[1] Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
[2] Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can declare all His praise?
[3] Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does righteousness at all times!
[4] Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation,
[5] That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance.
[6] We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, We have done wickedly.
[7] Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.
[8] Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake, That He might make His mighty power known.
[9] He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; So He led them through the depths, As through the wilderness.
[10] He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
[11] The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left.
[12] Then they believed His words; They sang His praise.
[13] They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel,
[14] But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert.
[15] And He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
[16] When they envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the Lord,
[17] The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan, And covered the faction of Abiram.
[18] A fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.
[19] They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped the molded image.
[20] Thus they changed their glory Into the image of an ox that eats grass.
[21] They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
[22] Wondrous works in the land of Ham, Awesome things by the Red Sea.
[23] Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.
[24] Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word,
[25] But complained in their tents, And did not heed the voice of the Lord.
[26] Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness,
[27] To overthrow their descendants among the nations, And to scatter them in the lands.
[28] They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices made to the dead.
[29] Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.
[30] Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, And the plague was stopped.
[31] And that was accounted to him for righteousness To all generations forevermore.
[32] They angered Him also at the waters of strife, So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;
[33] Because they rebelled against His Spirit, So that he spoke rashly with his lips.
[34] They did not destroy the peoples, Concerning whom the Lord had commanded them,
[35] But they mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works;
[36] They served their idols, Which became a snare to them.
[37] They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons,
[38] And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.
[39] Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds.
[40] Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance.
[41] And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, And those who hated them ruled over them.
[42] Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
[43] Many times He delivered them; But they rebelled in their counsel, And were brought low for their iniquity.
[44] Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, When He heard their cry;
[45] And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.
[46] He also made them to be pitied By all those who carried them away captive.
[47] Save us, O Lord our God, And gather us from among the Gentiles, To give thanks to Your holy name, To triumph in Your praise.
[48] Blessed be the Lord God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the Lord!