1Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the
LORD; for he
is good: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
2Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can
shew forth all his praise?
3Blessed are they
that keep judgment, and he
that doeth righteousness at all times.
4Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that
thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with
thy salvation;
5That 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.
6We have sinned with our fathers, we have
committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7Our 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.
8Nevertheless he saved them for his name's
sake, that he might make his mighty power to be
known.
9He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was
dried up: so he led them through the depths, as
through the wilderness.
10And he saved them from the hand of him that
hated them,
and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11And the waters covered their enemies: there
was not one of them left.
12Then believed they his words; they sang his
praise.
13They soon forgat his works; they waited not
for his counsel:
14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
and tempted God in the desert.
15And he gave them their request; but sent
leanness into their soul.
16They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron
the saint of the LORD.
17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abiram.
18And a fire was kindled in their company;
the flame burned up the wicked.
19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped
the molten image.
20Thus they changed their glory into the
similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21They forgat God their saviour, which had
done great things in Egypt;
22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible
things by the Red sea.
23Therefore 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.
24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they
believed not his word:
25But murmured in their tents, and hearkened
not unto the voice of the LORD.
26Therefore he lifted up his hand against
them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
27To overthrow their seed also among the
nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
28They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor,
and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29Thus they provoked him to
anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in
upon them.
30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed
judgment: and so the
plague was stayed.
31And that was counted unto him for
righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
32They angered him also
at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with
Moses for their sakes:
33Because they provoked his spirit, so that
he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
34They did not destroy the nations,
concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
35But were mingled among the heathen, and
learned their works.
36And they served their idols: which were a
snare unto them.
37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their
daughters unto devils,
38And 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.
39Thus were they defiled with their own
works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
40Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled
against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his
own inheritance.
41And he gave them into the hand of the
heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
42Their enemies also oppressed them, and they
were brought into subjection under their hand.
43Many times did he deliver them; but they
provoked him with
their counsel, and were brought low for their
iniquity.
44Nevertheless he regarded their affliction,
when he heard their cry:
45And he remembered for them his covenant,
and repented according to the multitude of his
mercies.
46He made them also to be pitied of all those
that carried them captives.
47Save 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.
48Blessed be the
LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting:
and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the
LORD.