Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 Praise ye the LORD! O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.
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Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD because he is good, because his mercy endures forever.
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can show forth all His praise?
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Who can speak about all the mighty things the LORD has done? Who can announce all the things for which he is worthy of praise?
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
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Blessed are those who defend justice and do what is right at all times.
4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favor which Thou bearest unto Thy people; O visit me with Thy salvation,
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Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people. Come to help me with your salvation
5 that I may see the good of Thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Thy nation, that I may glory with Thine inheritance.
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so that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, find joy in our people's happiness, and brag with the people who belong to you.
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
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We have sinned, and so did our ancestors. We have done wrong. We are guilty.
7 Our fathers understood not Thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of Thy mercies, but provoked Thee at the sea, even at 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 numerous acts of mercy, so they rebelled at the sea, the Red Sea.
8 Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, that He might make His mighty power to be known.
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He saved them because of his reputation so that he could make his mighty power known.
9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so He led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
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He angrily commanded the Red Sea, and it dried up. He led them through deep water as though it were a desert.
10 And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
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He rescued them from the power of the one who hated them. He rescued them from the enemy.
11 And the waters covered their enemies; there was not one of them left.
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Water covered their adversaries. Not one Egyptian survived.
12 Then believed they His words; they sang His praise.
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Then our ancestors believed what he said. They sang his praise.
13 They soon forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel,
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They quickly forgot what he did. They did not wait for his advice.
14 but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
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They had an unreasonable desire [for food] in the wilderness. In the desert they tested God.
15 And He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
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He gave them what they asked for. He [also] gave them a degenerative disease.
16 They also envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
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In the camp certain men became envious of Moses. They also became envious of Aaron, the LORD's holy one.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
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The ground split open and swallowed Dathan. It buried Abiram's followers.
18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
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A fire broke out among their followers. Flames burned up wicked people.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped the molten image.
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At Mount Horeb they made [a statue of] a calf. They worshiped an idol made of metal.
20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
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They traded their glorious God for the statue of a bull that eats grass.
21 They forgot God their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
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They forgot God, their savior, the one who did spectacular things in Egypt,
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and fearsome things by the Red Sea.
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miracles in the land of Ham, and terrifying things at the Red Sea.
23 Therefore 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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God said he was going to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, stood in his way to prevent him from exterminating them.
24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land; they believed not His word,
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They refused [to enter] the pleasant land. They did not believe what he said.
25 but murmured in their tents and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
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They complained in their tents. They did not obey the LORD.
26 Therefore He lifted up His hand against them to overthrow them in the wilderness,
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Raising his hand, he swore that he would kill them in the wilderness,
27 to overthrow their seed also among the nations and to scatter them in the lands.
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kill their descendants among the nations, and scatter them throughout various lands.
28 They joined themselves also with Baal of Peor, and ate the sacrifices to the dead.
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They joined in worshiping the god Baal while they were at Peor, and they ate what was sacrificed to the dead.
29 Thus they provoked Him to anger with their inventions, and the plague broke in upon them.
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They infuriated God by what they did, and a plague broke out among them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas and executed judgment, and so the plague was stayed.
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Then Phinehas stood between God and the people, and the plague was stopped.
31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
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Because of this, Phinehas was considered righteous forever, throughout every generation.
32 They angered Him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes,
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They made God angry by the water at Meribah. Things turned out badly for Moses because of what they did,
33 because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
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since they made him bitter so that he spoke recklessly.
34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them;
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They did not destroy the people as the LORD had told them.
35 but they mingled among the heathen and learned their works,
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Instead, they intermarried with other nations. They learned to do what other nations did,
36 and they served their idols, which were a snare unto them.
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and they worshiped their idols, which became a trap for them.
37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and daughters unto devils,
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They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.
38 and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.
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They shed innocent blood, the blood of their own sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land became polluted with blood.
39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own schemes.
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They became filthy because of what they did. They behaved like prostitutes.
40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against His people, insomuch that He abhorred His own inheritance.
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The LORD burned with anger against his own people. He was disgusted with those who belonged to him.
41 And He gave them into the hand of the heathen, and they that hated them ruled over them.
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He handed them over to other nations, and those who hated them ruled them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
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Their enemies oppressed them and made them subject to their power.
43 Many times did He deliver them, but they provoked Him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
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He rescued them many times, but they continued to plot rebellion against him and to sink deeper because of their sin.
44 Nevertheless He regarded their affliction when He heard their cry,
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He saw that they were suffering when he heard their cry for help.
45 and He remembered for them His covenant, and repented according to the multitude of His mercies.
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He remembered his promise to them. In keeping with his rich mercy, he changed his plans.
46 He made them also to be pitied by all those that carried them captive.
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He let them find compassion from all those who held them captive.
47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto Thy holy name, and to triumph in Thy praise.
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Rescue us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations so that we may give thanks to your holy name and make your praise our glory.
48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting, and let all the people say, "Amen." Praise ye the LORD!
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Thanks be to the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say amen. Hallelujah!
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