1 H allelujah! Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness for ever.

Praise the Lord! O give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His loving-kindness lasts forever.

2 W ho can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? can shew forth all his praise?

Who can put into words the great works of the Lord? Who can make known all His praise?

3 B lessed are they that keep justice, he that doeth righteousness at all times.

Happy are those who are faithful in being fair and who always do what is right and good!

4 R emember me, O Jehovah, with favour toward thy people; visit me with thy salvation:

O Lord, remember me when You show favor to Your people. Visit me also when You save them.

5 T hat I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

So I may share in the well-being of Your chosen ones. So I may share in the joy of Your nation, and be proud of Your people.

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

We have sinned like our fathers. We have done wrong. We have been sinful in our actions.

7 O ur fathers in Egypt considered not thy wondrous works; they remembered not the multitude of thy loving-kindnesses; but they rebelled at the sea, at the Red Sea.

Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your powerful works. They did not remember how many times You showed Your loving-kindness. But they turned against You by the sea, the Red Sea.

8 Y et he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might.

Yet He saved them because of the honor of His name, and to make His great power known.

9 A nd he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a wilderness.

So He spoke sharp words to the Red Sea and it dried up. And He led them through the sea as through a desert.

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

He saved them from the hand of those who hated them. He set them free from the hand of those who went against them.

11 A nd the waters covered their oppressors: there was not one of them left.

And the waters covered those who hated them. Not one of them was left.

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

Then they believed His promises. They sang His praise.

13 T hey soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:

But they soon forgot His works. They did not wait to hear what He wanted them to do.

14 A nd they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

They wanted many things in the desert, and they tempted God there.

15 T hen he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.

So He gave them what they wanted, but He allowed their souls to become weak because of it.

16 A nd they envied Moses in the camp, Aaron, the saint of Jehovah.

They were jealous of Moses in the place where they set up their tents. And they were jealous of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

17 T he earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;

So the earth opened up and swallowed Dathan. It closed over the group of Abiram.

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

And a fire came among their followers. It burned up the sinful people.

19 T hey made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image;

They made a calf at Horeb and worshiped a god of gold.

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

They traded their shining-greatness for something that looked like a bull that eats grass.

21 T hey forgot God their Saviour, who had done great things in Egypt,

They forgot the God Who saved them, Who had done great things in Egypt,

22 W ondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.

powerful works in the land of Ham, and works that brought fear by the Red Sea.

23 A nd he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, to turn away his fury, lest he should destroy.

So He said that He would destroy them. But Moses, His chosen one, stood in the way to keep His anger from destroying them.

24 A nd they despised the pleasant land; they believed not his word,

Then they hated the good land. They did not believe in His Word.

25 B ut murmured in their tents: they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.

But they complained in their tents. They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.

26 A nd he lifted up his hand to them, that he would make them fall in the wilderness;

So He swore to them that He would let them die in the desert.

27 A nd that he would make their seed fall among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.

And He would spread out their children among the nations and divide them over all the earth.

28 A nd they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead;

They joined themselves to Baal of Peor and ate gifts given to the dead.

29 A nd they provoked to anger with their doings; and a plague broke out among them.

They made the Lord angry by their actions and a sickness broke out among them.

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

Then Phinehas stood up and came between them, and the sickness was stopped.

31 A nd that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, from generation to generation, for evermore.

And this made him right with God to all people forever.

32 A nd they moved him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;

They also made the Lord angry at the waters of Meribah. And trouble came to Moses because of them.

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

He spoke from his lips without thinking because they went against the Spirit of God.

34 T hey did not destroy the peoples, as Jehovah commanded them;

They did not destroy the people as the Lord told them to do.

35 B ut they mingled with the nations, and learned their works;

But they mixed with the nations and learned their ways.

36 A nd they served their idols; and they were a snare unto them:

They served their gods, which became a trap to them.

37 A nd they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

They even gave their sons and daughters as gifts on an altar to the demons.

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

They poured out the blood of those who were not guilty, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they gave on an altar to the gods of Canaan. And the land was poisoned with blood.

39 A nd they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings.

They made themselves unclean by what they did. They were not true to God in what they did.

40 T hen was the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance;

So the Lord was angry with His people. He hated His people.

41 A nd he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them:

So He handed them over to the nations. And those who hated them ruled over them.

42 A nd their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

Those who hated them held a strong power over them. And they were made to obey them.

43 O ften did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity.

God set them free many times. But they always turned against Him and went deeper into sin.

44 B ut he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry;

But He looked upon their trouble when He heard their cry.

45 A nd he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses;

He remembered His agreement because of them, and took pity on them by the greatness of His loving-kindness.

46 A nd he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives.

Those who held them also saw how God took pity on them.

47 S ave us, Jehovah our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, to triumph in thy praise.

O Lord our God, save us! Gather us from among the nations. And we will give thanks to Your holy name and find honor in Your praise.

48 B lessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, from eternity and to eternity! And let all the people say, Amen! Hallelujah!

Honor and thanks be to the Lord, the God of Israel, forever and ever. Let all the people say, “Let it be so!” Praise the Lord!