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

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

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

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

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

O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness 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 Jehovah, With the favour of Thy people, Look after me in Thy 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.

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

We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, 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, 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 because of the honor of His name, and to make His great power known.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29 T hey made the Lord angry by their actions and a sickness 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 came between them, and the sickness was stopped.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,

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

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

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

And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers,

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

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

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

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

41 S o He handed them over to the nations. 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 hose who hated them held a strong power over them. And they were made to obey them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And He appointeth them for mercies Before all their captors.

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.

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