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1 PRAISE ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. | |
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise? | |
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. | |
4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; | |
5 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. | |
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 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. | |
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 Baal-peor, 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. | |
