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¹ O geue thankes vnto the LORDE, and call vpon his name: tell the people what thinges he hath done.² O let youre songes be of him: prayse him, and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes.³ Geue his holy name a good reporte, let their hertes reioyse that seke the LORDE.⁴ Seke the LORDE, and his strength, seke his face euermore.⁵ Remembre the maruelous workes that he hath done, his wonders and the iudgmentes of his mouth.⁶ O ye sede of Abraham his seruaunt, ye children of Iacob his chosen.⁷ He is the LORDE oure God, whose punyshmentes are thorow out all the worlde.

⁸ He is allwaye myndfull of his couenaunt, and promyse that he made to a thousande generacions.⁹ Yee the couenaunt that he made wt Abraham, and the ooth that he swore vnto Isaac.¹⁰ And apoynted the same vnto Iacob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlastinge testament.¹¹ Sayenge: vnto the wil I geue the londe of Canaan, the lott of youre heretage.¹² When there was yet but a fewe of them, and they straungers therin.¹³ What tyme as they wente from one nacion to another, from one kyngdome to another.¹⁴ He suffred no man to hurte them, but reproued euen kynges for their sakes.¹⁵ Touch not myne anoynted, do my prophetes no harme.¹⁶ Morouer he called for a derth vpon the lode, and destroyed all the prouysion of bred.¹⁷ But he had sent a man before them, euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bonde seruaunt.¹⁸ They hurte his fete in the stockes, the yron pearsed his herte.¹⁹ Vntill the tyme that his worde came, and till the worde of ye LORDE had tried him.²⁰ Then sent the kinge and caused him be delyuered, the prynce of the people bad let him go.²¹ He made him lorde of his house, & ruler of all his substaunce.²² That he might enfourme his prynces after his wil, and teach his Senatours wysdome.²³ Israel also came in to Egipte, and Iacob was a straunger in the lode of Ham.²⁴ But he increased his people exceadingly, and made them stronger then their enemies.

²⁵ Whose hert turned, so that they hated his people, and dealt vntruly with his seruauntes.²⁶ Then sent he Moses his seruaunt, and Aaron whom he had chosen.²⁷ These dyd his tokens amoge them, and wonders in the londe of Ham.²⁸ He sent darcknesse and it was darcke, for they were not obedient vnto his worde.²⁹ He turned their waters in to bloude, and slewe their fishe.³⁰ Their londe brought forth frogges, yee euen in their kynges chambers.³¹ He spake the worde, & their came all maner of flies & lise in all their quarters.³² He gaue them hale stones for rayne, and flammes of fyre in their lode.³³ He smote their vynyardes & fige trees, and destroyed the trees that were in their coastes.³⁴ He spake ye worde, and their came greshoppers & catirpillers innumerable. ³⁵ These ate vp all the grasse in their lode, and deuoured the frutes of their groude.³⁶ He smote all ye first borne in their lode, euen the chefe of all their substaunce.³⁷ He brought them forth wt syluer & golde, there was not one feble personne amoge their trybes.³⁸ Egipte was glad of their departinge, for they were afraied of the.³⁹ e spred out a cloude to be a couerynge, and fyre to geue light in the night season.⁴⁰ At their desyre, there came quales, and he fylled them with the bred of heaue.⁴¹ He opened the rocke of stone, & the waters flowed out: so that ryuers ranne in the wildernesse.⁴² For why, he remembred his holy promyse which he had made vnto Abraham his seruaunt.⁴³ Thus he brought forth his people with ioye, and his chosen with gladnesse.⁴⁴ And gaue them the lodes of the Heithe, where they toke the labours of the people in possession.⁴⁵ That they might kepe his statutes, and obserue his lawes. Halleluya. Halleluya.