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¹ Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks to the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.² Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? [who] can show forth all his praise?³ Blessed [are] they that keep judgment, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.⁴ Remember me, O LORD, with the favor [that thou bearest to] thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;⁵ That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thy inheritance.

⁶ We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.⁷ Our 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.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 the 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 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 waited not 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 the LORD.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 the molten image.²⁰ Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.²¹ They forgot God their savior, who had done great things in Egypt;²² Wondrous works in the land of Ham, [and] terrible things 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 believed not his word:²⁵ But murmured in their tents, [and] hearkened not to the voice of the LORD.²⁶ Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:²⁷ To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to 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 inventions: and the plague broke in upon them.³⁰ Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed.³¹ And that was counted to him for righteousness to all generations for ever.³² They angered [him] also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:³³ Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.

³⁴ They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:³⁵ But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.³⁶ And they served their idols: which were 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 were they defiled with their own works, and went astray with their own inventions.⁴⁰ Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.⁴¹ And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.⁴³ Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked [him] with their counsel; and were brought low for their iniquity.⁴⁴ Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:⁴⁵ And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.⁴⁶ He made them also to be pitied by all those that carried them captives.⁴⁷ Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks to thy holy name, [and] to triumph in thy praise.⁴⁸ Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.