Israel's Rebelliousness and the LORD'S Deliverances.
1Praise the LORD! Oh 1givethanks to the LORD, for He 2is good; For 3His lovingkindness is everlasting.
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Who can speak of the 4mightydeeds of the LORD, Or can show forth all His praise?
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How blessed are those who keepjustice, Who 5practicerighteousness at alltimes!
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Remember me, O LORD, in Your 6favor toward Your people; Visit me with Your salvation,
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That I may see the 7prosperity of Your chosenones, That I may 8rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may 9glory with Your inheritance.
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10We have sinned11like our fathers, We have committediniquity, we have behavedwickedly.
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Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They 12did not remember Your abundantkindnesses, But 13rebelled by the sea, at the Red*Sea.
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Nevertheless He saved them 14for the sake of His name, That He might 15make His powerknown.
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Thus He 16rebuked the Red*Sea and it 17dried up, And He 18led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness.
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So He 19saved them from the hand of the one who hated them, And 20redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
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21The waterscovered their adversaries; Not one of them was left.
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Then they 22believed His words; They 23sang His praise.
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They quickly24forgot His works; They 25did not wait for His counsel,
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But 26cravedintensely in the wilderness, And 27temptedGod in the desert.
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So He 28gave them their request, But 29sent a wastingdisease among them.
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When they became30envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holyone of the LORD,
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The 31earthopened and swallowed up Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram.
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And a 32fireblazed up in their company; The flameconsumed the wicked.
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They 33made a calf in Horeb And worshiped a moltenimage.
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Thus they 34exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eatsgrass.
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They 35forgotGod their Savior, Who had done36greatthings in Egypt,
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37Wonders in the land of Ham And awesome things by the Red*Sea.
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Therefore 38He said that He would destroy them, Had not 39Moses His chosen one stood in the breachbefore Him, To turnaway His wrath from destroying them.
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Then they 40despised the 41pleasantland; They 42did not believe in His word,
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But 43grumbled in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
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Therefore He 44swore* to them That He would cast them down in the wilderness,
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And that He would 45cast their seed among the nations And 46scatter them in the lands.
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They 47joined themselves also to Baal-peor, And ate48sacrifices offered to the dead.
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Thus they 49provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plaguebroke out among them.
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Then Phinehas50stood up and interposed, And so the 51plague was stayed.
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And it was 52reckoned to him for righteousness, To allgenerationsforever*.
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They also 53provoked Him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, So that it 54wenthard with Moses on their account;
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Because they 55were rebelliousagainst His Spirit, He spokerashly with his lips.
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They 56did not destroy the peoples, As 57the LORDcommanded them,
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But 58they mingled with the nations And learned their practices,
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And 59served their idols, 60Which became a snare to them.
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They even 61sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the 62demons,
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And shed63innocentblood, The blood of their 64sons and their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was 65polluted with the blood.
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Thus they became66unclean in their practices, And 67played the harlot in their deeds.
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Therefore the 68anger of the LORD was kindled against His people And He 69abhorred His 70inheritance.
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Then 71He gave them into the hand of the nations, And those who hated them ruled over them.
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Their enemies also 72oppressed them, And they were subduedunder their power.
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Manytimes He would 73deliver them; They, however, were rebellious in their 74counsel, And so 75sankdown in their iniquity.
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Nevertheless He looked upon their distress When He 76heard their cry;
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And He 77remembered His covenant for their sake, And 78relented79according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.
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He also made them 80objects of compassion In the presence of all their captors.
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81Save us, O LORD our God, And 82gather us from among the nations, To givethanks to Your holyname And 83glory in Your praise.
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84Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the peoplesay, "Amen." Praise the LORD!