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1Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, since he is good, for his gracious love exists forever.

2Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise?

2Who can fully describe the mighty acts of the LORD or proclaim all his praises?

3Blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right.

3How happy are those who enforce justice, who live righteously all the time.

4Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,

4Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people. Visit us with your deliverance,

5that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may share in the joy of your nation and join your inheritance in giving praise.

5to witness the prosperity of your chosen ones, to rejoice in your nation's joy, to glory in your inheritance.

6We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

6We have sinned, along with our ancestors; we have committed iniquity and wickedness.

7When our ancestors were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.

7In Egypt, our ancestors neither comprehended your awesome deeds nor remembered your abundant gracious love. Instead, they rebelled beside the sea, the Reed Sea.

8Yet he saved them for his name's sake, to make his mighty power known.

8He delivered for the sake of his name, to make his power known.

9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert.

9He shouted at the Reed Sea and it dried up; and led them through the sea as though through a desert.

10He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.

10He delivered them from the power of their foe; redeeming them from the power of their enemy.

11The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.

11The water overwhelmed their enemies, so that not one of them survived.

12Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.

12Then they believed his word and sung his praise.

13But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold.

13But they quickly forgot his deeds and did not wait for his counsel.

14In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wilderness they put God to the test.

14They were overwhelmed with craving in the wilderness, so God tested them in the wasteland.

15So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease among them.

15God granted them their request, but sent leanness into their lives.

16In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.

16They were envious of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.

17The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, closing over Abiram's clan.

18Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.

18Then a fire burned among their company, a flame that set the wicked ablaze.

19At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.

19They fashioned a calf at Horeb and worshipped a carved image.

20They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass.

20They exchanged their glory with the image of a grass-eating bull.

21They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,

21They forgot God their Savior, who performed great things in Egypt—

22miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

22awesome deeds in the land of Ham, astonishing deeds at the Reed Sea.

23So he said he would destroy them-- had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.

23He would have destroyed them but for Moses, his chosen one, who stood in the breach before him to avert his destructive wrath.

24Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.

24They rejected the desirable land, and they didn't trust his promise.

25They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD.

25They murmured in their tents, and didn't listen to the voice of the LORD.

26So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

26So he swore an oath concerning them— that he would cause them to die in the wilderness,

27make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

27to cause their children to perish among the nations and be scattered among many lands.

28They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;

28For they adopted the worship of Baal Peor and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

29they aroused the LORD's anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

29They had provoked anger by their deeds, so that a plague broke out against them.

30But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.

30But Phinehas intervened and prayed so that the plague was restrained.

31This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

31And it was credited to him as a righteous act, from generation to generation—to eternity.

32By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them;

32They provoked wrath at the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered on account of them.

33for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses' lips.

33For they rebelled against him, so that he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.

34They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

34They never destroyed the people, as the LORD had commanded them.

35but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

35Instead, they mingled among the nations and learned their ways.

36They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

36They worshipped their idols, and this became a trap for them.

37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to false gods.

37They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.

38They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.

38They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters— whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, thereby polluting the land with blood.

39They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.

39Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds.

40Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.

40The LORD's anger burned against his people, so that he despised his own inheritance.

41He gave them into the hands of the nations, and their foes ruled over them.

41He turned them over to domination by nations where those who hated them ruled over them.

42Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.

42Their enemies oppressed them, so that they were humiliated by their power.

43Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.

43He delivered them many times, but they demonstrated rebellion by their evil plans; therefore they sunk deep in their sins.

44Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;

44Yet when he saw their distress and heard their cries for help,

45for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.

45he remembered his covenant with them, and so relented according to the greatness of his gracious love.

46He caused all who held them captive to show them mercy.

46He caused all their captors to show compassion toward them.

47Save us, LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.

47Deliver us, LORD our God, gather us from among the nations so we may praise your holy name and rejoice in praising you.

48Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD.

48Blessed are you, LORD God of Israel, from eternity to eternity; Let all the people say, "Amen!" Hallelujah!

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