[1] Praise you the LORD. O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.
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[2] Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can show forth all his praise?
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[3] Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that does righteousness at all times.
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[4] Remember me, O LORD, with the favor that you bore to your people: O visit me with your salvation;
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[5] That I may see the good of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.
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[6] We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
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[7] Our fathers understood not your wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of your mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
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[8] Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
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[9] He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
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[10] And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
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[11] And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
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[12] Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
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[13] They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:
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[14] But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
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[15] And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
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[16] They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
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[17] The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram.
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[18] And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
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[19] They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
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[20] Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eats grass.
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[21] They forgot God their savior, which had done great things in Egypt;
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[22] Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
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[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.
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[24] Yes, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
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[25] But murmured in their tents, and listened not to the voice of the LORD.
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[26] Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
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[27] To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
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[28] They joined themselves also to Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
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[29] Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague broke in on them.
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[30] Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
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[31] And that was counted to him for righteousness to all generations for ever more.
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[32] They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
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[33] Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
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[34] They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
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[35] But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
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[36] And they served their idols: which were a snare to them.
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[37] Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils,
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[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.
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[39] Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
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[40] Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, so that he abhorred his own inheritance.
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[41] And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
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[42] Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
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[43] Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
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[44] Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
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[45] And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
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[46] He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
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[47] Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks to your holy name, and to triumph in your praise.
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[48] Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise you the LORD.
