1 P raise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

2 W ho can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, or fully declare all his praise?

3 B lessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

4 R emember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,

5 t hat I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

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

7 O ur fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

8 N evertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power known.

9 H e rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.

10 H e saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 T he waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.

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

13 T hey soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,

14 b ut gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.

15 H e gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.

16 T hey envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh’s saint.

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

18 A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.

19 T hey made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.

20 T hus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.

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

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

23 T herefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them.

24 Y es, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word,

25 b ut murmured in their tents, and didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice.

26 T herefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

27 t hat he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.

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

29 T hus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.

30 T hen Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.

31 T hat was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.

32 T hey angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;

33 b ecause they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.

34 T hey didn’t destroy the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them,

35 b ut mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.

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

37 Y es, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

38 T hey shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.

39 T hus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.

40 T herefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.

41 H e gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.

42 T heir enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.

43 M any times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.

44 N evertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.

45 H e remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

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

47 S ave us, Yahweh, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!

48 B lessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise Yah!