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35 And devoured all the green herb in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.

36 Then He smote all the first-born in their land, The firstlings of all their strength,

37 And led them forth with silver and gold,

And there was no stumbling one among His tribes.

38 Egypt rejoiced at their departure,

For dread of them had fallen upon them.

39 He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to lighten the night ;

40 They desired, and He brought quails,

And satisfied them with the bread of heaven ;

41 He opened a rock, and waters gushed out, They flowed through the steppes as a river.

42 For He remembered His holy word, Abraham His servant ;

43 And He led forth His people with gladness, And with exulting His chosen ones ;

44 And He gave them the lands of the heathen,

And that gained by the labour of the nations they in- herited ;

45 That they might observe His laws And keep His instructions.

Hallelujah !

We have here another Psalm closing with Hallelujah, which opens the series of the Hodu-Psalms. Such is the name we give only to Psalms which begin with הודו (Ps 105, Ps 107, Ps 118, Ps 136), just as we call those which begin with הללויה (Ps 106, Psa 111:1, Psa 117:1-2, Ps 135, Psa 146:1) Hallelujah-Psalms (alleluiatici). The expression להלּל וּלהודות, which frequently occurs in the books of Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah, points to these two kinds of Psalms, or at least to their key-notes. The festival song which David, according to 1Ch 16:7, handed over to Asaph and his brethren for musical execution at the setting down of the Ark and the opening of divine service on Zion, is, so far as its first part is concerned (1Ch 16:8-22), taken from our Psalm (Psa 105:1), which is then followed by Psa 96:1-13 as a second part, and is closed with [[Bible_(King_James)/P