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| [1]PRAISE 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 his judgments, and they that do righteousness at all times. |
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| [4]Remember us, O LORD, with the favor that thou bearest to thy people; O visit us with thy salvation, |
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| [5]That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in thy joy, and be glorified with thine 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 thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy 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 the enemy and delivered them from the hand of the oppressor. |
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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]But they soon forgot God; they trusted not in his counsel, |
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| [14]But craved exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. |
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| [15]And he gave them their request; and he supplied them with abundance. |
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| [16]They plotted against 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 Glorious One into the likeness of an ox that eats grass. |
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| [21]They forgot God their Saviour, who 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]Yea, they despised the desired land, they believed not his word, |
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| [25]But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not to the voice of the LORD. |
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| [26]Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to scatter them among the Gentiles, |
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| [27]To scatter their descendants also among the nations, and to lose them in the lands. |
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| [28]They worshipped also the idols of Baal-peor, and ate sacrifices offered for the dead. |
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| [29]Thus they provoked him to anger with their acts; they made him angry with their images, and the plague came upon them suddenly. |
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| [30]Then Phinehas stood up and prayed, and so the plague was stopped. |
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| [31]And that was counted to him for a victory to all generations for evermore. |
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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]And they did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them; |
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| [35]But they were mingled among the Gentiles, 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]Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons, |
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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 awhoring with their own inventions. |
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| [40]Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. |
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| [41]And he gave them into the hand of the Gentiles; and they that hated them ruled over them. |
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| [42]Their enemies also subdued 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 humbled for their iniquity. |
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| [44]Nevertheless he regarded their affliction and heard their prayer. |
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| [45]And he remembered his covenant, and pitied them, and led them 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 nations, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and be glorified in thine inheritance. |
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| [48]Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting; and let all the people say, Amen and Amen. Praise the LORD. |
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