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

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

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

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

3 H appy are those who are faithful in being fair and who always do what is right and good!

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

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

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

5 S o 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.

That 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.

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

We have sinned, as did also our fathers; we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

7 O ur 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.

Our 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 those who hated them. Not one of them was left.

And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left.

12 T hen they believed His promises. They sang His praise.

Then believed His words; they sang His praise.

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

But they hastily forgot His works; they did not wait for His plans regarding them,

14 T hey wanted many things in the desert, and they tempted God there.

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness and tempted and tried to restrain God in the desert.

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

And He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their souls and disease and death.

16 T hey 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.

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

17 S o the earth opened up and swallowed Dathan. It closed over the group of Abiram.

Therefore the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and closed over the company of Abiram.

18 A nd a fire came among their followers. It burned up the sinful people.

And a fire broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

19 T hey made a calf at Horeb and worshiped a god of gold.

They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a molten image.

20 T hey traded their shining-greatness for something that looked like a bull that eats grass.

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

21 T hey forgot the God Who saved them, Who had done great things in Egypt,

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

22 p owerful works in the land of Ham, and works that brought fear by the Red Sea.

Wonders and miracles in the land of Ham, dreadful and awesome things at the Red Sea.

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

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

24 T hen they hated the good land. They did not believe in His Word.

Then they spurned and despised the pleasant and desirable land; they believed not His word;

25 B ut they complained in their tents. They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.

But they murmured in their tents and hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.

26 S o He swore to them that He would let them die in the desert.

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

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

Cast out their descendants among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.

28 T hey joined themselves to Baal of Peor and ate gifts given to the dead.

They joined themselves also to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices to the lifeless.

29 T hey made the Lord angry by their actions and a sickness broke out among them.

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

30 T hen Phinehas stood up and came between them, and the sickness was stopped.

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

31 A nd this made him right with God to all people forever.

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

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

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

33 H e spoke from his lips without thinking because they went against the Spirit of God.

For they provoked spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.

34 T hey did not destroy the people as the Lord told them to do.

They did not destroy the nations as the Lord commanded them,

35 B ut they mixed with the nations and learned their ways.

But mingled themselves with the nations and learned their ways and works

36 T hey served their gods, which became a trap to them.

And served their idols, which were a snare to them.

37 T hey even gave their sons and daughters as gifts on an altar to the demons.

Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons

38 T hey 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.

And 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.

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

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

40 S o the Lord was angry with His people. He hated His people.

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

41 S o He handed them over to the nations. And those who hated them ruled over them.

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

42 T hose who hated them held a strong power over them. And they were made to obey them.

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

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

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

44 B ut He looked upon their trouble when He heard their cry.

Nevertheless He regarded their distress when He heard their cry;

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

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

46 T hose who held them also saw how God took pity on them.

He also caused to find sympathy among those who had carried them away captive.

47 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.

Deliver 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.

48 H onor 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!

Blessed (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!)