1: Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is
good: for his mercy endureth for ever. |
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2: Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth
all his praise? |
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3:
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth
righteousness at all times. |
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4: Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto
thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; |
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5: That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in
the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
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6: We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity,
we have done wickedly. |
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7: Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they
remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the
sea, even at the Red sea. |
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8: Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might
make his mighty power to be known. |
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9: He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led
them through the depths, as through the wilderness. |
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10: And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and
redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. |
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11: And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of
them left. |
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12: Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
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13: They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
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14: But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in
the desert. |
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15: And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their
soul. |
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16: They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of
the LORD. |
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17: The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the
company of Abiram. |
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18: And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up
the wicked. |
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19: They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
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20: Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox
that eateth grass. |
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21: They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in
Egypt; |
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22: Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the
Red sea. |
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23: Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses
his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest
he should destroy them. |
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24: Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his
word: |
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25: But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice
of the LORD. |
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26: Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow
them in the wilderness: |
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27: To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to
scatter them in the lands. |
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28: They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the
sacrifices of the dead. |
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29: Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and
the plague brake in upon them. |
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30: Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the
plague was stayed. |
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31: And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all
generations for evermore. |
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32: They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it
went ill with Moses for their sakes: |
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33: Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake
unadvisedly with his lips. |
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34: They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD
commanded them: |
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35: But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
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36: And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
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37: Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto
devils, |
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38: And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of
their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the
land was polluted with blood. |
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39: Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a
whoring with their own inventions. |
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40: Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his
people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. |
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41: And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that
hated them ruled over them. |
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42: Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into
subjection under their hand. |
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43: Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with
their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. |
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44: Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard
their cry: |
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45: And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented
according to the multitude of his mercies. |
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46: He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them
captives. |
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47: Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the
heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy
praise. |
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48: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to
everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. |