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1Hallelujah!
Praise the Name of the Lord; *
give praise, you servants of the Lord,
2You who stand in the house of the Lord, *
in the courts of the house of our God.
3Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; *
sing praises to his Name, for it is lovely.
4For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself *
and Israel for his own possession.
5For I know that the Lord is great, *
and that our Lord is above all gods.
6The Lord does whatever pleases him, in heaven and on earth, *
in the seas and all the deeps.
7He brings up rain clouds from the ends of the earth; *
he sends out lightning with the rain,
and brings the winds out of his storehouse.
8It was he who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, *
the firstborn both of man and beast.
9He sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt, *
against Pharaoh and all his servants.
10He overthrew many nations *
and put mighty kings to death:
11Sihon, king of the Amorites,
and Og, the king of Bashan, *
and all the kingdoms of Canaan.
12He gave their land to be an inheritance, *
an inheritance for Israel his people.
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