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

Praise ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, His kindness.

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

Who doth utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? Soundeth all His praise?

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

O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.

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

Remember me, O Jehovah, With the favour of Thy people, Look after me in Thy salvation.

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.

To look on the good of Thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Thy nation, To boast myself with Thine inheritance.

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

We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly.

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, Have not considered wisely Thy wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Thy kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the sea of Suph.

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

And He saveth them for His name's sake, To make known His might,

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

And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness.

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

And He saveth them from the hand Of him who is hating, And redeemeth them from the hand of the enemy.

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

And waters cover their adversaries, One of them hath not been left.

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

And they believe in His words, they sing His praise,

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

They have hasted -- forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.

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

And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.

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

And He giveth to them their request, And sendeth leanness into their soul.

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

And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron, Jehovah's holy one.

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

Earth openeth, and swalloweth up Dathan, And covereth over the company of Abiram.

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

And fire burneth among their company, A flame setteth on fire the wicked.

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

They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,

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

And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.

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

They have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt,

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

Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the sea of Suph.

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.

And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.

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

And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

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

And they murmur in their tents, They have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah.

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

And He lifteth up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,

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

And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands.

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

And they are coupled to Baal-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead,

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

And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaketh forth upon them,

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

And Phinehas standeth, and executeth judgment, And the plague is restrained,

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

And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations -- unto the age.

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

And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes,

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

For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips.

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

They have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them,

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

And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,

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

And serve their idols, And they are to them for a snare.

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

And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers,

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.

And they shed innocent blood -- Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood.

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

And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.

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

And the anger of Jehovah Is kindled against His people, And He doth abominate His inheritance.

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

And giveth them into the hand of nations, And those hating them rule over them,

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

And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled under their hand.

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

Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.

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

And He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry,

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

And remembereth for them His covenant, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.

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

And He appointeth them for mercies Before all their captors.

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.

Save us, O Jehovah our God, and gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy name, To glory in Thy praise.

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

Blessed Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age even unto the age. And all the people said, `Amen, praise Jah!'