Verse 1
Praise ye Jehovah. Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
Verse 2
Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah, Or show forth all his praise?
Verse 3
Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Verse 4
Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people; Oh visit me with thy salvation,
Verse 5
That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, That I may glory with thine inheritance.
Verse 6
We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
Verse 7
Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
Verse 8
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known.
Verse 9
He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
Verse 10
And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Verse 11
And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left.
Verse 12
Then believed they his words; They sang his praise.
Verse 13
They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
Verse 14
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.
Verse 15
And he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
Verse 16
They envied Moses also in the camp, [And] Aaron the saint of Jehovah.
Verse 17
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
Verse 18
And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.
Verse 19
They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.
Verse 20
Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
Verse 21
They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt,
Verse 22
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, [And] terrible things by the Red Sea.
Verse 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] .
Verse 24
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
Verse 25
But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
Verse 26
Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
Verse 27
And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
Verse 28
They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Verse 29
Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.
Verse 30
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.
Verse 31
And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore.
Verse 32
They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;
Verse 33
Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
Verse 34
They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,
Verse 35
But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,
Verse 36
And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.
Verse 37
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
Verse 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.
Verse 39
Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.
Verse 40
Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.
Verse 41
And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And they that hated them ruled over them.
Verse 42
Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
Verse 43
Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.
Verse 44
Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:
Verse 45
And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Verse 46
He made them also to be pitied Of all those that carried them captive.
Verse 47
Save us, O Jehovah our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.
Verse 48
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye Jehovah.