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1Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, since he is good, for his gracious love exists forever.

2Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?

2Who can fully describe the mighty acts of the LORD or proclaim all his praises?

3Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

3How happy are those who enforce justice, who live righteously all the time.

4Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

4Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people. Visit us with your deliverance,

5That 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.

5to witness the prosperity of your chosen ones, to rejoice in your nation's joy, to glory in your inheritance.

6We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

6We have sinned, along with our ancestors; we have committed iniquity and wickedness.

7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

7In Egypt, our ancestors neither comprehended your awesome deeds nor remembered your abundant gracious love. Instead, they rebelled beside the sea, the Reed Sea.

8Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

8He delivered for the sake of his name, to make his power known.

9He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

9He shouted at the Reed Sea and it dried up; and led them through the sea as though through a desert.

10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

10He delivered them from the power of their foe; redeeming them from the power of their enemy.

11And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

11The water overwhelmed their enemies, so that not one of them survived.

12Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

12Then they believed his word and sung his praise.

13They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

13But they quickly forgot his deeds and did not wait for his counsel.

14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

14They were overwhelmed with craving in the wilderness, so God tested them in the wasteland.

15And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

15God granted them their request, but sent leanness into their lives.

16They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

16They were envious of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

17The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, closing over Abiram's clan.

18And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

18Then a fire burned among their company, a flame that set the wicked ablaze.

19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

19They fashioned a calf at Horeb and worshipped a carved image.

20Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

20They exchanged their glory with the image of a grass-eating bull.

21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

21They forgot God their Savior, who performed great things in Egypt—

22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

22awesome deeds in the land of Ham, astonishing deeds at the Reed Sea.

23Therefore 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.

23He would have destroyed them but for Moses, his chosen one, who stood in the breach before him to avert his destructive wrath.

24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

24They rejected the desirable land, and they didn't trust his promise.

25But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

25They murmured in their tents, and didn't listen to the voice of the LORD.

26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

26So he swore an oath concerning them— that he would cause them to die in the wilderness,

27To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

27to cause their children to perish among the nations and be scattered among many lands.

28They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

28For they adopted the worship of Baal Peor and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

29Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

29They had provoked anger by their deeds, so that a plague broke out against them.

30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

30But Phinehas intervened and prayed so that the plague was restrained.

31And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

31And it was credited to him as a righteous act, from generation to generation—to eternity.

32They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

32They provoked wrath at the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered on account of them.

33Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

33For they rebelled against him, so that he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.

34They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

34They never destroyed the people, as the LORD had commanded them.

35But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

35Instead, they mingled among the nations and learned their ways.

36And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

36They worshipped their idols, and this became a trap for them.

37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

37They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.

38And 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.

38They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters— whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, thereby polluting the land with blood.

39Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

39Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds.

40Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

40The LORD's anger burned against his people, so that he despised his own inheritance.

41And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

41He turned them over to domination by nations where those who hated them ruled over them.

42Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

42Their enemies oppressed them, so that they were humiliated by their power.

43Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

43He delivered them many times, but they demonstrated rebellion by their evil plans; therefore they sunk deep in their sins.

44Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

44Yet when he saw their distress and heard their cries for help,

45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

45he remembered his covenant with them, and so relented according to the greatness of his gracious love.

46He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

46He caused all their captors to show compassion toward them.

47Save 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.

47Deliver us, LORD our God, gather us from among the nations so we may praise your holy name and rejoice in praising you.

48Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

48Blessed are you, LORD God of Israel, from eternity to eternity; Let all the people say, "Amen!" Hallelujah!

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