1 P raise ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, His kindness.

Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

2 W ho doth utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? Soundeth all His praise?

Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the Lord, Or can show forth all His praise?

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

How blessed are those who keep justice, Who practice righteousness at all times!

4 R emember me, O Jehovah, With the favour of Thy people, Look after me in Thy salvation.

Remember me, O Lord, in Your favor toward Your people; Visit me with Your salvation,

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

That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, 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 done perversely, we have done wickedly.

We have sinned like our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.

7 O ur 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.

Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember Your abundant kindnesses, But rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

8 A nd He saveth them for His name's sake, To make known His might,

Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name, That He might make His power known.

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

Thus He rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up, And He led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness.

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

So He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 A nd waters cover their adversaries, One of them hath not been left.

The waters covered their adversaries; Not one of them was left.

12 A nd they believe in His words, they sing His praise,

Then they believed His words; They sang His praise.

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

They quickly forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel,

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

But craved intensely in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.

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

So He gave them their request, But sent a wasting disease among them.

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

When they became envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,

17 E arth openeth, and swalloweth up Dathan, And covereth over the company of Abiram.

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram.

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

And a fire blazed up in their company; The flame consumed the wicked.

19 T hey make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,

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

20 A nd change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.

Thus they exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass.

21 T hey have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt,

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

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

Wonders in the land of Ham And awesome things by the Red Sea.

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

Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

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

Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe in His word,

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

But grumbled in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.

26 A nd He lifteth up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,

Therefore He swore to them That He would cast them down in the wilderness,

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

And that He would cast their seed among the nations And scatter them in the lands.

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

They joined themselves also to Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

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

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

30 A nd Phinehas standeth, and executeth judgment, And the plague is restrained,

Then Phinehas stood up and interposed, And so the plague was stayed.

31 A nd it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations -- unto the age.

And it was reckoned to him for righteousness, To all generations forever.

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

They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, So that it went hard with Moses on their account;

33 F or they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips.

Because they were rebellious against His Spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips.

34 T hey have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them,

They did not destroy the peoples, As the Lord commanded them,

35 A nd mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,

But they mingled with the nations And learned their practices,

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

And served their idols, Which became a snare to them.

37 A nd they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers,

They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,

38 A nd 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.

And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with the blood.

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

Thus they became unclean in their practices, And played the harlot in their deeds.

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

Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against His people And He abhorred His inheritance.

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

Then He gave them into the hand of the nations, And those who hated them ruled over them.

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

Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were subdued under their power.

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

Many times He would deliver them; They, however, were rebellious in their counsel, And so sank down in their iniquity.

44 A nd He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry,

Nevertheless He looked upon their distress When He heard their cry;

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

And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.

46 A nd He appointeth them for mercies Before all their captors.

He also made them objects of compassion In the presence of all their captors.

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

Save us, O Lord our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name And glory in Your praise.

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

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise the Lord!