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1Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! | 1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, since he is good, for his gracious love exists forever. |
2Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD, or declare all his praise? | 2Who can fully describe the mighty acts of the LORD or proclaim all his praises? |
3Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times! | 3How happy are those who enforce justice, who live righteously all the time. |
4Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them, | 4Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people. Visit us with your deliverance, |
5that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance. | 5to witness the prosperity of your chosen ones, to rejoice in your nation's joy, to glory in your inheritance. |
6Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness. | 6We have sinned, along with our ancestors; we have committed iniquity and wickedness. |
7Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea. | 7In Egypt, our ancestors neither comprehended your awesome deeds nor remembered your abundant gracious love. Instead, they rebelled beside the sea, the Reed Sea. |
8Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power. | 8He delivered for the sake of his name, to make his power known. |
9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry, and he led them through the deep as through a desert. | 9He shouted at the Reed Sea and it dried up; and led them through the sea as though through a desert. |
10So he saved them from the hand of the foe and redeemed them from the power of the enemy. | 10He delivered them from the power of their foe; redeeming them from the power of their enemy. |
11And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left. | 11The water overwhelmed their enemies, so that not one of them survived. |
12Then they believed his words; they sang his praise. | 12Then they believed his word and sung his praise. |
13But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel. | 13But they quickly forgot his deeds and did not wait for his counsel. |
14But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert; | 14They were overwhelmed with craving in the wilderness, so God tested them in the wasteland. |
15he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them. | 15God granted them their request, but sent leanness into their lives. |
16When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD, | 16They were envious of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron, the holy one of the LORD. |
17the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. | 17The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, closing over Abiram's clan. |
18Fire also broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. | 18Then a fire burned among their company, a flame that set the wicked ablaze. |
19They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a metal image. | 19They fashioned a calf at Horeb and worshipped a carved image. |
20They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass. | 20They exchanged their glory with the image of a grass-eating bull. |
21They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt, | 21They forgot God their Savior, who performed great things in Egypt— |
22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. | 22awesome deeds in the land of Ham, astonishing deeds at the Reed Sea. |
23Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them. | 23He would have destroyed them but for Moses, his chosen one, who stood in the breach before him to avert his destructive wrath. |
24Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise. | 24They rejected the desirable land, and they didn't trust his promise. |
25They murmured in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the LORD. | 25They murmured in their tents, and didn't listen to the voice of the LORD. |
26Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness, | 26So he swore an oath concerning them— that he would cause them to die in the wilderness, |
27and would make their offspring fall among the nations, scattering them among the lands. | 27to cause their children to perish among the nations and be scattered among many lands. |
28Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead; | 28For they adopted the worship of Baal Peor and ate sacrifices offered to the dead. |
29they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. | 29They had provoked anger by their deeds, so that a plague broke out against them. |
30Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stayed. | 30But Phinehas intervened and prayed so that the plague was restrained. |
31And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever. | 31And it was credited to him as a righteous act, from generation to generation—to eternity. |
32They angered him at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account, | 32They provoked wrath at the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered on account of them. |
33for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke rashly with his lips. | 33For they rebelled against him, so that he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips. |
34They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them, | 34They never destroyed the people, as the LORD had commanded them. |
35but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did. | 35Instead, they mingled among the nations and learned their ways. |
36They served their idols, which became a snare to them. | 36They worshipped their idols, and this became a trap for them. |
37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons; | 37They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. |
38they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. | 38They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters— whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, thereby polluting the land with blood. |
39Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the whore in their deeds. | 39Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds. |
40Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage; | 40The LORD's anger burned against his people, so that he despised his own inheritance. |
41he gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them. | 41He turned them over to domination by nations where those who hated them ruled over them. |
42Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power. | 42Their enemies oppressed them, so that they were humiliated by their power. |
43Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes and were brought low through their iniquity. | 43He delivered them many times, but they demonstrated rebellion by their evil plans; therefore they sunk deep in their sins. |
44Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry. | 44Yet when he saw their distress and heard their cries for help, |
45For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love. | 45he remembered his covenant with them, and so relented according to the greatness of his gracious love. |
46He caused them to be pitied by all those who held them captive. | 46He caused all their captors to show compassion toward them. |
47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise. | 47Deliver us, LORD our God, gather us from among the nations so we may praise your holy name and rejoice in praising you. |
48Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the LORD! | 48Blessed are you, LORD God of Israel, from eternity to eternity; Let all the people say, "Amen!" Hallelujah! |
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