1<\/sup>Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations,<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament,<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there,<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people,<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions,<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>He sent darkness and made it conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech.<\/span> <\/p>\n 29<\/sup>He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish.<\/span> <\/p>\n 30<\/sup>Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings.<\/span> <\/p>\n 31<\/sup>He spoke, and there came forth common flies and gnats, in every region.<\/span> <\/p>\n 32<\/sup>He gave them a shower of hail and a burning fire, in the same land.<\/span> <\/p>\n 33<\/sup>And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and he crushed the trees of their region.<\/span> <\/p>\n 34<\/sup>He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number.<\/span> <\/p>\n 35<\/sup>And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land.<\/span> <\/p>\n 36<\/sup>And he struck all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their labor.<\/span> <\/p>\n 37<\/sup>And he led them out with silver and gold, and there was not an infirm one among their tribes.<\/span> <\/p>\n 38<\/sup>Egypt was joyful at their departure, for the fear of them lay heavy upon them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 39<\/sup>He spread a cloud for their protection, and a fire, to give them light through the night.<\/span> <\/p>\n 40<\/sup>They petitioned, and the quail came; and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.<\/span> <\/p>\n 41<\/sup>He ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: rivers gushed in the dry land.<\/span> <\/p>\n 42<\/sup>For he had called to mind his holy word, which he kept near to his servant Abraham.<\/span> <\/p>\n 43<\/sup>And he led forth his people in exultation, and his elect in rejoicing.<\/span> <\/p>\n 44<\/sup>And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, and they possessed the labors of the peoples,<\/span> <\/p>\n 45<\/sup>so that they might observe his justifications, and inquire about his law.<\/span> <\/p>\n