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When He worked His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan;

He cast on them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, By sending angels of destruction among them.

He made a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the plague,

But He made His own people go forth like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;

And He brought them to His holy border, This mountain which His right hand had acquired.

Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies,

And delivered His strength into captivity, And His glory into the enemy's hand.

He also gave His people over to the sword, And was furious with His inheritance.

And He beat back His enemies; He put them to a perpetual reproach.

And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has established forever.

He also chose David His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;

From following the ewes that had young He brought him, To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.

So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his dwelling place.

"I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the baskets.

I will hear what God the LORD will speak, For He will speak peace To His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly.

Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land.

Righteousness will go before Him, And shall make His footsteps our pathway.

His foundation is in the holy mountains.

I will beat down his foes before his face, And plague those who hate him.