¹Praise the LORD ![#106:1 or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.]

Give thanks to the LORD , for he is good ,

for his loving kindness endures forever .

²Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD ,

or fully declare all his praise ?

³Blessed are those who keep justice .

Blessed is one who does what is right at all times .

⁴Remember me , LORD , with the favour that you show to your people .

Visit me with your salvation ,

⁵that I may see the prosperity of your chosen,

that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation ,

that I may glory with your inheritance .

⁶We have sinned with our fathers.

We have committed iniquity .

We have done wickedly .

⁷Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt .

They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses ,

but were rebellious at the sea , even at the Red Sea .

⁸Nevertheless he saved them for his name ’s sake ,

that he might make his mighty power known .

⁹He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up ;

so 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 .

¹¹The waters covered their adversaries .

There was not one of them left .

¹²Then they believed his words .

They sang his praise .

¹³They soon forgot his works .

They didn’t wait for his counsel ,

¹⁴but gave in to craving in the desert ,

and tested God in the wasteland .

¹⁵He gave them their request ,

but sent leanness into their soul .

¹⁶They envied Moses also in the camp ,

and Aaron, the LORD ’s saint .

¹⁷The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan ,

and covered the company of Abiram.

¹⁸A fire was kindled in their company .

The flame burnt up the wicked .

¹⁹They made a calf in Horeb ,

and worshipped a molten image .

²⁰Thus they exchanged their glory

for an image of a bull that eats grass .

²¹They forgot God, their Saviour ,

who had done great things in Egypt ,

²²wondrous works in the land of Ham ,

and awesome things by the Red Sea .

²³Therefore he said that he would destroy them ,

had Moses , his chosen, not stood before him in the breach ,

to turn away his wrath , so that he wouldn’t destroy them .

²⁴Yes, they despised the pleasant land.

They didn’t believe his word ,

²⁵but murmured in their tents,

and didn’t listen to the LORD ’s voice .

²⁶Therefore he swore to them

that he would overthrow them in the wilderness ,

²⁷that he would overthrow their offspring amongst the nations ,

and scatter them in the lands.

²⁸They joined themselves also to Baal Peor ,

and ate the sacrifices of the dead .

²⁹Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds .

The plague broke in on them.

³⁰Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgement,

so the plague was stopped .

³¹That was credited to him for righteousness ,

for all generations to come.

³²They angered him also at the waters of Meribah,

so that Moses was troubled for their sakes ;

³³because they were rebellious against his spirit ,

he spoke rashly with his lips .

³⁴They didn’t destroy the peoples ,

as the LORD commanded them ,

³⁵but mixed themselves with the nations ,

and learnt their works .

³⁶They served their idols ,

which became a snare to them .

³⁷Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons .

³⁸They shed innocent blood ,

even the blood of their sons and of their daughters ,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan .

The land was polluted with blood .

³⁹Thus they were defiled with their works ,

and prostituted themselves in their deeds .

⁴⁰Therefore the LORD burnt with anger against his people .

He abhorred his inheritance .

⁴¹He gave them into the hand of the nations .

Those who hated them ruled over them .

⁴²Their enemies also oppressed them .

They were brought into subjection under their hand .

⁴³He rescued them many times ,

but they were rebellious in their counsel ,

and were brought low in their iniquity .

⁴⁴Nevertheless he regarded their distress ,

when he heard their cry .

⁴⁵He remembered for them his covenant ,

and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses .

⁴⁶He made them also to be pitied

by all those who carried them captive .

⁴⁷Save us , LORD , our God ,

gather us from amongst the nations ,

to give thanks to your holy name ,

to triumph in your praise !

⁴⁸Blessed be the LORD , the God of Israel ,

from everlasting even to everlasting !

Let all the people say , “Amen.”

Praise the LORD !