New American Standard Bible 1995

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1Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

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

2Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the LORD, Or can show forth all His praise?

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

3How blessed are those who keep justice, Who practice righteousness at all times!

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

4Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor toward Your people; Visit me with Your salvation,

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

5That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance.

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

6We have sinned like our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.

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

7Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember Your abundant kindnesses, But rebelled by the sea, 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 the sake of His name, That He might make His power known.

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

9Thus He rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up, And He led them through the deeps, 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.

10So He saved them from the hand of the one who 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.

11The waters covered their adversaries; Not one of them was left.

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

12Then they believed His words; They sang His praise.

12Then they believed his word and sung his praise.

13They quickly forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel,

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

14But craved intensely in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.

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

15So He gave them their request, But sent a wasting disease among them.

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

16When they became envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holy one 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 engulfed the company of Abiram.

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

18And a fire blazed up in their company; The flame consumed the wicked.

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

19They made a calf in Horeb And worshiped a molten image.

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

20Thus they exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass.

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

21They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,

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

22Wonders in the land of Ham And awesome 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 one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

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

24Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe in His word,

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

25But grumbled in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

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

26Therefore He swore to them That He would cast them down in the wilderness,

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

27And that He would cast their seed among the nations And scatter them in the lands.

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

28They joined themselves also to Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to 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 deeds, And the plague broke out among them.

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

30Then Phinehas stood up and interposed, And so the plague was stayed.

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

31And it was reckoned to him for righteousness, To all generations forever.

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

32They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, So that it went hard with Moses on their account;

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

33Because they were rebellious against His Spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips.

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

34They did not destroy the peoples, As the LORD commanded them,

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

35But they mingled with the nations And learned their practices,

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

36And served their idols, Which became a snare to them.

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

37They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,

37They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.

38And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with the 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 they became unclean in their practices, And played the harlot in their deeds.

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

40Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against His people And He abhorred His inheritance.

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

41Then He gave them into the hand of the nations, And those who 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 subdued under their power.

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

43Many times He would deliver them; They, however, were rebellious in their counsel, And so sank down in their iniquity.

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

44Nevertheless He looked upon their distress When He heard their cry;

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

45And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.

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

46He also made them objects of compassion In the presence of all their captors.

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

47Save us, O LORD our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name And glory in Your 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, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, "Amen." Praise the LORD!

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

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