1Praise 2the LORD
! Oh agive
thanks
to the LORD
, for He bis good
; For cHis lovingkindness
is everlasting
.
Who can speak
of the amighty
deeds
of the LORD
, Or can show
forth all
His praise
?
How blessed are those who keep
1justice
, 2Who apractice
righteousness
at all
times
!
Remember me, O LORD
, in Your afavor
1toward Your people
; Visit
me with Your salvation
,
That I may see the aprosperity
of Your chosen
ones
, That I may brejoice
in the gladness
of Your nation
, That I may cglory
with Your 1inheritance
.
aWe have sinned 1 blike
our fathers
, We have committed
iniquity
, we have behaved
wickedly
.
Our fathers in Egypt
did not understand
Your 1wonders
; They adid not remember
2Your abundant
kindnesses
, But brebelled
by the sea
, at the 3Red
Sea
.
Nevertheless He saved them afor the sake
of His name
, That He might bmake
His power
known
.
Thus He arebuked the 1Red
Sea
and it bdried
up, And He cled
them through the deeps
, as through the wilderness
.
So He asaved them from the 1hand
of the one who hated
them, And bredeemed
them from the 1hand
of the enemy
.
aThe waters covered
their adversaries
; Not one
of them was left
.
Then they abelieved His words
; They bsang
His praise
.
They quickly aforgot
His works
; They bdid not wait
for His counsel
,
But acraved intensely
in the wilderness
, And 1 btempted
God
in the desert
.
So He agave them their request
, But bsent
a 1wasting
disease
among them.
When they became aenvious
of Moses
in the camp
, And of Aaron
, the holy
one
of the LORD
,
The aearth opened
and swallowed
up Dathan
, And engulfed
the 1company
of Abiram
.
And a afire blazed
up in their 1company
; The flame
consumed
the wicked
.
They amade a calf
in Horeb
And worshiped
a molten
image
.
Thus they aexchanged their glory
For the image
of an ox
that eats
grass
.
They aforgot God
their Savior
, Who had done
bgreat
things
in Egypt
,
1 aWonders in the land
of Ham
And awesome
things by the 2Red
Sea
.
Therefore aHe said that He would destroy
them, Had not bMoses
His chosen
one stood
in the breach
before
Him, To turn
away
His wrath
from destroying
them.
Then they adespised the bpleasant
land
; They cdid not believe
in His word
,
But agrumbled in their tents
; They did not listen
to the voice
of the LORD
.
Therefore He 1 aswore to them That He would cast
them down
in the wilderness
,
And that He would acast their seed
among the nations
And bscatter
them in the lands
.
They ajoined themselves also to 1Baal-peor
, And ate
bsacrifices
offered to the dead
.
Thus they aprovoked Him to anger
with their deeds
, And the plague
broke
out among them.
Then Phinehas astood
up and interposed
, And so the bplague
was stayed
.
And it was areckoned to him for righteousness
, To all
generations
forever
.
They also aprovoked Him to wrath
at the waters
of 1Meribah
, So that it bwent
hard
with Moses
on their account
;
Because they awere rebellious
against
1His Spirit
, He spoke
rashly
with his lips
.
They adid not destroy the peoples
, As bthe LORD
commanded
them,
But athey mingled with the nations
And learned
their 1practices
,
And aserved their idols
, bWhich became
a snare
to them.
They even asacrificed their sons
and their daughters
to the bdemons
,
And shed ainnocent
blood
, The blood
of their bsons
and their daughters
, Whom
they sacrificed
to the idols
of Canaan
; And the land
was cpolluted
with the blood
.
Thus they became aunclean
in their 1practices
, And bplayed
the harlot
in their deeds
.
Therefore the aanger of the LORD
was kindled
against His people
And He babhorred
His 1 cinheritance
.
Then aHe gave them into the hand
of the 1nations
, And those
who hated
them ruled
over them.
Their enemies also aoppressed
them, And they were subdued
under
their 1power
.
Many times
He would adeliver
them; They, however, were rebellious
in their bcounsel
, And so csank
down
in their iniquity
.
Nevertheless He looked upon their distress
When He aheard
their cry
;
And He aremembered His covenant
for their sake, And 1 brelented
caccording to the greatness
of His lovingkindness
.
He also made them aobjects of compassion
In the presence
of all
their captors
.
aSave us, O LORD
our God
, And bgather
us from among the nations
, To give
thanks
to Your holy
name
And 1 cglory
in Your praise
.
aBlessed be the LORD
, the God
of Israel
, From everlasting
even to everlasting
. And let all
the people
say
, "Amen
." 1Praise
2the LORD
!