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1Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

1Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!

2Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare all His praise?

2Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD, or declare all his praise?

3Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does righteousness at all times!

3Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!

4Remember me, O LORD, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation,

4Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them,

5That 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.

5that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

6We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, We have done wickedly.

6Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.

7Our 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.

7Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

8Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake, That He might make His mighty power known.

8Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power.

9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; So He led them through the depths, As through the wilderness.

9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry, and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

10He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

10So he saved them from the hand of the foe and redeemed them from the power of the enemy.

11The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left.

11And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left.

12Then they believed His words; They sang His praise.

12Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.

13They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel,

13But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.

14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert.

14But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert;

15And He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.

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

16When they envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the LORD,

16When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD,

17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan, And covered the faction of Abiram.

17the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

18A fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.

18Fire also broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

19They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped the molded image.

19They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a metal image.

20Thus they changed their glory Into the image of an ox that eats grass.

20They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.

21They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,

21They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,

22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, Awesome things by the Red Sea.

22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

23Therefore 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.

23Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

24Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word,

24Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise.

25But complained in their tents, And did not heed the voice of the LORD.

25They murmured in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the LORD.

26Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness,

26Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

27To overthrow their descendants among the nations, And to scatter them in the lands.

27and would make their offspring fall among the nations, scattering them among the lands.

28They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices made to the dead.

28Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;

29Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.

29they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

30Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, And the plague was stopped.

30Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stayed.

31And that was accounted to him for righteousness To all generations forevermore.

31And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.

32They angered Him also at the waters of strife, So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;

32They angered him at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account,

33Because they rebelled against His Spirit, So that he spoke rashly with his lips.

33for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke rashly with his lips.

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

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

35But they mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works;

35but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did.

36They served their idols, Which became a snare to them.

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

37They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons,

37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons;

38And 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.

38they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

39Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds.

39Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the whore in their deeds.

40Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance.

40Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;

41And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, And those who hated them ruled over them.

41he gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them.

42Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.

42Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.

43Many times He delivered them; But they rebelled in their counsel, And were brought low for their iniquity.

43Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes and were brought low through their iniquity.

44Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, When He heard their cry;

44Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.

45And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.

45For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

46He also made them to be pitied By all those who carried them away captive.

46He caused them to be pitied by all those who held them captive.

47Save us, O LORD our God, And gather us from among the Gentiles, To give thanks to Your holy name, To triumph in Your praise.

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

48Blessed be the LORD God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the LORD!

48Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the LORD!

The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

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