New King James Version

New Living Translation

1Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

1Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.

2Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare all His praise?

2Who can list the glorious miracles of the LORD? Who can ever praise him enough?

3Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does righteousness at all times!

3There is joy for those who deal justly with others and always do what is right.

4Remember me, O LORD, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation,

4Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people; come near and rescue me.

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

5Let 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.

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

6Like our ancestors, we have sinned. We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!

7Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.

7Our 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.

8Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake, That He might make His mighty power known.

8Even so, he saved them— to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power.

9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; So He led them through the depths, As through the wilderness.

9He commanded the Red Sea to dry up. He led Israel across the sea as if it were a desert.

10He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

10So he rescued them from their enemies and redeemed them from their foes.

11The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left.

11Then the water returned and covered their enemies; not one of them survived.

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

12Then his people believed his promises. Then they sang his praise.

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

13Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done! They wouldn’t wait for his counsel!

14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert.

14In the wilderness their desires ran wild, testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.

15And He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.

15So he gave them what they asked for, but he sent a plague along with it.

16When they envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the LORD,

16The people in the camp were jealous of Moses and envious of Aaron, the LORD’s holy priest.

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

17Because of this, the earth opened up; it swallowed Dathan and buried Abiram and the other rebels.

18A fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.

18Fire fell upon their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.

19They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped the molded image.

19The people made a calf at Mount Sinai ; they bowed before an image made of gold.

20Thus they changed their glory Into the image of an ox that eats grass.

20They traded their glorious God for a statue of a grass-eating bull.

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

21They forgot God, their savior, who had done such great things in Egypt—

22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, Awesome things by the Red Sea.

22such wonderful things in the land of Ham, such awesome deeds at the Red Sea.

23Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.

23So 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.

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

24The people refused to enter the pleasant land, for they wouldn’t believe his promise to care for them.

25But complained in their tents, And did not heed the voice of the LORD.

25Instead, they grumbled in their tents and refused to obey the LORD.

26Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness,

26Therefore, he solemnly swore that he would kill them in the wilderness,

27To overthrow their descendants among the nations, And to scatter them in the lands.

27that he would scatter their descendants among the nations, exiling them to distant lands.

28They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices made to the dead.

28Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor; they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!

29Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.

29They angered the LORD with all these things, so a plague broke out among them.

30Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, And the plague was stopped.

30But Phinehas had the courage to intervene, and the plague was stopped.

31And that was accounted to him for righteousness To all generations forevermore.

31So he has been regarded as a righteous man ever since that time.

32They angered Him also at the waters of strife, So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;

32At Meribah, too, they angered the LORD, causing Moses serious trouble.

33Because they rebelled against His Spirit, So that he spoke rashly with his lips.

33They made Moses angry, and he spoke foolishly.

34They did not destroy the peoples, Concerning whom the LORD had commanded them,

34Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land, as the LORD had commanded them.

35But they mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works;

35Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs.

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

36They worshiped their idols, which led to their downfall.

37They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons,

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

38And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.

38They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder.

39Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds.

39They defiled themselves by their evil deeds, and their love of idols was adultery in the LORD’s sight.

40Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance.

40That is why the LORD’s anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his own special possession.

41And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, And those who hated them ruled over them.

41He handed them over to pagan nations, and they were ruled by those who hated them.

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

42Their enemies crushed them and brought them under their cruel power.

43Many times He delivered them; But they rebelled in their counsel, And were brought low for their iniquity.

43Again and again he rescued them, but they chose to rebel against him, and they were finally destroyed by their sin.

44Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, When He heard their cry;

44Even so, he pitied them in their distress and listened to their cries.

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

45He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.

46He also made them to be pitied By all those who carried them away captive.

46He even caused their captors to treat them with kindness.

47Save us, O LORD our God, And gather us from among the Gentiles, To give thanks to Your holy name, To triumph in Your praise.

47Save us, O LORD our God! Gather us back from among the nations, so we can thank your holy name and rejoice and praise you.

48Blessed be the LORD God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the LORD!

48Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who lives from everlasting to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the LORD!

The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.