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1 Halleluyah! Give thanks to ADONAI; for he is good, for his grace continues forever.
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Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Who can express ADONAI's mighty doings or proclaim in full his praise?
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Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
3 How happy are those who act justly, who always do what is right!
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Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
4 Remember me, ADONAI, when you show favor to your people, keep me in mind when you save them;
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Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
5 so I can see how well things are going with those whom you have chosen, so that I can rejoice in your nation's joy, and glory in your heritage.
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That 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.
6 Together with our ancestors, we have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly.
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We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7 Our ancestors in Egypt failed to grasp the meaning of your wonders. They didn't keep in mind your great deeds of grace but rebelled at the sea, at the Sea of Suf.
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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.
8 Yet he saved them for his own name's sake, to make known his mighty power.
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Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
9 He rebuked the Sea of Suf, and it dried up; he led them through its depths as through a desert.
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He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
10 He saved them from hostile hands, redeemed them from the power of the foe.
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And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 The water closed over their adversaries; not one of them was left.
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And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
12 Then they believed his words, and they sang his praise.
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Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
13 But soon they forgot his deeds and wouldn't wait for his counsel.
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They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
14 In the desert they gave way to insatiable greed; in the wastelands they put God to the test.
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But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
15 He gave them what they wanted but sent meagerness into their souls.
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And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
16 In the camp they were jealous of Moshe and Aharon, ADONAI's holy one.
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They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Datan and closed over Aviram's allies.
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The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
18 A fire blazed out against that group, the flames consumed the wicked.
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And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
19 In Horev they fashioned a calf, they worshipped a cast metal image.
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They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
20 Thus they exchanged their Glory for the image of an ox that eats grass!
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Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21 They forgot God, who had saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
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They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
22 wonders in the land of Ham, fearsome deeds by the Sea of Suf.
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Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, [and he would have,] had not Moshe his chosen one stood before him in the breach to turn back his destroying fury.
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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.
24 Next, they rejected the beautiful land, they didn't trust his promise;
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Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
25 and they complained in their tents, they didn't obey ADONAI.
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But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
26 Therefore, raising his hand, he swore to them that he would strike them down in the desert
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Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
27 and strike down their descendants among the nations, dispersing them in foreign lands.
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To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
28 Now they joined themselves to Ba'al-P'or and ate meat sacrificed to dead things.
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They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds, so that a plague broke out among them.
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Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
30 Then Pinchas stood up and executed judgment; so the plague was checked.
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Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
31 That was credited to him as righteousness, through all generations forever.
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And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
32 They angered him at the M'rivah Spring, and Moshe suffered on their account;
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They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33 for when they embittered his spirit, [Moshe] spoke up without thinking.
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Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
34 They failed to destroy the peoples, as ADONAI had ordered them to do,
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They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
35 but mingled with the nations and learned to follow their ways.
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But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
36 They went on to serve their idols, which became a snare for them.
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And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
37 They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
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Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
38 Yes, they shed innocent blood, the blood of their own sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to Kena'an's false gods, polluting the land with blood.
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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 they were defiled by their deeds; they prostituted themselves by their actions,
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Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
40 For this ADONAI's fury blazed up against his people, and he detested his heritage.
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Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41 He handed them over to the power of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
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And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies oppressed them and kept them in subjection to their power.
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Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43 Many times [God] rescued them, but they kept making plans to rebel. Thus they were brought low by their own wrongdoing.
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Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
44 Still he took pity on their distress whenever he heard their cry.
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Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
45 For their sakes he kept in mind his covenant and in his limitless grace relented,
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And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46 causing them to be treated with compassion by all who had taken them captive.
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He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
47 Save us, ADONAI our God! Gather us from among the nations, so that we can thank your holy name and glory in praising you.
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Save 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.
48 Blessed be ADONAI, the God of Isra'el, from eternity past to eternity future. Now let all the people say, "Amen! Halleluyah!"
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Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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