Verse 36
Psalms 105:36
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֣ךְ כָּל בְּכ֣וֹר בְּ/אַרְצָ֑/ם רֵ֝אשִׁ֗ית לְ/כָל אוֹנָֽ/ם
English Translation
And he struck every firstborn in their land, the beginning of all their strength.
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Chapter 105 Context
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Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
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Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
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Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
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Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
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Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
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O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
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He is the Lord our God (Elohim): his judgments are in all the earth.
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He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
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Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:
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And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
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Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
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When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
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And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
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He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
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Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
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And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
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He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
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They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
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until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.
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The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
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He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
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That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
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And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
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And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies,
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He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
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He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
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He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
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He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.
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He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.
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Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.
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He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
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He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.
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And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coas...
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He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.
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And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
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And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
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And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeb...
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Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.
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He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
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They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
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He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
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Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
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And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
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And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:
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That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.
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