1Praise ye the Lord because he is good, for his mercy endureth forever.
2Who can express the noble acts of the Lord, or show forth all his praise?
3Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do righteousness at all times.
4Remember me, O Lord, with the favor of thy people: visit me with thy salvation,
5That I may see the felicity of thy chosen, and rejoice in the joy of thy people, and glory with thine inheritance.
6We have sinned with our fathers: we have committed iniquity, and done wickedly.
7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt, neither remembered they the multitude of thy mercies, but rebelled at the Sea, even at the red sea.
8Nevertheless he saved them for his Name’s sake, that he might make his power to be known.
9And he rebuked the red sea, and it was dried up, and he led them in the deep, as in the wilderness.
10And he saved them from the adversary’s hand, and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.
11And the waters covered their oppressors: not one of them was left.
12Then believed they his words, and sang praise unto him.
13But incontinently they forgat his works, they waited not for his counsel,
14But lusted with concupiscence in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
15Then he gave them their desire: but he sent leanness into their soul.
16They envied Moses also in the tents, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord.
17Therefore the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
18And the fire was kindled in their assembly: the flame burnt up the wicked.
19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
20Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a bullock, that eateth grass.
21They forgat God their Savior, which had done great things in Egypt,
22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and fearful things by the red sea.
23Therefore he minded to destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood in the breach before him to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
24Also they contemned that pleasant land, and believed not his word,
25But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.
26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to destroy them in the wilderness,
27And to destroy their seed among the nations, and to scatter them throughout the countries.
28They joined themselves also unto Baal of Peor, and did eat the offerings of the dead.
29Thus they provoked him unto anger with their own inventions, and the plague brake in upon them.
30But Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, and the plague was stayed.
31And it was imputed unto him for righteousness from generation to generation forever.
32They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was punished for their sakes,
33Because they vexed his Spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
34Neither destroyed they the people, as the Lord had commanded them,
35But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works,
36And served their idols, which were their ruin.
37Yea, they offered their sons, and their daughters unto devils,
38And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons, and of their daughters whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan, and the land was defiled with blood.
39Thus were they stained with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
40Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance.
41And he gave them into the hand of the heathen: and they that hated them were lords over them.
42Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were humbled under their hand.
43Many a time did he deliver them, but they provoked him by their counsels: therefore they were brought down by their iniquity.
44Yet he saw when they were in affliction, and he heard their cry.
45And he remembered his covenant toward them, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies,
46And gave them favor in the sight of all them that led them captives.
47Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, that we may praise thine holy Name, and glory in thy praise.
48Blessed be the Lord God of Israel forever and ever, and let all the people say, So be it. Praise ye the Lord.