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[1]Hallelujah. O give thanks unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever.
[2]Who can express the mighty acts of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, or make all His praise to be heard?
[3]Happy are they that keep justice, that do righteousness at all times.
[4]Remember me, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, when Thou favourest Thy people; O think of me at Thy salvation;
[5]That I may behold the prosperity 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 done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly.
[7]Our fathers in Egypt gave no heed unto Thy wonders; they remembered not the multitude of Thy mercies; but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
[8]Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, that He might make Hi mighty power to be known.
[9]And He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up; and He led them through the depths, as through a 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 adversaries; there was not one of them left.
[12]Then believed they His words; they sang His praise.
[13]They soon forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel;
[14]But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tried God in the desert.
[15]And He gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
[16]They were jealous also of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron the holy one of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇.
[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 a molten image.
[20]Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
[21]They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;
[22]Wondrous works in the land of Ham, 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 back His wrath, lest He should destroy them.
[24]Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word;
[25]And they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇.
[26]Therefore He swore concerning them, that He would overthrow them in the wilderness;
[27]And that He would cast out their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
[28]They joined themselves also unto Baal of Peor, and ate t sacrifices of the dead.
[29]Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.
[30]Then stood up Phinehas, and wrought judgment, and so the plague was stayed.
[31]And that was counted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for ever.
[32]They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them;
[33]For they embittered his spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips.
[34]They did not destroy the peoples, as 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 commanded them;
[35]But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works;
[36]And they served their idols, which became a snare unto them;
[37]Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
[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 works, and went astray in their doings.
[40]Therefore was the wrath of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 kindled against His people, and He abhorred His inheritance.
[41]And He gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them.
[42]Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were subdued under their hand.
[43]Many times did He deliver them; but they were rebellious in their counsel, and sank low through their iniquity.
[44]Nevertheless He looked upon their distress, 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 captive.
[47]Save us, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks unto Thy holy name, that we may triumph in Thy praise.
[48]Blessed be 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, the God of Israel, fro everlasting even to everlasting, and let all the people say: 'Amen.' Hallelujah.
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