- 1. ¶ PRAISE the Lord. O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures 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 his judgments, and they that do righteousness at all times.
- 4. Remember us, O LORD, with the favor that thou bearest to thy people; O visit us with thy salvation,
- 5. That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in thy joy, and be glorified with thine 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 the enemy and delivered them from the hand of the oppressor.
- 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. ¶ But they soon forgot God; they trusted not in his counsel,
- 14. But craved exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
- 15. And he gave them their request; and he supplied them with abundance.
- 16. They plotted against 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 Glorious One into the likeness of an ox that eats grass.
- 21. They forgot God their Saviour, 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. Yea, they despised the desired 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 scatter them among the Gentiles,
- 27. To scatter their descendants also among the nations, and to lose them in the lands.
- 28. They worshipped also the idols of Baal-peor, and ate sacrifices offered for the dead.
- 29. Thus they provoked him to anger with their acts; they made him angry with their images, and the plague came upon them suddenly.
- 30. Then Phinehas stood up and prayed, and so the plague was stopped.
- 31. And that was counted to him for a victory to 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 spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
- 34. ¶ And they did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them;
- 35. But they were mingled among the Gentiles, and learned their works.
- 36. And they served their idols, which were a snare to them.
- 37. Yea, 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 awhoring 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 Gentiles; and they that hated them ruled over them.
- 42. Their enemies also subdued 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 humbled for their iniquity.
- 44. Nevertheless he regarded their affliction and heard their prayer.
- 45. And he remembered his covenant, and pitied them, and led them 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 nations, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and be glorified in thine inheritance.
- 48. Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting; and let all the people say, Amen and Amen. Praise the LORD.
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