1 Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. |
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare all His praise? |
3 Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does righteousness at all times! |
4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favor You have toward Your people; Oh, visit me with Your salvation, |
5 That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance. |
6 We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, We have done wickedly. |
7 Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, But rebelled by the sea--the Red Sea. |
8 Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, That He might make His mighty power known. |
9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; So He led them through the depths, As through the wilderness. |
10 He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. |
11 The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left. |
12 Then they believed His words; They sang His praise. |
13 They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel, |
14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert. |
15 And He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul. |
16 When they envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the LORD, |
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan, And covered the faction of Abiram. |
18 A fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked. |
19 They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped the molded image. |
20 Thus they changed their glory Into the image of an ox that eats grass. |
21 They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt, |
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, Awesome things by the Red Sea. |
23 Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them. |
24 Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word, |
25 But complained in their tents, And did not heed the voice of the LORD. |
26 Therefore He raised up His hand in an oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness, |
27 To overthrow their descendants among the nations, And to scatter them in the lands. |
28 They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices made to the dead. |
29 Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them. |
30 Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, And the plague was stopped. |
31 And that was accounted to him for righteousness To all generations forevermore. |
32 They angered Him also at the waters of strife, So that it went ill with Moses on account of them; |
33 Because they rebelled against His Spirit, So that he spoke rashly with his lips. |
34 They did not destroy the peoples, Concerning whom the LORD had commanded them, |
35 But they mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works; |
36 They served their idols, Which became a snare to them. |
37 They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons, |
38 And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood. |
39 Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds. |
40 Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance. |
41 And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, And those who hated them ruled over them. |
42 Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand. |
43 Many times He delivered them; But they rebelled in their counsel, And were brought low for their iniquity. |
44 Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, When He heard their cry; |
45 And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And relented according to the multitude of His mercies. |
46 He also made them to be pitied By all those who carried them away captive. |
47 Save us, O LORD our God, And gather us from among the Gentiles, To give thanks to Your holy name, To triumph in Your praise. |
48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD! |