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