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this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
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Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel!
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“But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.
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“If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways,
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“Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
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Indeed, our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
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Lord our God, you answered them; you were to Israel a forgiving God, though you punished their misdeeds.
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He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel:
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He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
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Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
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He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.
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Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.
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Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the Lord.
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Psalm 114
When Israel came out of Egypt, Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
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Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
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All you Israelites, trust in the Lord— he is their help and shield.
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The Lord remembers us and will bless us: He will bless his people Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron,
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Let Israel say: “His love endures forever.”
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indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
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That is where the tribes go up— the tribes of the Lord— to praise the name of the Lord according to the statute given to Israel.
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Psalm 124
A song of ascents. Of David.
If the Lord had not been on our side— let Israel say—
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But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel.
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May you live to see your children’s children— peace be on Israel.
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Psalm 129
A song of ascents.
“They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;
