| | 1 | Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, For his lovingkindness endures forever.
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| | 2 | Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, Or fully declare all his praise?
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| | 3 | Blessed are those who keep justice, He who does righteousness at all times.
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| | 4 | Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,
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| | 5 | That I may see the prosperity of your chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, That I may glory with your inheritance.
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| | 6 | We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.
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| | 7 | Our fathers didn't understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn't remember the multitude of your lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
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| | 8 | Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, That he might make his mighty power known.
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| | 9 | He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; So he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
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| | 10 | He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
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| | 11 | The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.
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| | 12 | Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.
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| | 13 | They soon forgot his works. They didn't wait for his counsel,
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| | 14 | But gave in to craving in the desert, And tested God in the wasteland.
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| | 15 | He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
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| | 16 | They envied Moses also in the camp, And Aaron, Yahweh's saint.
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| | 17 | The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
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| | 18 | A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.
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| | 19 | They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.
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| | 20 | Thus they exchanged their glory For an image of a bull that eats grass.
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| | 21 | They forgot God, their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
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| | 22 | Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And awesome things by the Red Sea.
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| | 23 | Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them.
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| | 24 | Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn't believe his word,
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| | 25 | But murmured in their tents, And didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh.
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| | 26 | Therefore he swore to them That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
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| | 27 | That he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
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| | 28 | They joined themselves also to Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
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| | 29 | Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.
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| | 30 | Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, So the plague was stopped.
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| | 31 | That was credited to him for righteousness, To all generations forevermore.
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| | 32 | They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
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| | 33 | Because they were rebellious against his spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips.
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| | 34 | They didn't destroy the peoples, As Yahweh commanded them,
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| | 35 | But mingled themselves with the nations, Learned their works.
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| | 36 | They served their idols, Which became a snare to them.
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| | 37 | Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
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| | 38 | They shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.
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| | 39 | Thus were they defiled with their works, And prostituted themselves in their deeds.
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| | 40 | Therefore the wrath of Yahweh was kindled against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
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| | 41 | He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.
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| | 42 | Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.
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| | 43 | Many times he delivered them, But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.
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| | 44 | Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry.
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| | 45 | He remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
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| | 46 | He made them also to be pitied By all those who carried them captive.
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| | 47 | Save us, Yahweh, our God, Gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to your holy name, To triumph in your praise!
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| | 48 | Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise Yah! BOOK V Psalm 107
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