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[1]Praise ye the Lord Praise ye the Lord because he is good, for his mercy endureth forever.
[2]Who can express the noble acts of the Lord, or show forth all his praise?
[3]Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do righteousness at all times.
[4]Remember me, O Lord, with the favor of thy people: visit me with thy salvation,
[5]That I may see the felicity of thy chosen, and rejoice in the joy of thy people, and glory with thine inheritance.
[6]We have sinned with our fathers: we have committed iniquity, and done wickedly.
[7]Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt, neither remembered they the multitude of thy mercies, but rebelled at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
[8]Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his power to be known.
[9]And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up, and he led them in the deep, as in the wilderness.
[10]And he saved them from the adversary's hand, and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.
[11]And the waters covered their oppressors: not one of them was left.
[12]Then believed they his words, and sang praise unto him.
[13]But incontinently they forgot his works: they waited not for his counsel,
[14]But lusted with concupiscence in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
[15]Then he gave them their desire: but he sent leanness into their soul.
[16]They envied Moses also in the tents, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord.
[17]Therefore the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
[18]And the fire was kindled in their assembly: the flame burned up the wicked.
[19]They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped the molten image.
[20]Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a bullock, that eateth grass.
[21]They forgot God their Savior, which had done great things in Egypt,
[22]Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and fearful things by the Red Sea.
[23]Therefore he minded to destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stand in the breach before him to turn away his wrath, least he should destroy them.
[24]Also they contemned that pleasant land , and 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 destroy them in the wilderness,
[27]And to destroy their seed among the nations, and to scatter them throughout the countries.
[28]They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and did eat the offerings of the dead.
[29]Thus they provoked him unto anger with their own inventions, and the plague brake in upon them.
[30]But Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, and the plague was stayed.
[31]And it was imputed unto him for righteousness from generation to generation forever.
[32]They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was punished for their sakes,
[33]Because they vexed his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
[34]Neither destroyed they the people, as the Lord had commanded them,
[35]But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works,
[36]And served their idols, which were their ruin.
[37]Yea, they offered their sons, and their daughters unto devils,
[38]And shed innocent blood , even the blood of their sons, and of their daughters, whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan, and the land was defiled with blood.
[39]Thus were they stained with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
[40]Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance.
[41]And he gave them into the hand of the heathen: and they that hated them, were lords over them.
[42]Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were humbled under their hand.
[43]Many a time did he deliver them, but they provoked him by their counsels: therefore they were brought down by their iniquity.
[44]Yet he saw when they were in affliction, and he heard their cry.
[45]And he remembered his covenant toward them, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies,
[46]And gave them favor in the sight of all them, that lead them captives.
[47]Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, that we may praise thine holy name, and glory in thy praise.
[48]Blessed be the Lord God of Israel forever and ever, and let all the people say, So be it. Praise ye the Lord.
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