| Chapter 113 |
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When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people: -
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Judea made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. -
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The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back. -
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The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like the lambs of the flock. -
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What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: and thou, O Jordan, that thou wast turned back? -
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Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye hills, like lambs of the flock? -
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At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved, at the presence of the God of Jacob: -
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Who turned the rock into pools of water, and the stony hill into fountains of waters. -
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Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory. -
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For thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake: lest the gentiles should say: Where is their God? -
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But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would. -
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The idols of the gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men. -
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They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not. -
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They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not. -
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They have hands and feel not: they have feet and walk not: neither shall they cry out through their throat. -
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Let them that make them become like unto them: and all such as trust in them. -
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The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector. -
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The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector. -
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They that fear the Lord hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector. -
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The Lord hath been mindful of us, and hath blessed us. He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron. -
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He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both little and great. -
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May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your children. -
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Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. -
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The heaven of heaven is the Lord's: but the earth he has given to the children of men. -
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The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell. -
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But we that live bless the Lord: from this time now and for ever. -
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