Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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1 Halelu-JAH. O give thanks unto the LORD, for <em>he is</em> good, for his mercy <em>endures</em> for ever.
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Praise the LORD.Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? <em>Who</em> can show forth all his praise?
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Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORDor fully declare his praise?
3 Happy <em>are</em> those that keep judgment <em>and</em> he that does righteousness at all times.
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Blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right.
4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour <em>that thou dost bear unto</em> thy people; O visit me with thy saving health,
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Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,
5 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.
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that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may share in the joy of your nation and join your inheritance in giving praise.
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedly.
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We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7 Our fathers did not understand thy wonders in Egypt; they did not remember the multitude of thy mercies but rebelled by the sea, <em>even</em> at the Red sea.
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When our ancestors were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.
8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
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Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his mighty power known.
9 He reprehended the Red sea also, and it was dried up, so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
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He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert.
10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated <em>them</em> and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
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He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
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The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.
12 Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.
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Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.
13 They became rash. They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:
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But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold.
14 They gave themselves over to lust in the wilderness and tempted God in the desert.
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In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wilderness they put God to the test.
15 And he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
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So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease among them.
16 Then they envied Moses in the camp <em>and</em> Aaron the saint of the LORD.
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In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram.
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The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.
18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
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Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb and worshipped the molten image.
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At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eats grass.
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They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21 They forgot the God of their saving health, who had done great things in Egypt,
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They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, <em>and</em> terrible things upon the Red sea.
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miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds 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 away his wrath lest he should destroy <em>them</em>.
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So he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.
24 And they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his word:
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Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.
25 But murmured in their tents <em>and</em> did not hearken unto the voice of the LORD.
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They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD.
26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness,
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So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
27 to overthrow their seed also among the Gentiles, and to scatter them in the lands.
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make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
28 They also joined themselves unto Baalpeor and ate the sacrifices for the dead.
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They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29 Thus they provoked <em>him</em> to anger with their inventions; and the plague broke in upon them.
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they aroused the LORD’s anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
30 Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, and <em>so</em> the plague was stayed.
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But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.
31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness from generation to generation for evermore.
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This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
32 They angered <em>him</em> also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
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By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them;
33 Because they provoked his spirit to rebel, and he spoke it with his lips.
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for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses’ lips.
34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
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They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
35 But were mingled among the Gentiles and learned their works.
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but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
36 And they served their idols, which were a snare unto them.
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They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
37 <em>Yea</em>, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils
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They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to false gods.
38 and shed innocent blood, <em>even</em> the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.
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They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.
39 Thus they were defiled with their own works and went a whoring with their own inventions.
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They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.
40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
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Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.
41 And he gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, and those that hated them ruled over them.
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He gave them into the hands of the nations, and their foes ruled over them.
42 Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
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Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.
43 He delivered them many times, but they rebelled at his counsel and were brought low for their iniquity.
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Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.
44 Nevertheless he would look upon their affliction and hear their cry
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Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;
45 and remember his covenant with them and repent according to the multitude of his mercies.
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for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.
46 He also caused those that carried them captives to have mercy upon them.
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He caused all who held them captive to show them mercy.
47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the Gentiles, that we might lift up thy holy name, that we might glory in thy praise.
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Save us, LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.
48 Blessed <em>be</em> the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting; and let all the people say, Amen. Halelu-JAH.
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Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the LORD.
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