Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
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1 Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.
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Praise the LORD.Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
2 Who shall tell the mighty acts of the Lord? who shall cause all his praises to be heard?
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Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise?
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do righteousness at all times.
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Blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right.
4 Remember us, O Lord, with the favour thou hast to thy people: visit us with thy salvation;
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Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,
5 that we may behold the good of thine elect, that we may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that we 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 transgressed, we have done unrighteously.
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We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7 Our fathers in Egypt understood not thy wonders, and remembered not the multitude of thy mercy; but provoked him as they went up by 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 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might cause 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 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: so he led them through the deep 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 out of the hand of them that hated them, and redeemed them out of 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 The water covered those that oppressed them: 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, and celebrated his praise.
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Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.
13 They made haste, they 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 And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry land.
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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, and sent fullness into their souls.
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So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease among them.
16 They provoked Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the holy one 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 closed upon the congregation of Abiron.
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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 congregation, and a flame burnt up the sinners.
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Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
19 And they made a calf in Choreb, and worshipped the graven image,
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At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20 and they changed their glory into the similitude of a calf that feeds on grass.
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They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21 They forgot God that saved them, who had wrought great deeds 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 Cham, and terrible things at the Red Sea.
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miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23 So he said that he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn him away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them.
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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 Moreover they set at nought the desirable land, and believed not his word.
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Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.
25 And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.
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They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD.
26 So he lifted up his hand against them, to cast them down 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 and to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.
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make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
28 They were joined also to Beelphegor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. And they provoked him with their devices;
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They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29 and destruction, was multiplied among them.
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they aroused the LORD’s anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
30 Then Phinees stood up, and made atonement: and the plague ceased.
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But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.
31 And it was counted to him for righteousness, to all generations for ever.
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This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
32 They provoked him also at the water of Strife, and Moses was hurt 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 for they provoked his spirit, and he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
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for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses’ lips.
34 They destroyed not the nations which the Lord told them to destroy;
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They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
35 but were mingled with the heathen, and learned their works.
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but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
36 And they served their graven images; and it became an offence to them.
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They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils,
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They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to false gods.
38 and shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan; and the land was defiled 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 and was polluted with their works; and they went a whoring with their own devices.
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They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.
40 So the Lord was very angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.
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Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.
41 And he delivered them into the hands of their enemies; and they 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 Ands their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought down under their hands.
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Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.
43 Many a time he delivered them; but they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities.
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Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.
44 Ye the Lord looked upon their affliction, when he heard their petition.
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Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;
45 And he remembered his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercy.
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for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.
46 And he caused them to be pitied in the sight of all who carried them captive.
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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 heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, that we may 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 be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting; and all the people shall say, Amen, Amen.
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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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