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^1 (a)Praise the Lord!
^(b)Oh give thanks to the Lord, ^(c)for he is good,
    ^(d)for his steadfast love endures forever!
² Who can utter the mighty deeds of the Lord,
    or declare all his praise?
³ Blessed are they who observe justice,
    who ^(e)do righteousness at all times!

^4 (f)Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
    help me when you save them,^[a]
5 that I may look upon the prosperity of your ^(g)chosen ones,
    that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that I may glory with your inheritance.

^6 (h)Both we and ⁽ⁱ⁾our fathers have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
⁷ Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,
    did not consider your wondrous works;
they ^(j)did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
    but ^(k)rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
⁸ Yet he saved them ^(l)for his name's sake,
    ^(m)that he might make known his mighty power.
⁹ He ⁽ⁿ⁾rebuked the Red Sea, and it ^(o)became dry,
    and he ^(p)led them through the deep as through a desert.
¹⁰ So he ^(q)saved them from the hand of the foe
    and ^(r)redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
¹¹ And ^(s)the waters covered their adversaries;
    not one of them was left.
¹² Then ^(t)they believed his words;
    they ^(u)sang his praise.

¹³ But they soon ^(v)forgot his works;
    they did not wait for ^(w)his counsel.
¹⁴ But they had ^(x)a wanton craving in the wilderness,
    and ^(y)put God to the test in the desert;
¹⁵ he ^(z)gave them what they asked,
    but sent ^(aa)a wasting disease among them.

¹⁶ When men in the camp ^(ab)were jealous of Moses
    and Aaron, ^(ac)the holy one of the Lord,
^17 (ad)the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
    and covered the company of Abiram.
^18 (ae)Fire also broke out in their company;
    the flame burned up the wicked.

¹⁹ They ^(af)made a calf in Horeb
    and worshiped a metal image.
²⁰ They ^(ag)exchanged the glory of God^[b]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹ They ^(ah)forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,
²² wondrous works in ^(ai)the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
²³ Therefore ^(aj)he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his ^(ak)chosen one,
^(al)stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴ Then they ^(am)despised ^(an)the pleasant land,
    having ^(ao)no faith in his promise.
²⁵ They ^(ap)murmured in their tents,
    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
²⁶ Therefore he ^(aq)raised his hand and swore to them
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
²⁷ and would make their offspring fall among the nations,
    ^(ar)scattering them among the lands.

²⁸ Then they ^(as)yoked themselves to the ^(at)Baal of Peor,
    and ate sacrifices offered to ^(au)the dead;
²⁹ they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then ^(av)Phinehas stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was stayed.
³¹ And that was ^(aw)counted to him as righteousness
    from generation to generation forever.

³² They ^(ax)angered him at the waters of Meribah,
    and it went ill with Moses on their account,
³³ for they ^(ay)made his spirit bitter,^[c]
    and he ^(az)spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴ They did not ^(ba)destroy the peoples,
    ^(bb)as the Lord commanded them,
³⁵ but they ^(bc)mixed with the nations
    and learned to do as they did.
³⁶ They served their idols,
    which became ^(bd)a snare to them.
³⁷ They ^(be)sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to ^(bf)the demons;
³⁸ they poured out innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was ^(bg)polluted with blood.
³⁹ Thus they ^(bh)became unclean by their acts,
    and ^(bi)played the whore in their deeds.

⁴⁰ Then ^(bj)the anger of the Lord was kindled against ^(bk)his people,
    and he abhorred his ^(bl)heritage;
⁴¹ he ^(bm)gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies ^(bn)oppressed them,
    and they were brought into subjection under their power.
^43 (bo)Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their ^(bp)purposes
    and were ^(bq)brought low through their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
    when he ^(br)heard their cry.
⁴⁵ For their sake he ^(bs)remembered his covenant,
    and ^(bt)relented according to ^(bu)the abundance of his steadfast love.
⁴⁶ He caused them to be ^(bv)pitied
    by all those who held them captive.

^47 (bw)Save us, O Lord our God,
    and ^(bx)gather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
    and glory in your praise.

^48 (by)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting!
^(bz)And let all the people say, "Amen!"
    ^(ca)Praise the Lord!