| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, since he is good, for his gracious love exists forever. | 1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His faithful love endures forever. |
| 2Who can fully describe the mighty acts of the LORD or proclaim all his praises? | 2Who can declare the LORD's mighty acts or proclaim all the praise due Him? |
| 3How happy are those who enforce justice, who live righteously all the time. | 3How happy are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times. |
| 4Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people. Visit us with your deliverance, | 4Remember me, LORD, when You show favor to Your people. Come to me with Your salvation |
| 5to witness the prosperity of your chosen ones, to rejoice in your nation's joy, to glory in your inheritance. | 5so that I may enjoy the prosperity of Your chosen ones, rejoice in the joy of Your nation, and boast about Your heritage. |
| 6We have sinned, along with our ancestors; we have committed iniquity and wickedness. | 6Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have done wrong and have acted wickedly. |
| 7In Egypt, our ancestors neither comprehended your awesome deeds nor remembered your abundant gracious love. Instead, they rebelled beside the sea, the Reed Sea. | 7Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp the significance of Your wonderful works or remember Your many acts of faithful love; instead, they rebelled by the sea--the Red Sea. |
| 8He delivered for the sake of his name, to make his power known. | 8Yet He saved them because of His name, to make His power known. |
| 9He shouted at the Reed Sea and it dried up; and led them through the sea as though through a desert. | 9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert. |
| 10He delivered them from the power of their foe; redeeming them from the power of their enemy. | 10He saved them from the hand of the adversary; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. |
| 11The water overwhelmed their enemies, so that not one of them survived. | 11Water covered their foes; not one of them remained. |
| 12Then they believed his word and sung his praise. | 12Then they believed His promises and sang His praise. |
| 13But they quickly forgot his deeds and did not wait for his counsel. | 13They soon forgot His works and would not wait for His counsel. |
| 14They were overwhelmed with craving in the wilderness, so God tested them in the wasteland. | 14They were seized with craving in the wilderness and tested God in the desert. |
| 15God granted them their request, but sent leanness into their lives. | 15He gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease among them. |
| 16They were envious of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron, the holy one of the LORD. | 16In the camp they were envious of Moses and of Aaron, the LORD's holy one. |
| 17The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, closing over Abiram's clan. | 17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram. |
| 18Then a fire burned among their company, a flame that set the wicked ablaze. | 18Fire blazed throughout their assembly; flames consumed the wicked. |
| 19They fashioned a calf at Horeb and worshipped a carved image. | 19At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped the cast metal image. |
| 20They exchanged their glory with the image of a grass-eating bull. | 20They exchanged their glory for the image of a grass-eating ox. |
| 21They forgot God their Savior, who performed great things in Egypt— | 21They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt, |
| 22awesome deeds in the land of Ham, astonishing deeds at the Reed Sea. | 22wonderful works in the land of Ham, awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea. |
| 23He would have destroyed them but for Moses, his chosen one, who stood in the breach before him to avert his destructive wrath. | 23So He said He would have destroyed them-- if Moses His chosen one had not stood before Him in the breach to turn His wrath away from destroying them. |
| 24They rejected the desirable land, and they didn't trust his promise. | 24They despised the pleasant land and did not believe His promise. |
| 25They murmured in their tents, and didn't listen to the voice of the LORD. | 25They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the LORD's voice. |
| 26So he swore an oath concerning them— that he would cause them to die in the wilderness, | 26So He raised His hand against them with an oath that He would make them fall in the desert |
| 27to cause their children to perish among the nations and be scattered among many lands. | 27and would disperse their descendants among the nations, scattering them throughout the lands. |
| 28For they adopted the worship of Baal Peor and ate sacrifices offered to the dead. | 28They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods. |
| 29They had provoked anger by their deeds, so that a plague broke out against them. | 29They provoked the LORD with their deeds, and a plague broke out against them. |
| 30But Phinehas intervened and prayed so that the plague was restrained. | 30But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stopped. |
| 31And it was credited to him as a righteous act, from generation to generation—to eternity. | 31It was credited to him as righteousness throughout all generations to come. |
| 32They provoked wrath at the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered on account of them. | 32They angered the LORD at the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered because of them; |
| 33For they rebelled against him, so that he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips. | 33for they embittered his spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips. |
| 34They never destroyed the people, as the LORD had commanded them. | 34They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them |
| 35Instead, they mingled among the nations and learned their ways. | 35but mingled with the nations and adopted their ways. |
| 36They worshipped their idols, and this became a trap for them. | 36They served their idols, which became a snare to them. |
| 37They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. | 37They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. |
| 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. | 38They shed innocent blood-- the blood of their sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; so the land became polluted with blood. |
| 39Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds. | 39They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds. |
| 40The LORD's anger burned against his people, so that he despised his own inheritance. | 40Therefore the LORD's anger burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance. |
| 41He turned them over to domination by nations where those who hated them ruled over them. | 41He handed them over to the nations; those who hated them ruled them. |
| 42Their enemies oppressed them, so that they were humiliated by their power. | 42Their enemies oppressed them, and they were subdued under their power. |
| 43He delivered them many times, but they demonstrated rebellion by their evil plans; therefore they sunk deep in their sins. | 43He rescued them many times, but they continued to rebel deliberately and were beaten down by their sin. |
| 44Yet when he saw their distress and heard their cries for help, | 44When He heard their cry, He took note of their distress, |
| 45he remembered his covenant with them, and so relented according to the greatness of his gracious love. | 45remembered His covenant with them, and relented according to the riches of His faithful love. |
| 46He caused all their captors to show compassion toward them. | 46He caused them to be pitied before all their captors. |
| 47Deliver us, LORD our God, gather us from among the nations so we may praise your holy name and rejoice in praising you. | 47Save us, Yahweh our God, and gather us from the nations, so that we may give thanks to Your holy name and rejoice in Your praise. |
| 48Blessed are you, LORD God of Israel, from eternity to eternity; Let all the people say, "Amen!" Hallelujah! | 48May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Hallelujah! |
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