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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 ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, [is] His kindness.
2 Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise?
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Who doth utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? Soundeth all His praise?
3 Blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right.
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O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing 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 Jehovah, With the favour of Thy people, Look after me in Thy salvation.
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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To look on the good of Thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Thy nation, To boast myself with Thine inheritance.
6 We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
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We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly.
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 fathers in Egypt, Have not considered wisely Thy wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Thy kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the sea of Suph.
8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his mighty power known.
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And He saveth them for His name's sake, 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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And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness.
10 He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
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And He saveth them from the hand Of him who is hating, And redeemeth them from the hand of the enemy.
11 The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.
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And waters cover their adversaries, One of them hath not been left.
12 Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.
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And they believe in His words, they sing 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 have hasted -- forgotten His works, They have not waited 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 lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.
15 So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease among them.
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And He giveth to them their request, And sendeth leanness into their soul.
16 In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.
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And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron, Jehovah's holy one.
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.
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Earth openeth, and swalloweth up Dathan, And covereth over the company of Abiram.
18 Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
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And fire burneth among their company, A flame setteth on fire the wicked.
19 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
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They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,
20 They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
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And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.
21 They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
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They have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt,
22 miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
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Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the sea of Suph.
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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And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.
24 Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.
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And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.
25 They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD.
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And they murmur in their tents, They have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah.
26 So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
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And He lifteth up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,
27 make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
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And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands.
28 They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
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And they are coupled to Baal-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead,
29 they aroused the LORD’s anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
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And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaketh forth upon them,
30 But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.
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And Phinehas standeth, and executeth judgment, And the plague is restrained,
31 This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
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And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations -- unto the age.
32 By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them;
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And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes,
33 for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses’ lips.
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For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
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They have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them,
35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
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And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,
36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
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And serve their idols, And they are to them for a snare.
37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to false gods.
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And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers,
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 shed innocent blood -- Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood.
39 They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.
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And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.
40 Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.
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And the anger of Jehovah Is kindled against His people, And He doth abominate His inheritance.
41 He gave them into the hands of the nations, and their foes ruled over them.
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And giveth them into the hand of nations, And those hating them rule over them,
42 Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.
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And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled 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 doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.
44 Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;
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And He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry,
45 for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.
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And remembereth for them His covenant, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.
46 He caused all who held them captive to show them mercy.
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And He appointeth them for mercies 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 Jehovah our God, and gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy name, To glory in Thy 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] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age even unto the age. And all the people said, `Amen, praise Jah!'
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