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1 Praise the LORD.Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
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Praise Yah. Give thanks to Yahweh, for [he is] good, for his loyal love [is] forever.
2 Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORDor fully declare his praise?
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Who can utter the mighty deeds of Yahweh, [or] proclaim all his praise?
3 Blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right.
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Blessed are [those who] observe justice, [he who] does righteousness at all times.
4 Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,
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Remember me, O Yahweh, when [you show] favor to your people. Look after me when you deliver,
5 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.
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that [I] may see the good [done] your chosen ones, to be glad in the joy of your nation, to glory together with your inheritance.
6 We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
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We have sinned [along] with our ancestors. We have committed iniquity; we have incurred guilt.
7 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.
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Our ancestors in Egypt did not understand your wonderful works. They did not remember your many acts of loyal love, and [so] they rebelled by [the] sea at {the Red Sea}.
8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his mighty power known.
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Yet he saved them for the sake of his name, to make known his might.
9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert.
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So he rebuked {the Red Sea}, and it dried up, and he led them through the deep as [through] a desert.
10 He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
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Thus he saved them from [the] hand of [the] hater and redeemed them from [the] hand of [the] enemy.
11 The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.
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But waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.
12 Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.
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Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.
13 But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold.
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They quickly forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.
14 In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wilderness they put God to the test.
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And they {craved intensely} in the wilderness, and tested God in [the] desert.
15 So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease among them.
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So he gave to them their request, but he sent leanness into their souls.
16 In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.
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And they were jealous of Moses in the camp, [and] of Aaron, the holy one of Yahweh.
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.
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[The] earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and it covered over the gang of Abiram.
18 Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
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Also fire burned in their assembly; [the] flame devoured [the] wicked.
19 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
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They made a calf at Horeb and bowed down to a cast image.
20 They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
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And [so] they exchanged their glory for an 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 miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
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wonders in the land of Ham, awesome deeds by {the Red Sea}.
23 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.
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So he said he would exterminate them, had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to reverse his wrath from destroying [them].
24 Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.
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Then they refused the desirable land; they did not believe his word,
25 They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD.
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but grumbled in their tents. They did not obey the voice of Yahweh.
26 So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
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So {he made an oath} against them, to make them drop in the wilderness,
27 make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
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and to disperse their {descendants} among the nations and to scatter them among the lands.
28 They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
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They also attached themselves to Baal of Peor, and they ate sacrifices offered to [the] dead.
29 they aroused the LORD’s anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
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Thus they provoked to anger by their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
30 But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.
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Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and [so] the plague was stopped,
31 This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
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and it was reckoned to him as righteousness {throughout all generations}.
32 By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them;
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They also angered [God] at the waters of Meribah, and it went badly for Moses on account of them,
33 for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses’ lips.
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because they rebelled against his Spirit, and he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
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They did not exterminate the peoples, as Yahweh had commanded them,
35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
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but they mingled with the nations and learned their works,
36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
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and served their idols, which became a snare to them.
37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to false gods.
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They even sacrificed their sons and daughters to the demons,
38 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.
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and they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and [so] the land was defiled with the blood.
39 They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.
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And they became unclean by their works, and were unfaithful in their deeds.
40 Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.
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So Yahweh's anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.
41 He gave them into the hands of the nations, and their foes ruled over them.
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Then he gave them into [the] hand of [the] nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.
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And their enemies oppressed them, and they were subdued under their hand.
43 Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.
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Many times he delivered them, but they rebelled in their counsel, and were brought low by their iniquity.
44 Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;
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Yet he looked upon their distress when he heard their cry.
45 for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.
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And he remembered his covenant with them, and relented based on the abundance of his loyal love.
46 He caused all who held them captive to show them mercy.
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And he {let them find compassion} before all their captors.
47 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.
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Save us, O Yahweh our God, and gather us from the nations, so that [we may] give thanks to your holy name [and] boast in your praise.
48 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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Blessed [is] Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise Yah.
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