)
41 They tested God again and again
    and provoked the Holy One of Israel.(Y)
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.(Z)
45 He sent among them swarms of flies that devoured them
    and frogs that destroyed them.(AA)
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.(AB)
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail
    and their flocks to thunderbolts.(AC)
49 He let loose on them his fierce anger,
    wrath, indignation, and distress,
    a company of destroying angels.(AD)
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.(AE)
52 Then he led out his people like sheep
    and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.(AF)
53 He led them in safety so that they were not afraid,
    but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.(AG)
54 And he brought them to his holy hill,
    to the mountain that his right hand had won.(AH)
55 He drove out nations before them;
    he apportioned them for a possession
    and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.(AI)

56 Yet they tested the Most High God
    and rebelled against him.
    They did not observe his decrees(AJ)
57 but turned away and were faithless like their ancestors;
    they twisted like a treacherous bow.(AK)
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places;
    they moved him to jealousy with their idols.(AL)
59 When God heard, he was full of wrath,
    and he utterly rejected Israel.
60 He abandoned his dwelling at Shiloh,
    the tent where he dwelt among mortals,(AM)
61 and delivered his power to captivity,
    his glory to the hand of the foe.(AN)
62 He gave his people to the sword
    and vented his wrath on his heritage.(AO)
63 Fire devoured their young men,
    and their young women had no marriage song.(AP)
64 Their priests fell by the sword,
    and their widows made no lamentation.(AQ)
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
    like a warrior shouting because of wine.(AR)
66 He put his adversaries to rout;
    he put them to everlasting disgrace.(AS)

67 He rejected the tent of Joseph;
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion, which he loves.(AT)
69 He built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
    like the earth, which he has founded forever.(AU)
70 He chose his servant David
    and took him from the sheepfolds;(AV)
71 from tending the nursing ewes he brought him
    to be the shepherd of his people Jacob,
    of Israel, his inheritance.(AW)
72 With upright heart he tended them
    and guided them with skillful hand.(AX)

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12 He did miracles(A) in the sight of their ancestors
    in the land of Egypt,(B) in the region of Zoan.(C)
13 He divided the sea(D) and led them through;
    he made the water stand up like a wall.(E)
14 He guided them with the cloud by day
    and with light from the fire all night.(F)
15 He split the rocks(G) in the wilderness
    and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag
    and made water flow down like rivers.

17 But they continued to sin(H) against him,
    rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18 They willfully put God to the test(I)
    by demanding the food they craved.(J)
19 They spoke against God;(K)
    they said, “Can God really
    spread a table in the wilderness?
20 True, he struck the rock,
    and water gushed out,(L)
    streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
    Can he supply meat(M) for his people?”
21 When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
    his fire broke out(N) against Jacob,
    and his wrath rose against Israel,
22 for they did not believe in God
    or trust(O) in his deliverance.
23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above
    and opened the doors of the heavens;(P)
24 he rained down manna(Q) for the people to eat,
    he gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Human beings ate the bread of angels;
    he sent them all the food they could eat.
26 He let loose the east wind(R) from the heavens
    and by his power made the south wind blow.
27 He rained meat down on them like dust,
    birds(S) like sand on the seashore.
28 He made them come down inside their camp,
    all around their tents.
29 They ate till they were gorged—(T)
    he had given them what they craved.
30 But before they turned from what they craved,
    even while the food was still in their mouths,(U)
31 God’s anger rose against them;
    he put to death the sturdiest(V) among them,
    cutting down the young men of Israel.

32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;(W)
    in spite of his wonders,(X) they did not believe.(Y)
33 So he ended their days in futility(Z)
    and their years in terror.
34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek(AA) him;
    they eagerly turned to him again.
35 They remembered that God was their Rock,(AB)
    that God Most High was their Redeemer.(AC)
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,(AD)
    lying to him with their tongues;
37 their hearts were not loyal(AE) to him,
    they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he was merciful;(AF)
    he forgave(AG) their iniquities(AH)
    and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger(AI)
    and did not stir up his full wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,(AJ)
    a passing breeze(AK) that does not return.

