New King James Version

Berean Standard Bible

1Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

2Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare all His praise?

2Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?

3Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does righteousness at all times!

3Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

4Remember me, O LORD, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation,

4Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

5That 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.

5that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

6We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, We have done wickedly.

6We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

7Our 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.

7Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

8Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake, That He might make His mighty power known.

8Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; So He led them through the depths, As through the wilderness.

9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.

10He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

10He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left.

11The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.

12Then they believed His words; They sang His praise.

12Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

13They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel,

13Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert.

14They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

15And He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.

15So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

16When they envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the LORD,

16In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan, And covered the faction of Abiram.

17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

18A fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.

18Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.

19They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped the molded image.

19At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

20Thus they changed their glory Into the image of an ox that eats grass.

20They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

21They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,

21They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, Awesome things by the Red Sea.

22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

23Therefore 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.

23So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

24Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word,

24They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

25But complained in their tents, And did not heed the voice of the LORD.

25They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

26Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness,

26So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

27To overthrow their descendants among the nations, And to scatter them in the lands.

27to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

28They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices made to the dead.

28They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

29Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.

29So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

30Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, And the plague was stopped.

30But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

31And that was accounted to him for righteousness To all generations forevermore.

31It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

32They angered Him also at the waters of strife, So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;

32At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.

33Because they rebelled against His Spirit, So that he spoke rashly with his lips.

33For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

34They did not destroy the peoples, Concerning whom the LORD had commanded them,

34They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

35But they mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works;

35but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

36They served their idols, Which became a snare to them.

36They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

37They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons,

37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

38And 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.

38They 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.

39Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds.

39They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

40Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance.

40So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

41And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, And those who hated them ruled over them.

41He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

42Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.

42Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.

43Many times He delivered them; But they rebelled in their counsel, And were brought low for their iniquity.

43Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

44Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, When He heard their cry;

44Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.

45And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.

45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

46He also made them to be pitied By all those who carried them away captive.

46He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.

47Save us, O LORD our God, And gather us from among the Gentiles, To give thanks to Your holy name, To triumph in Your praise.

47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.

48Blessed be the LORD God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the LORD!

48Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!

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