| 1 | Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. | |
| 2 | Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise? | |
| 3 | Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right. | |
| 4 | Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them, | |
| 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. | |
| 6 | We have sinned, even as our fathers did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly. | |
| 7 | When our fathers 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. | |
| 8 | Yet he saved them for his name's sake, to make his mighty power known. | |
| 9 | He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert. | |
| 10 | He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them. | |
| 11 | The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived. | |
| 12 | Then they believed his promises and sang his praise. | |
| 13 | But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his counsel. | |
| 14 | In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wasteland they put God to the test. | |
| 15 | So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease upon them. | |
| 16 | In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD. | |
| 17 | The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram. | |
| 18 | Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked. | |
| 19 | At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal. | |
| 20 | They exchanged their Glory for an image of a bull, which eats grass. | |
| 21 | They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt, | |
| 22 | miracles in the land of Ham and 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. | |
| 24 | Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise. | |
| 25 | They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD. | |
| 26 | So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the desert, | |
| 27 | make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. | |
| 28 | They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods; | |
| 29 | they provoked the LORD to anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them. | |
| 30 | But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked. | |
| 31 | This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come. | |
| 32 | By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them; | |
| 33 | for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses' lips. | |
| 34 | They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, | |
| 35 | but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. | |
| 36 | They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. | |
| 37 | They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to 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. | |
| 39 | They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves. | |
| 40 | Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance. | |
| 41 | He handed them over to the nations, and their foes ruled over them. | |
| 42 | Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power. | |
| 43 | Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin. | |
| 44 | But he took note of their distress when he heard their cry; | |
| 45 | for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented. | |
| 46 | He caused them to be pitied by all who held them captive. | |
| 47 | Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory 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. | |