40 How often they rebelled(AL) against him in the wilderness(AM)
    and grieved him(AN) in the wasteland!
41 Again and again they put God to the test;(AO)
    they vexed the Holy One of Israel.(AP)
42 They did not remember(AQ) his power—
    the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,(AR)
43 the day he displayed his signs(AS) in Egypt,
    his wonders(AT) in the region of Zoan.
44 He turned their river into blood;(AU)
    they could not drink from their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies(AV) that devoured them,
    and frogs(AW) that devastated them.
46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper,(AX)
    their produce to the locust.(AY)
47 He destroyed their vines with hail(AZ)
    and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail,
    their livestock(BA) to bolts of lightning.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger,(BB)
    his wrath, indignation and hostility—
    a band of destroying angels.(BC)
50 He prepared a path for his anger;
    he did not spare them from death
    but gave them over to the plague.
51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,(BD)
    the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.(BE)
52 But he brought his people out like a flock;(BF)
    he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
    but the sea engulfed(BG) their enemies.(BH)
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
    to the hill country his right hand(BI) had taken.
55 He drove out nations(BJ) before them
    and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;(BK)
    he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.

56 But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors(BL) they were disloyal and faithless,
    as unreliable as a faulty bow.(BM)
58 They angered him(BN) with their high places;(BO)
    they aroused his jealousy with their idols.(BP)
59 When God heard(BQ) them, he was furious;(BR)
    he rejected Israel(BS) completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,(BT)
    the tent he had set up among humans.(BU)
61 He sent the ark of his might(BV) into captivity,(BW)
    his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;(BX)
    he was furious with his inheritance.(BY)
63 Fire consumed(BZ) their young men,
    and their young women had no wedding songs;(CA)
64 their priests were put to the sword,(CB)
    and their widows could not weep.

65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,(CC)
    as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66 He beat back his enemies;
    he put them to everlasting shame.(CD)
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;(CE)
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,(CF)
    Mount Zion,(CG) which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary(CH) like the heights,
    like the earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David(CI) his servant
    and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep(CJ) he brought him
    to be the shepherd(CK) of his people Jacob,
    of Israel his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;(CL)
    with skillful hands he led them.

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you with your own hand drove out the nations,
    but them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
    but them you set free;(A)

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With your hand you drove out(A) the nations
    and planted(B) our ancestors;
you crushed(C) the peoples
    and made our ancestors flourish.(D)

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Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage
    and the ends of the earth your possession.(A)

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Ask me,
    and I will make the nations(A) your inheritance,(B)
    the ends of the earth(C) your possession.

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13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped
    until the nation took vengeance on their enemies.

Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in midheaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day.(A) 14 There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded a human voice, for the Lord fought for Israel.(B)

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13 So the sun stood still,(A)
    and the moon stopped,
    till the nation avenged itself on[a] its enemies,

as it is written in the Book of Jashar.(B)

The sun stopped(C) in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. 14 There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being. Surely the Lord was fighting(D) for Israel!

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  1. Joshua 10:13 Or nation triumphed over

20 So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpets, they raised a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so the people charged straight ahead into the city and captured it.(A)

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20 When the trumpets sounded,(A) the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout,(B) the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city.(C)

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14 When the people set out from their tents to cross over the Jordan, the priests bearing the ark of the covenant were in front of the people. 15 Now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest. So when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the edge of the water,(A) 16 the waters flowing from above stood still, rising up in a single heap far off at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, while those flowing toward the sea of the Arabah, the Dead Sea,[a] were wholly cut off. Then the people crossed over opposite Jericho.(B) 17 While all Israel were crossing over on dry ground, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, until the entire nation finished crossing over the Jordan.(C)

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  1. 3.16 Heb Salt Sea

14 So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant(A) went ahead(B) of them. 15 Now the Jordan(C) is at flood stage(D) all during harvest.(E) Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, 16 the water from upstream stopped flowing.(F) It piled up in a heap(G) a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan,(H) while the water flowing down(I) to the Sea of the Arabah(J) (that is, the Dead Sea(K)) was completely cut off.(L) So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.(M) 17 The priests(N) who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground,(O) while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.(P)

