1 P raise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

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

2 W ho can utter the mighty acts of the Lord ? Who can declare all His praise?

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

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

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

4 R emember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation,

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

5 T hat 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.

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 did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, But rebelled by the sea—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 N evertheless He saved them for His name’s sake, That He might make His mighty power known.

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

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

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

10 H e saved them from the hand of him who hated them, 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 T he waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 A nd 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 W hen they envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the Lord,

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

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

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

18 A fire was kindled in their company; The 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 worshiped the molded image.

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

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

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

21 T hey forgot God their Savior, 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, Awesome things by the Red Sea.

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

23 T herefore 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.

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 T hen they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word,

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

25 B ut complained in their tents, And did not heed the voice of the Lord.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

34 T hey did not destroy the peoples, Concerning whom the Lord had commanded them,

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

35 B ut they mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works;

And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,

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

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

37 T hey even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons,

And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers,

38 A nd 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.

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 T hus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds.

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

40 T herefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own 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 Gentiles, And those who hated them ruled over them.

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

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

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

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

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

44 N evertheless He regarded their affliction, When He heard their cry;

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

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

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

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

And He appointeth them for mercies Before all their captors.

47 S ave us, O Lord our God, And gather us from among the Gentiles, To give thanks to Your holy name, To triumph in Your 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 the Lord God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the Lord!

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