1 P raise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!

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

2 W ho can put into words and tell the mighty deeds of the Lord? Or who can show forth all the praise ?

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

3 B lessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who observe justice and who do right and are in right standing with God at all times.

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

4 r emember me, O Lord, when You favor Your people! O visit me also when You deliver them, and grant me Your salvation!—

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

5 T hat I may see and share the welfare of Your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, that I may glory with Your heritage.

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.

6 W e have sinned, as did also our fathers; we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

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

7 O ur fathers in Egypt understood not nor appreciated Your miracles; they did not remember the multitude of Your mercies nor imprint Your loving-kindness, but they were rebellious and provoked the Lord at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

Our 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.

8 N evertheless He saved them for His name’s sake, that He might make His mighty power known.

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

9 H e rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; so He led them through the depths as through a pastureland.

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

10 A nd He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

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

11 A nd the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left.

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

12 T hen believed His words; they sang His praise.

Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

13 B ut they hastily forgot His works; they did not wait for His plans regarding them,

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

14 B ut lusted exceedingly in the wilderness and tempted and tried to restrain God in the desert.

but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

15 A nd He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their souls and disease and death.

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

16 T hey envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

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

17 T herefore the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and closed over the company of Abiram.

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

18 A nd a fire broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

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

19 T hey made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a molten image.

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

20 T hus they exchanged Him Who was their Glory for the image of an ox that eats grass!

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

21 T hey forgot God their Savior, Who had done such great things in Egypt,

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

22 W onders and miracles in the land of Ham, dreadful and awesome things at the Red Sea.

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

23 T herefore He said He would destroy them. had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the breach before Him to turn away His threatening wrath.

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.

24 T hen they spurned and despised the pleasant and desirable land; they believed not His word;

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

25 B ut they murmured in their tents and hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.

but murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.

26 T herefore He lifted up His hand against them, that He would cause them to fall in the wilderness,

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

27 C ast out their descendants among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.

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

28 T hey joined themselves also to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices to the lifeless.

They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

29 T hus they provoked the Lord to anger with their practices, and a plague broke out among them.

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

30 T hen stood up Phinehas and executed judgment, and so the plague was stayed.

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

31 A nd that was credited to him for righteousness (right doing and right standing with God) to all generations forever.

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

32 T hey angered the Lord also at the waters of Meribah, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;

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

33 F or they provoked spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.

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

34 T hey did not destroy the nations as the Lord commanded them,

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

35 B ut mingled themselves with the nations and learned their ways and works

but were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

36 A nd served their idols, which were a snare to them.

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

37 Y es, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons

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

38 A nd shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with their blood.

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.

39 T hus were they defiled by their own works, and they played the harlot and practiced idolatry with their own deeds.

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

40 T herefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against His people, insomuch that He abhorred and rejected His own heritage.

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

41 A nd He gave them into the hands of the nations, and they that hated them ruled over them.

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

42 T heir enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under the hand of their foes.

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

43 M any times did deliver them, but they were rebellious in their counsel and sank low through their iniquity.

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

44 N evertheless He regarded their distress when He heard their cry;

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

45 A nd He remembered for their sake His covenant and relented their sentence of evil according to the abundance of His mercy and loving-kindness.

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

46 H e also caused to find sympathy among those who had carried them away captive.

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

47 D eliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name and glory in praising You.

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.

48 B lessed (affectionately and gratefully praised) be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, Amen! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

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