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27 They performed his signs among them
    and miracles in the land of Ham.(A)
28 He sent darkness and made the land dark;
    they rebelled[a] against his words.(B)
29 He turned their waters into blood
    and caused their fish to die.(C)
30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
    even in the chambers of their kings.(D)
31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies
    and gnats throughout their country.(E)
32 He gave them hail for rain
    and lightning that flashed through their land.(F)
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;(G)
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.(H)

37 Then he brought Israel[b] out with silver and gold,
    and there was no one among their tribes who stumbled.(I)
38 Egypt was glad when they departed,
    for dread of them had fallen upon it.(J)
39 He spread a cloud for a covering
    and fire to give light by night.(K)
40 They asked, and he brought quails
    and gave them food from heaven in abundance.(L)
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
    it flowed through the desert like a river.(M)
42 For he remembered his holy promise
    and Abraham, his servant.(N)

43 So he brought his people out with joy,
    his chosen ones with singing.
44 He gave them the lands of the nations,
    and they took possession of the wealth of the peoples,(O)
45 that they might keep his statutes
    and observe his laws.
Praise the Lord!(P)

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  1. 105.28 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb they did not rebel
  2. 105.37 Heb them

27 They performed(A) his signs(B) among them,
    his wonders(C) in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness(D) and made the land dark—
    for had they not rebelled against(E) his words?
29 He turned their waters into blood,(F)
    causing their fish to die.(G)
30 Their land teemed with frogs,(H)
    which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
31 He spoke,(I) and there came swarms of flies,(J)
    and gnats(K) throughout their country.
32 He turned their rain into hail,(L)
    with lightning throughout their land;
33 he struck down their vines(M) and fig trees(N)
    and shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke,(O) and the locusts came,(P)
    grasshoppers(Q) without number;(R)
35 they ate up every green thing in their land,
    ate up the produce of their soil.
36 Then he struck down all the firstborn(S) in their land,
    the firstfruits of all their manhood.
37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,(T)
    and from among their tribes no one faltered.
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
    because dread of Israel(U) had fallen on them.

39 He spread out a cloud(V) as a covering,
    and a fire to give light at night.(W)
40 They asked,(X) and he brought them quail;(Y)
    he fed them well with the bread of heaven.(Z)
41 He opened the rock,(AA) and water gushed out;
    it flowed like a river in the desert.

42 For he remembered his holy promise(AB)
    given to his servant Abraham.
43 He brought out his people with rejoicing,(AC)
    his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
44 he gave them the lands of the nations,(AD)
    and they fell heir to what others had toiled(AE) for—
45 that they might keep his precepts
    and observe his laws.(AF)

Praise the Lord.[a](AG)

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  1. Psalm 105:45 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

32 “For ask now about former ages, long before your own, ever since the day that God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of heaven to the other: Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has its like ever been heard of?(A) 33 Has any people ever heard the voice of a god speaking out of a fire, as you have heard, and lived?(B) 34 Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by terrifying displays of power, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?(C) 35 To you it was shown so that you would acknowledge that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him.(D) 36 From heaven he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, while you heard his words coming out of the fire.(E) 37 And because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them. He brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,(F) 38 driving out before you nations greater and mightier than yourselves, to bring you in, giving you their land for a possession, as it is still today.(G)

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The Lord Is God

32 Ask(A) now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth;(B) ask from one end of the heavens to the other.(C) Has anything so great(D) as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of? 33 Has any other people heard the voice of God[a] speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived?(E) 34 Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation,(F) by testings,(G) by signs(H) and wonders,(I) by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,(J) or by great and awesome deeds,(K) like all the things the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

35 You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other.(L) 36 From heaven he made you hear his voice(M) to discipline(N) you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire. 37 Because he loved(O) your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,(P) 38 to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance,(Q) as it is today.

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  1. Deuteronomy 4:33 Or of a god