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1 (105-1) Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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Praise the LORD ! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.
2 (105-2) Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises?
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Who can list the glorious miracles of the LORD ? Who can ever praise him enough?
3 (105-3) Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times.
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There is joy for those who deal justly with others and always do what is right.
4 (105-4) Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy salvation.
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Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people; come near and rescue me.
5 (105-5) That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.
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Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones. Let me rejoice in the joy of your people; let me praise you with those who are your heritage.
6 (105-6) We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.
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Like our ancestors, we have sinned. We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!
7 (105-7) Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.
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Our ancestors in Egypt were not impressed by the LORD ’s miraculous deeds. They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them. Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.
8 (105-8) And he saved them for his own name’s sake: that he might make his power known.
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Even so, he saved them— to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power.
9 (105-9) And he rebuked the Red Sea and it was dried up: and he led them through the depths, as in a wilderness.
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He commanded the Red Sea to dry up. He led Israel across the sea as if it were a desert.
10 (105-10) And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
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So he rescued them from their enemies and redeemed them from their foes.
11 (105-11) And the water covered them that afflicted them: there was not one of them left.
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Then the water returned and covered their enemies; not one of them survived.
12 (105-12) And they believed his words: and they sang his praises.
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Then his people believed his promises. Then they sang his praise.
13 (105-13) They had quickly done, they forgot his works: and they waited not for his counsel.
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Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done! They wouldn’t wait for his counsel!
14 (105-14) And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water.
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In the wilderness their desires ran wild, testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.
15 (105-15) And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls.
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So he gave them what they asked for, but he sent a plague along with it.
16 (105-16) And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the holy one of the Lord.
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The people in the camp were jealous of Moses and envious of Aaron, the LORD ’s holy priest.
17 (105-17) The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron.
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Because of this, the earth opened up; it swallowed Dathan and buried Abiram and the other rebels.
18 (105-18) And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned the wicked.
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Fire fell upon their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
19 (105-19) They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing.
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The people made a calf at Mount Sinai ; they bowed before an image made of gold.
20 (105-20) And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.
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They traded their glorious God for a statue of a grass-eating bull.
21 (105-21) They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
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They forgot God, their savior, who had done such great things in Egypt—
22 (105-22) Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.
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such wonderful things in the land of Ham, such awesome deeds at the Red Sea.
23 (105-23) And 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 them.
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So he declared he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the LORD and the people. He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.
24 (105-24) And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,
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The people refused to enter the pleasant land, for they wouldn’t believe his promise to care for them.
25 (105-25) And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.
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Instead, they grumbled in their tents and refused to obey the LORD .
26 (105-26) And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;
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Therefore, he solemnly swore that he would kill them in the wilderness,
27 (105-27) And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.
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that he would scatter their descendants among the nations, exiling them to distant lands.
28 (105-28) They also were initiated to Beelpheor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
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Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor; they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!
29 (105-29) And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was multiplied among them.
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They angered the LORD with all these things, so a plague broke out among them.
30 (105-30) Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter ceased.
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But Phinehas had the courage to intervene, and the plague was stopped.
31 (105-31) And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore.
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So he has been regarded as a righteous man ever since that time.
32 (105-32) They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes:
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At Meribah, too, they angered the LORD, causing Moses serious trouble.
33 (105-33) Because they exasperated his spirit. And he distinguished with his lips.
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They made Moses angry, and he spoke foolishly.
34 (105-34) They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.
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Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land, as the LORD had commanded them.
35 (105-35) And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works:
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Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs.
36 (105-36) And served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them.
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They worshiped their idols, which led to their downfall.
37 (105-37) And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.
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They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.
38 (105-38) And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood,
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They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder.
39 (105-39) And was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions.
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They defiled themselves by their evil deeds, and their love of idols was adultery in the LORD ’s sight.
40 (105-40) And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.
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That is why the LORD ’s anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his own special possession.
41 (105-41) And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.
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He handed them over to pagan nations, and they were ruled by those who hated them.
42 (105-42) And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands:
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Their enemies crushed them and brought them under their cruel power.
43 (105-43) Many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities.
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Again and again he rescued them, but they chose to rebel against him, and they were finally destroyed by their sin.
44 (105-44) And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.
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Even so, he pitied them in their distress and listened to their cries.
45 (105-45) And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
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He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.
46 (105-46) And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives.
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He even caused their captors to treat them with kindness.
47 (105-47) Save us, O Lord, our God: and gather us from among the nations: That we may give thanks to thy holy name, and may glory in thy praise.
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Save us, O LORD our God! Gather us back from among the nations, so we can thank your holy name and rejoice and praise you.
48 (105-48) Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it.
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Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who lives from everlasting to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the LORD !
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