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

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

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

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

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

Happy are those who are faithful in being fair and who always do what is right and good!

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

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

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.

So 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.

6 W e have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly.

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

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 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.

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

Yet He saved them because of the honor of His name, and to make His great 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.

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

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

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

And the waters covered those who hated them. Not one of them was left.

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

Then they believed His promises. They sang His praise.

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

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

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

They wanted many things in the desert, and they tempted God there.

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

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

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

They 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.

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

So the earth opened up and swallowed Dathan. It closed over the group of Abiram.

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

And a fire came among their followers. It burned up the sinful people.

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

They made a calf at Horeb and worshiped a god of gold.

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

They traded their shining-greatness for something that looked like a bull that eats grass.

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

They forgot the God Who saved them, 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.

powerful works in the land of Ham, and works that brought fear 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.

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

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

Then they hated the good 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 they complained 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,

So He swore to them that He would let them die in the desert.

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

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

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

They joined themselves to Baal of Peor and ate gifts given to the dead.

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

They made the Lord angry by their actions and a sickness broke out among them.

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

Then Phinehas stood up and came between them, and the sickness was stopped.

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

And this made him right with God to all people forever.

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

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

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

He spoke from his lips without thinking because they went against the Spirit of God.

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

They did not destroy the people as the Lord told them to do.

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

But they mixed with the nations and learned their ways.

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

They served their gods, which became a trap to them.

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

They even gave their sons and daughters as gifts on an altar 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.

They 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.

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

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

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

So the Lord was angry with His people. He hated His people.

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

So He handed them over to the nations. And those who hated them ruled over them.

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

Those who hated them held a strong power over them. And they were made to obey them.

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

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

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

But He looked upon their trouble when He heard their cry.

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

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

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

Those who held them also saw how God took pity on them.

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.

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.

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

Honor 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!