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1 Praise the Lord! Thank the Lord because he is good. His love continues forever.
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Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
2 No one can tell all the mighty things the Lord has done; no one can speak all his praise.
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Who can utter the mighty deeds of the Lord, or declare all his praise?
3 Happy are those who do right, who do what is fair at all times.
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Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
4 Lord, remember me when you are kind to your people; help me when you save them.
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Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them,
5 Let me see the good things you do for your chosen people. Let me be happy along with your happy nation; let me join your own people in praising you.
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that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.
6 We have sinned just as our ancestors did. We have done wrong; we have done evil.
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Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
7 Our ancestors in Egypt did not learn from your miracles. They did not remember all your kindnesses, so they turned against you at the Red Sea.
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Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
8 But the Lord saved them for his own sake, to show his great power.
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Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power.
9 He commanded the Red Sea, and it dried up. He led them through the deep sea as if it were a desert.
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He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry, and he led them through the deep as through a desert.
10 He saved them from those who hated them. He saved them from their enemies,
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So he saved them from the hand of the foe and redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
11 and the water covered their foes. Not one of them escaped.
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And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left.
12 Then the people believed what the Lord said, and they sang praises to him.
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Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.
13 But they quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his advice.
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But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.
14 They became greedy for food in the desert, and they tested God there.
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But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert;
15 So he gave them what they wanted, but he also sent a terrible disease among them.
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he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them.
16 The people in the camp were jealous of Moses and of Aaron, the holy priest of the Lord.
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When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,
17 Then the ground opened up and swallowed Dathan and closed over Abiram's group.
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the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
18 A fire burned among their followers, and flames burned up the wicked.
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Fire also broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
19 The people made a gold calf at Mount Sinai and worshiped a metal statue.
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They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a metal image.
20 They exchanged their glorious God for a statue of a bull that eats grass.
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They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
21 They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
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They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
22 who had done miracles in Egyptn and amazing things by the Red Sea.
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wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23 So God said he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stood before him and stopped God's anger from destroying them.
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Therefore he said he would destroy them—had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.
24 Then they refused to go into the beautiful land of Canaan; they did not believe what God promised.
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Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise.
25 They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the Lord.
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They murmured in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
26 So he swore to them that they would die in the desert.
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Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
27 He said their children would be killed by other nations and that they would be scattered among other countries.
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and would make their offspring fall among the nations, scattering them among the lands.
28 They joined in worshiping Baal at Peor and ate meat that had been sacrificed to lifeless statues.
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Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;
29 They made the Lord angry by what they did, so many people became sick with a terrible disease.
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they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
30 But Phinehas prayed to the Lord, and the disease stopped.
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Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stayed.
31 Phinehas did what was right, and it will be remembered from now on.
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And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.
32 The people also made the Lord angry at Meribah, and Moses was in trouble because of them.
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They angered him at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account,
33 The people turned against the Spirit of God, so Moses spoke without stopping to think.
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for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke rashly with his lips.
34 The people did not destroy the other nations as the Lord had told them to do.
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They did not destroy the peoples, as the Lord commanded them,
35 Instead, they mixed with the other nations and learned their customs.
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but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did.
36 They worshiped other nations' idols and were trapped by them.
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They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
37 They even killed their sons and daughters as sacrifices to demons.
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They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons;
38 They killed innocent people, their own sons and daughters, as sacrifices to the idols of Canaan. So the land was made unholy by their blood.
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they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
39 The people became unholy by their sins; they were unfaithful to God in what they did.
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Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the whore in their deeds.
40 So the Lord became angry with his people and hated his own children.
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Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;
41 He handed them over to other nations and let their enemies rule over them.
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he gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies were cruel to them and kept them under their power.
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Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.
43 The Lord saved his people many times, but they continued to turn against him. So they became even more wicked.
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Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes and were brought low through their iniquity.
44 But God saw their misery when he heard their cry.
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Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.
45 He remembered his agreement with them, and he felt sorry for them because of his great love.
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For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
46 He caused them to be pitied by those who held them captive.
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He caused them to be pitied by all those who held them captive.
47 Lord our God, save us and bring us back from other nations. Then we will thank you and will gladly praise you.
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Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.
48 Praise the Lord, the God of Israel. He always was and always will be. Let all the people say, "Amen!"
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Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen! ” Praise the Lord!