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¹ Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. ² Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare all His praise? ³ Blessed are those who keep justice,And he who does [fn] righteousness at all times! ⁴ Remember me, O LORD, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation, ⁵ That 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.

⁶ We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, We have done wickedly. ⁷ Our 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. ⁸ Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, That He might make His mighty power known. ⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; So He led them through the depths, As through the wilderness. ¹⁰ He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. ¹¹ The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left. ¹² Then they believed His words; They sang His praise.

¹³ They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel, ¹⁴ But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert. ¹⁵ And He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul. ¹⁶ When they envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the LORD, ¹⁷ The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan, And covered the faction of Abiram. ¹⁸ A fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked. ¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped the molded image. ²⁰ Thus they changed their glory Into the image of an ox that eats grass. ²¹ They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt, ²² Wondrous works in the land of Ham, Awesome things by the Red Sea. ²³ Therefore 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. ²⁴ Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word, ²⁵ But complained in their tents, And did not heed the voice of the LORD. ²⁶ Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness, ²⁷ To overthrow their descendants among the nations, And to scatter them in the lands. ²⁸ They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices made to the dead. ²⁹ Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them. ³⁰ Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, And the plague was stopped. ³¹ And that was accounted to him for righteousness To all generations forevermore. ³² They angered Him also at the waters of strife, [fn] So that it went ill with Moses on account of them; ³³ Because they rebelled against His Spirit, So that he spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples, Concerning whom the LORD had commanded them, ³⁵ But they mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works; ³⁶ They served their idols, Which became a snare to them. ³⁷ They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons, ³⁸ And 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. ³⁹ Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds. ⁴⁰ Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance. ⁴¹ And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, And those who hated them ruled over them. ⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand. ⁴³ Many times He delivered them; But they rebelled in their counsel, And were brought low for their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, When He heard their cry; ⁴⁵ And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And relented according to the multitude of His mercies. ⁴⁶ He also made them to be pitied By all those who carried them away captive. ⁴⁷ Save us, O LORD our God, And gather us from among the Gentiles, To give thanks to Your holy name, To triumph in Your praise. ⁴⁸ Blessed be the LORD God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD!