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 mercy endures forever.

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

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

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

Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does 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, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, 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 benefit 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 with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, We have done 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 the multitude of Your mercies, But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.

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

Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake, That He might make His mighty 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.

He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; So He led them through the depths, 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.

He saved them from the hand of him 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 enemies; There was not one of them 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 soon 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 lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert.

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

And He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.

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

When they envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the Lord,

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

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan, And covered the faction of Abiram.

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

A fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up 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 the molded image.

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

Thus they changed their glory Into 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.

Wondrous works in the land of Ham, 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 before Him in the breach, To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy 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 His word,

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

But complained in their tents, And did not heed 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 raised His hand in an oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness,

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

To overthrow their descendants among the nations, And to 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 of Peor, And ate sacrifices made 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 intervened, And the plague was stopped.

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

And that was accounted to him for righteousness To all generations forevermore.

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

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

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

Because they rebelled against His Spirit, So that 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, Concerning whom the Lord had commanded them,

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

But they mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works;

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

They 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 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 daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.

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

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

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

Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance.

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

And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, 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 brought into subjection under their hand.

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 delivered them; But they rebelled in their counsel, And were brought low for their iniquity.

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

Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, When He heard their cry;

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

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

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

He also made them to be pitied By all those who carried them away captive.

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 Gentiles, To give thanks to Your holy name, To triumph 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 God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the Lord!