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¹ Praise you Yah. Oh give thanks to Yahweh; for he is good; For his loving-kindness [endures] forever.² Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, Or show forth all his praise?³ Blessed are those that keep justice, And he that does righteousness at all times.⁴ Remember me, O Yahweh, with the favor that you bear to your people; Oh visit me with your salvation,⁵ That I may see the prosperity of your chosen, 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 did not understand your wonders in Egypt; They did not remember the multitude of your loving-kindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.⁸ Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known.⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.¹⁰ And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.¹¹ And the waters covered their adversaries; 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 tempted God in the desert.¹⁵ And he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.¹⁶ They envied Moses also in the camp, [And] Aaron the saint of Yahweh.¹⁷ The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.¹⁸ And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped a molten image.²⁰ Thus they changed their glory For the likeness 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, [And] awesome works by the Red Sea.²³ Therefore 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].²⁴ Yes, they despised the pleasant land, They did not believe his word,²⁵ But murmured in their tents, And did not listen to the voice of Yahweh.²⁶ Therefore he swore to them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,²⁷ And that he would cast down their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.²⁸ They joined themselves also to Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.²⁹ Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague broke in on them.³⁰ Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.³¹ And that was reckoned to him for righteousness, To all generations for evermore.³² They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;³³ Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples, As Yahweh commanded them,³⁵ But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,³⁶ And served their idols, Which became a snare to them.³⁷ Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons,³⁸ And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.³⁹ Thus they were defiled with their works, And prostituted in their doings.⁴⁰ Therefore the wrath of Yahweh was kindled against his people, And he was disgusted with his inheritance.⁴¹ And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And those that 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 were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.⁴⁴ Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:⁴⁵ And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses.⁴⁶ He made them also to be pitied Of all those that carried them captive.⁴⁷ Save us, O Yahweh our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to your holy name, And to triumph in your praise.⁴⁸ Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise you Yah.