Praise ye
the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is
good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
02 Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who
can shew forth all his praise?
03 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he
that doeth righteousness at all times.
04 Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou
bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy
salvation;
05 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I
may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I
may glory with thine inheritance.
06 We have sinned with our fathers, we have
committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
07 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.
08 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's
sake, that he might make his mighty power to be
known.
09 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 believed they his words; they sang his
praise.
13 They soon forgat 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 worshipped the
molten image.
20 Thus they changed their glory into the
similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21 They forgat God their saviour, which 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 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they
believed not his word:
25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not
unto the voice of the Lord.
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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 unto Baalpeor, and
ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their
inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment:
and so the plague was stayed.
31 And that was counted unto him for
righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
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
spake 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 unto them.
37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their
daughters unto devils,
38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of
their sons and of their daughters, whom they
sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land
was polluted with blood.
39 Thus were they defiled with their own works,
and went a whoring 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 of all those
that carried them captives.
47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from
among the heathen, to give thanks unto 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.
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