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The Bishops' Bible (1568)
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[1]Confesse you [it] vnto God, call vppon his name: cause the people to vnderstande his deuises [1]O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
[2]Sing vnto hym, sing psalmes vnto him: talke you of all his wonderous workes [2]Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
[3]Glary ye in his holy name: let the heart of them reioyce that do seeke God [3]Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
[4]Seeke God and his strength: seeke his face euermore [4]Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
[5]Remember the meruaylous workes that he hath done: his wonders, and the iudgementes of his mouth [5]Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
[6](105:6a) O ye seede of Abraham his seruaunt, ye his chosen chyldren of Iacob [6]O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
[7](105:6b) he is God our Lord, his iudgementes are in all the earth [7]He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
[8](105:7a) He hath ben mindfull alwayes of his couenaunt (for he promised a worde to a thousande generations: [8]He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
[9](105:7b) euen of his couenaunt that he made with Abraham, and of his othe vnto Isaac [9]Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
[10](105:8) And he appointed the same vnto Iacob for a law: and to Israel for an euerlasting couenaunt [10]And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
[11](105:9) Saying, vnto thee I wyll geue the lande of Chanaan: the lot of your inheritaunce [11]Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
[12](105:10a) When they were a fewe men in number, and had ben straungers but a litle whyle in it [12]When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
[13](105:10b) and when they went from one nation to another, from one kingdome to another people [13]When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
[14](105:11) He suffred no man to do them wrong: yea he reproued euen kynges for their sakes [14]He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
[15](105:12) Touche not mine annoynted: and triumph not ouer my prophetes [15]Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
[16](105:13) Moreouer he called for a famine vpon the lande: and he made all maner of foode to fayle [16]Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
[17](105:14) But he had sent a man before them: euen Ioseph, who was solde to be a bonde seruaunt [17]He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
[18](105:15) Whose feete they dyd hurt in the stockes: the iron entred into his soule [18]Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
[19](105:16) Vntill the tyme came that his cause [was knowen:] the worde of the Lorde tryed hym [19]Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
[20](105:17) The king sent and caused hym to be let go: yea the prince of the people opened a way foorth for hym [20]The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
[21](105:18) He made him Lorde of his house: and ruler of all his substaunce [21]He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
[22](105:19) That he might enfourme his princes according to his minde: and teache his senatours wysdome [22]To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
[23](105:20) Israel also came into Egypt: & Iacob was a straunger in the lande of Cham [23]Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
[24](105:21) And he encreased his people exceedinglye: and made them stronger then their enemies [24]And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
[25](105:22) Whose heart so turned that they hated his people: and dealt subtilly with his seruauntes [25]He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
[26](105:23a) [Then] he sent Moyses his seruaunt, and Aaron whom he had chosen [26]He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
[27](105:23b) they did their message, workyng his signes among them, and wonders in the lande of Cham [27]They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
[28](105:24) He sent darknes, & it was darke: and they went not from his wordes [28]He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
[29](105:25) He turned their waters into blood: and slue their fishe [29]He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
[30](105:26) Their lande brought foorth frogges: yea euen in their kinges chaumbers [30]Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
[31](105:27) He spake the worde, and there came a swarme of all maner of flyes: [and] of lyce in all their quarters [31]He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
[32](105:28) He gaue them haylestones for rayne: [and] flambes of fire in their lande [32]He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
[33](105:29) He smote their vines also & figge trees: and he destroyed the trees that were in their coastes [33]He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
[34](105:30) He spake the worde, and the grashoppers came: & caterpillers innumerable [34]He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
[35](105:31) And they did eate vp all the grasse in their lande: and deuoured the fruite of their grounde [35]And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
[36](105:32) He smote al the first borne in their land: euen the first fruites of all their concupiscence [36]He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
[37](105:33) He also brought them foorth with siluer and golde: there was not one feeble person in their tribes [37]He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
[38](105:34) Egypt was glad at their departing: for they were smytten with dread of them [38]Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
[39](105:35) He spred out a cloude to be a couering: and fire to geue light in the night season [39]He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
[40](105:36) The [people] required and he brought quayles: and he filled them with the bread of heauen [40]The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
[41](105:37) He opened the rocke of stone and the waters flowed out: so that streames ranne in drye places [41]He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
[42](105:38) For he remembred his holy worde: [spoken] vnto Abraham his seruaunt [42]For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
[43](105:39) And he brought foorth his people with gladnes: [and] his chosen with a ioyfull noyse [43]And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
[44](105:40) And he gaue them the landes of the Heathen, and they toke to inheritaunce the labours of the people [44]And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
[45](105:41) To the intent that they shoulde kepe his statutes: and obserue his lawes. Prayse ye the Lorde [45]That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
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