New King James Version

King James Bible

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

1Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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

2Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?

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

3Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth 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, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

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 see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

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

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

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 understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

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

8Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

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 also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

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

10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

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

11And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

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

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

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

13They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

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

14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

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

15And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

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

16They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint 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.

18And a fire was kindled 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 worshipped the molten image.

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

20Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

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

21They forgat God their saviour, which 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 terrible things 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 that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

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

24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

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

25But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

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

26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

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

27To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

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

28They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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

29Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

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

30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

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

31And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

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

32They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

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

33Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

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

34They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

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

35But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

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

36And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

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

37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

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.

38And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto 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 were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

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

40Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

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

41And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

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

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

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

43Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

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

44Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

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

45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

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

46He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

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 heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy 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 God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

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

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