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⁴ Remember me, Lord,
when you show favor to your people.^(C1)
Come to me with your salvation⁵ so that I may enjoy the prosperity
of your chosen ones,
rejoice in the joy of your nation,
and boast about your heritage.^(C1)

⁶ Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.^(C1)7 Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp
the significance of your wondrous works
or remember your many acts of faithful love;
instead, they rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.^(C1)8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
to make his power known.^(C1)9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
he led them through the depths as through a desert.^(C1)10 He saved them from the power of the adversary;
he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.^(C1)11 Water covered their foes;
not one of them remained.^(C1)12 Then they believed his promises
and sang his praise.^(C1)

¹³ They soon forgot his works
and would not wait for his counsel.^(C1)14 They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.^(C1)15 He gave them what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease among them.^(C1)

¹⁶ In the camp they were envious of Moses
and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.^(C1)17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it covered the assembly of Abiram.^(C1)18 Fire blazed throughout their assembly;
flames consumed the wicked.^(C1)

¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped the cast metal image.^(C1)20 They exchanged their glory^(F1)(F2)
for the image of a grass-eating ox.^(C1)21 They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,^(C1)22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,^(F1)
awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.^(C1)23 So he said he would have destroyed them—
if Moses his chosen one
had not stood before him in the breach
to turn his wrath away from destroying them.^(C1)

²⁴ They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe his promise.^(C1)25 They grumbled in their tents
and did not listen to the Lord.^(C1)26 So he raised his hand against them with an oath
that he would make them fall in the desert^(C1)27 and would disperse their descendants^(F1)
among the nations,
scattering them throughout the lands.^(C1)

²⁸ They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.^(F1)(C1)29 They angered the Lord with their deeds,
and a plague broke out against them.^(C1)30 But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stopped.^(C1)31 It was credited to him as righteousness
throughout all generations to come.^(C1)

³² They angered the Lord at the Waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered^(F1) because of them;^(C1)33 for they embittered his spirit,^(F1)
and he spoke rashly with his lips.^(C1)

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them^(C1)35 but mingled with the nations
and adopted their ways.^(C1)36 They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.^(C1)37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.^(C1)38 They shed innocent blood—
the blood of their sons and daughters
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
so the land became polluted with blood.^(C1)39 They defiled themselves by their actions
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.^(C1)

⁴⁰ Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people,
and he abhorred his own inheritance.^(C1)41 He handed them over to the nations;
those who hated them ruled over them.^(C1)42 Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were subdued under their power.^(C1)43 He rescued them many times,
but they continued to rebel deliberately
and were beaten down by their iniquity.^(C1)

⁴⁴ When he heard their cry,
he took note of their distress,^(C1)45 remembered his covenant with them,
and relented according to the abundance
of his faithful love.^(C1)46 He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.^(C1)

⁴⁷ Save us, Lord our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to your holy name
and rejoice in your praise.^(C1)

⁴⁸ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.^(C1)
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Hallelujah!^(C2)